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Jere R. Behrman

Ph.D. in Economics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
jbehrman@econ.upenn.edu

Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of much of this research is to improve empirical knowledge of the determinants of and the impacts of human resources given unobserved factors such as innate health and ability, the functioning of various institutions such as households and imperfect markets, and information imperfections.

He has published over 435 professional articles (primarily in leading general and field economic journals, also in leading demographic, sociology, public health, nutritional and biomedical journals) and 35 books. He has been a researcher with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Program, UNICEF, other international organizations and various governments.

He has been a principal investigator on over 160 research projects funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation, and a number of other governmental and foundation sources. He has been involved in professional research or lecturing in over forty countries.