Tarikua Erda

Tarikua Erda is a fourth year PhD candidate in Sustainable Development at Columbia SIPA. She does empirical research on labor economics, entrepreneurship and innovation, and inequality.

Tarikua holds a B.A. degree in economics with honors from Princeton University. Prior to joining Columbia, she was an analyst at Analysis Group.  

Outside of academics, she enjoys reading non-fiction, pour painting, and cooking.