Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle):
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
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NAME
POSITION TITLE
Strauss, John
Professor of economics
EDUCATION/TRAINING
(Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
DEGREE
(if applicable)
YEAR(s)
FIELD OF STUDY
B.A.
Ph.D.
1973
1981
Political Science
Economics and
Agricultural Economics
A. Positions and Honors..
Positions and Employment
1981-1983 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Virginia
1983-1986 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1987-1989 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Yale University, New Haven, CT
1989-1992
Senior Economist, Economics and Statistics Department,
The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
1992-Present Adjunct Staff, the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA
1992-2004 Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University
2004-Present
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Southern California
2005-Present
Yangtze Professor, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
2003-Present
Editor-in-Chief, Economic Development and Cultural Change
1990-2004 Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics
1997-Present
Resource person, African Economic Research Consortium
Present
Member, American Economic Association
Present
Member, Econometric Society
Present
Member, American Association of Agricultural Economics
Present
Member, Population Association of America
B. Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
Journal articles
“Determinants of Food Consumption in Rural Sierra Leone: Application of the Quadratic Expenditure System
to the Consumption-Leisure Component of a Household-Firm Model,” Journal of Development Economics,
Vol. 11, 1982, pp. 327-353.
“Joint Determination of Food Consumption and Production in Rural Sierra Leone: Estimates of a
Household-Firm Model,” Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 14, 1984, pp. 77-103.
“Market Surpluses of Agricultural Households Producing Several Outputs: Responses to Prices, Production
Technology, and Demographic Characteristics,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 66,
1984, pp. 321-331.
“Does Better Nutrition Raise Farm Productivity? Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 94, 1986, pp. 297-320.
“Agricultural Household Models: A Survey of Empirical Evidence and Policy Conclusions” (with Inderjit Singh
and Lyn Squire), World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 1, 1986, pp. 149-179.
Principal Investigator/Program Director (Last, first, middle):
“Households, Communities and Preschool Child Nutrition Outcomes: Evidence From Rural Cote d'Ivoire.”
Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 38, 1990, pp. 231-261.
“Child Survival, Height for Age and Household Characteristics in Brazil,” (with Duncan Thomas and
Maria-Helena Henriques). Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 33, 1990, pp. 197-234.
“The Role of Education and Extension in the Adoption of Technology: A Study of Upland Rice and Soybean
Farmers in Central-West Brazil,” (with Mariza Luz Barbosa, Sonia Texeira, Duncan Thomas and
Raimundo Gomes Junior), Agricultural Economics, Vol. 5, 1991, pp. 341-359.
“How Does Mother's Education Affect Child Height?” (with Duncan Thomas and Maria-Helena
Henriques),Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 26, 1991, pp. 183-211.
“Prices, Infrastructure, Household Characteristics and Child Height” (with Duncan Thomas), Journal of
Development Economics, Vol. 39, 1992, pp. 301-332.
“Gender Differences in Adult Health: An International Comparison” (with Omar Rahman, Paul Gertler, Deanna
Ashley, and Kristen Fox), The Gerontologist, Vol. 34, 1994, pp. 463-469.
“Gender and Life Cycle Differentials in the Patterns and Determinants of Adult Health” (with Paul Gertler, Omar
Rahman and Kristen Fox), Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 28, 1993, pp. 791-837.
“Measurement and Mismeasurement of Social Indicators” (with Duncan Thomas), American Economic
Review, Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 86, No.2., 1996, pp.30-34.
“Public Policy and Anthropometric Outcomes in the Cote d’Ivoire” (with Duncan Thomas and Victor Lavy),
Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 61, No. 2, 1996, pp. 155-192.
“Quality of Health Care, Survival and Health Outcomes in Ghana” (with Victor Lavy, Duncan Thomas and
Philippe de Vreyer), Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 15, No. 3, 1996, pp. 333-358.
“Health and Wages: Evidence for Men and Women in Urban Brazil” (with Duncan Thomas), Journal of
Econometrics, Vol. 77, No. 1, 1997, pp. 159-186.
“Health, Nutrition, and Economic Development” (with Duncan Thomas), Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 36,
1998, pp. 766-817.
“Intrahousehold Allocations: A Review of Theories and Empirical Evidence” (with Germano Mwabu and
Kathleen Beegle), Journal of African Economies, Vol 9, AERC Supplement 1, 2000, pp.83-143.
“Giving to the Poor? Targeting of Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia” (with Thomas Jayne, Takashi Yamano and Daniel
Molla), World Development, Vol 29, No. 5, May 2001, pp.887-910.
“Targeting of Food Aid in Rural Ethiopia: Chronic Need or Inertia” (with Thomas Jayne, Takashi Yamano and
Daniel Molla), Journal of Development Economics, Vol 68, No. 2, August 2002, pp.247-288.
“Education in a Crisis” (with Duncan Thomas, Kathleen Beegle, Elizabeth Frankenberg, Bondan Sikoki and
Graciela Teruel), Journal of Development Economics, Vol 74, No. 1, June 2004, pp.53-86.
Books
Agricultural Household Models: Extensions, Applications and Policy, Singh, I., L. Squire, and J. Strauss (eds.),
Johns Hopkins Press, 1986.
Indonesian Living Standards Before and After the Financial Crisis (with Kathleen Beegle, Agus Dwiyanto, Yulia
Herawati, Daan Pattinasarany, Elan Satriawan, Bondan Sikoki, Sukamdi and Firman Witoelar), RAND and
the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore), 2004.
Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4, T. Paul Schultz and John Strauss (eds.), Amsterdam: North
Holland Press, 2008.
Other publications
“Child Survival, Nutritional Status, and Household Characteristics: Evidence from Brazil” (with Duncan Thomas
and Maria-Helena Henriques). Pesquisa e Planejamento Economico, Vol. 19, 1989, Instituto de
Planejamento Economico e Social, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“The Impact of Improved Nutrition on Labor Productivity and Human Resource Development: An Economic
Perspective.” in P. Pinstrup-Andersen (ed.), The Political Economy of Food Consumption and Nutrition
Policies, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1993.
“Health and Labor Productivity: Sorting Out the Relationships” (with Duncan Thomas), in G. Peters and D.
Hedley (eds.), Agricultural Competitiveness, Market Forces and Policy Choice, Proceedings of the 22nd
International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Harare, Zimbabwe, August, 1994; Hants, UK:
Dartmouth Publishing, 1995, pp.570-590.
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“Human Resources: Empirical Modeling of Household and Family Decisions” (with Duncan Thomas), in T.N.
Srinivasan and Jere Behrman, eds., Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 3, North Holland
Press, 1995.
“The Third Wave of the Indonesia Family Life Survey: Overview and Field Report, Volume 1” (with Kathleen
Beegle, Bondan Sikoki, Agus Dwiyanto, Yulia Herawati and Firman Witoelar), Working Paper
WR144/1-NIA/NICHD, RAND, 2004.
“Health Over the Life Course” (with Duncan Thomas), in T. Paul Schultz and John Strauss (eds.), Handbook of
Development Economics, Volume 4, Amsterdam: Elsevier Press, 2008.
“The Fourth Wave of the Indonesia Family Life Survey: Overview and Field Report, Volume 1” (with Firman
Witoelar, Bondan Sikoki and Anna Marie Wattie), Working Paper WR675/1-NIA/NICHD, RAND, 2009.
“China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study-Pilot User’s Guide” (with Yaohui Zhao, Albert Park and Yan
Sun), CCER, Peking University, 2009.
C.
Research Support.
R01-AG-17637 (J. Strauss, PI)
NIA
*The Third Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging
Fielding the Third Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging.
public domain the third full round of the IFLS. I was PI.
06/00-01/04
The goal is to design, collect, and place into the
497-G-00-01-00028-00 (J.Strauss, PI)
6/01-5/04
USAID
*Capacity Building Using IFLS Partnership for Economic Growth (PEG)
The purpose of this project is to improve the analytical capacity of policymakers at various levels of
government in Indonesia. This is accomplished by providing them with information from the Indonesian
Family Life Survey.
R01-AG026676-01 (J. Strauss, PI)
NIA
“Fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging”
Fielding the fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging.
public domain the fourth full round of the IFLS.
9/06-5/10
The goal is to design, collect, and place into the
R01-HD050764-01A1 (J. Strauss, PI)
9/06-5/10
“Dynamics of Family Well-Being in a Low Income Setting”
Fielding the fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey. The goal is to design, collect, and place into the public
domain
the fourth full round of the IFLS.
R13-AG030312 (J. Strauss, PI)
3/07-2/08
“China Aging Conference”
Meeting to review and get feedback on details for the pilot study for the China Health and Retirement
Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS).
R21-AG031372-01 (Y. Zhao, PI; J. Strauss co-PI)
9/07-8/09
China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Pilot“
Preparing and fielding the pilot survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).
R21-AG033675-01A1 (J. Strauss PI; Eileen Crimmins, PI)
7/09-6/11
Biomarkers in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study“
Preparing and fielding the pilot survey of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS).