Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
Professor, Virginia Tech University
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani received his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. He is currently Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech and the Kuwait Foundation Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum in Cairo. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania (1977-84), and been visiting faculty at the University of Oxford (1991-92), the Brookings Institution (2007-08), and Harvard Kennedy School (2009-2010). He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum and on the Board of the Middle East Economic Association. He currently serves as the Associate Editor of the Middle East Development Journal.
Areas of Interest:
- Development Economics
- Labor Economics
- Economics of Energy
Education:
- Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977
- M.A., Economics, Harvard University, 1974
Experience:
- Professor, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, 2001-present
- Kuwait Foundation Visiting Scholar, Harvard Kennedy School
- Non-resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, the Brookings Institution 2009-Present
- Research Associate, Dubai Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- Visiting Professor, Institute for Research in Planning and Development, Tehran, Iran, Jan.2001-Aug.2001
- Chair, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech, 1996-2000
Latest Publications:
- "Inequality of opportunity in educational attainment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from household surveys," with Ragui Assaad and Rana Hendy, International Journal of Educational Development, vol 66, April 2019, pp.24-43
- "Education and the allocation of time of married women in Iran," with S. Taghvatalab, Review of Economics of the Household (2019) 17: 889-921.
- "Cash transfers and labor supply: evidence from a large-scale program in Iran," with M.H. Mostafavi-Dehzooie, Journal of Development Economics, Vol 135, pp.349-367
- “Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa,” The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, in S N. Durlauf and L. E. Blume (Eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, March 2016.
- “The reform of energy subsidies in Iran: the role of cash transfers,” with Bryce Stucki and Joshua Deutschmann, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 51(6), 1144-1162, 2015.
Rural Electrification and Empowerment of Women in Rural Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
May, 2021
ERF 27th Annual ConferenceCash Transfers and Consumption of the Poor: Evidence from a Large-scale Program in Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
August, 2020
ERF 26th Annual ConferenceEducation and the Allocation of Time of Married Women in Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
June, 2017
Working PapersCash Transfers and Labor Supply: Evidence from A Large-Scale Program in Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
May, 2017
Working PapersInequality of Opportunity in Income and Consumption: The Middle East and North Africa Region in Comparative Perspective
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
May, 2016
Working PapersThe Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Labor Supply: Evidence From Iran’s Energy Subsidy Reform Program
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
2015-06-15
The Human Opportunity Index in the Middle East
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
2015-01-01
Inequality of Opportunity in Income and Consumption in Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
2014-06-15
The Impact of Iran’s Subsidies on Households
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
2014-01-01
Female Empowerment and Time Use of Urban Women in Iran
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
2014-01-01
ERF 30th Annual Conference: Tragedies of Regional Conflicts and Promises of Peacebuilding
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
Apr 21, 2024
ERF 30th Annual Conference: Parallel Sessions
Areas of Interest: Development Economics Labor Economics Economics of Energy Education: Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University, 1977 M.A., Economics,... Read More
Apr 21, 2024