Department
of Economics
Faculty
David E. SahnPh.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984, Professor of Economics and Director Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program. FIELDSEconomic development, applied econometrics, labor economics, ecnomics of health and education. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS"Changes in HIV/AIDS Knowledge And Testing Behavior In Africa: How Much and for Whom?" (with P. Glick) Journal of Population Economics, forthcoming; "The Joint Demand for Health Care, Leisure, and Commodities: Implications for Health Care Finance and Access in Vietnam" (with C. Meyerhoefer and S. Younger) Journal of Development Studies, forthcoming; "Robust Multidimensional Spatial Poverty Comparisons in Ghana, Madagascar, and Uganda" (with J.-Y. Duclos and S. Younger) World Bank Economic Review, 2006; "Changes in Inequality and Poverty in Latin America: Looking Beyond Income" (with S. Younger) Journal of Applied Economics, 2006; "Robust Multidimensional Poverty Comparisons" (with J.-Y. Duclos and S. Younger) Economic Journal, 2006; "The Demand for Primary Schooling in Madagascar: Price, Quality, and the Choice between Public and Private Providers" (with P. Glick) Journal of Development Economics, 2006; "Consistent Estimation of Panel Censored Demand Systems" (with C. Meyerhoefer and C. Ranney) American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2005; "Improvements in Children's Health: Does Inequality Matter?" (with S. Younger) Journal of Economic Inequality, 2005; "Intertemporal Female Labor Force Behavior in a Developing Country: What Can We Learn from a Limited Panel?" (with P. Glick) Labour Economics, 2005; "Socioeconomic Determinants of Children’s Health in Russia: A Longitudinal Study" (with L. Federov) Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2005; "Child Allowances and Allocative Decisions in Romania Households" (with A. Gerstle) Applied Economics, 2004; "Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: Macroeconomic Adjustment and Beyond" (with S. Younger) Journal of African Economies, 2004; "Exploring Alternative Measures of Welfare in the Absence of Expenditure Data" (with D. Stifel) Review of Income and Wealth, 2003; "Urban-Rural Inequality in Africa" (with D. Stifel) Journal of African Economies, 2003; "Decomposing World Health Inequality" (with M. Pradhan and S. Younger) Journal of Health Economics, 2003; "The Demand for Health Care Services in Rural Tanzania" (with S. Younger and G. Genicot) Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2003; "Progress Toward the Millenium Development Goals in Africa" (with D. Stifel) World Development, 2003; "Parental Preferences for Nutrition of Boys and Girls: Evidence from Africa" (with D. Stifel) Journal of Development Studies, 2002; "Robust Comparisons of Malnutrition in Developing Countries" (with D. Stifel), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2002; "Dominance Testing of Transfers in Romania" (with S. Younger and K. Simler), Review of Income and Wealth, 2000; "Expenditure Incidence in Africa: Microeconomic Evidence" (with S. Younger), Fiscal Studies, 2000; "Dominance Testing of Transfers in Romania" (with S. Younger and K. Simler), Review of Income and Wealth, 2000; "Poverty Comparisons Over Time and Across Countries in Africa" (with D. Stifel), World Development, 2000; "A General Equilibrium Analysis of the Effect of Macroeconomic Adjustment on Poverty in Africa" (with P. Dorosh), Journal of Policy Modeling, 2000; "Schooling of Girls and Boys in a West African Country: The Effects of Parental Education, Income, and Household Structure" (with P. Glick), Economics of Education Review, 2000; "Maternal Labour and Child Nutrition in West Africa" (with P. Glick), Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 1998; "Labor Market Segmentation and the Implication for Public Retrenchment Programs" (with B. Mills), Journal of Comparative Economics, 1997; Structural Adjustment Reconsidered: Economic Policy and Poverty in Africa (with P. Dorosh and S.Younger), Cambridge University Press, 1997; Economic Reform and the Poor in Africa, Oxford University Press, 1996; "Substitution Between Goods and Leisure in a Developing Country" (with H. Alderman), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1993.CURRENT RESEARCHThe effect of economic policy transitions in Africa and Eastern
Europe on poverty and income distribution; labor markets and gender
issues in developing countries; pricing policy in social sectors; food
and nutrition policy. |
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