Laura Ralston
Economics, DS, Research, Management
- Role
- Lead Economist at Amazon
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Laura Ralston
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Experience
Lead Economist
Jan 2023 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
I am working on measuring the incremental value Prime provides to users, how this impacts subscription decisions and downstream actions consumers take. This supports ROI assessments and informs the investment decisions we make. I utilize causal inference, structural demand models, ML and survey research, as well as typical data wrangling skills of DS.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Economics
2008 — 2013
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics
2002 — 2005
Skills
- Python
- Macroeconomics
- Policy Analysis
- Economic Research
- Statistics
- R
- International Development
- Econometrics
- Program Evaluation
- Analysis
- Policy
- Economics
- Africa
- Capacity Building
- Development Economics
- Public Policy
- International Relations
- Data Analysis
- Stata
- Research
- Qualitative Research
- Economic Development
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