CURRICULUM VITAE Hanan G. Jacoby September 2013
E-mail [email protected] Born December 28, 1962 Citizenship United States
Education Ph.D. (Economics), University of Chicago, June 1989 M.A. (Economics), University of Chicago, 1985 B.A. (Economics, with honors), University of Washington, 1983
Positions held Lead Economist, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, 2003- Senior Economist, Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, 2000-2003 Economist (consultant), Development Economics Research Group, World Bank, 1998-2000 Visiting Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, 1997 Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Rochester, 1989-1996 Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1994 Visiting Consultant, Poverty and Human Resources Research Division, World Bank, 1992-93 Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1988-1989 Visiting Consultant, Welfare and Human Resources Division, World Bank, 1988
Articles in Refereed Journals “Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women’s Welfare in Rural Pakistan,” with G. Mansuri. American Economic Review, 100(4): 1804-25, 2010.
“On Measuring the Benefits of Lower Transport Costs,” with B. Minten, Journal of Development Economics, 89(1):28-38, 2009.
“Incentives, Supervision, and Sharecropper Productivity,” with G. Mansuri, Journal of Development Economics, 88(2):232-41, 2008.
“Land Tenancy and Non-Contractible Investment in Rural Pakistan,” with G. Mansuri, Review of Economic Studies, 75(3): 763-788, 2008.
“Is Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa Cost-Effective? Evidence from Madagascar,” with B. Minten, * World Bank Economic Review, 21(3):461-485, 2007.
"Monopoly Power and Distribution in Fragmented Markets: The Case of Groundwater," with R. Murgai and S. Rehman, Review of Economic Studies, 78(3):783-808, 2004.
* Lead article “Economic Growth and the Demand for Education: Is there a Wealth Effect?,” with P. Glewwe, Journal of Development Economics, 74(1):33-51, 2004.
“Hazards of Expropriation: Tenure Insecurity and Investment in Rural China,” with G. Li and S. Rozelle, American Economic Review, 92(5):1420-1447, 2002. (Winner of American Agricultural Economic Association Quality of Research Discovery Award for 2003).
“Is there an Intrahousehold ‘Flypaper Effect’? Evidence from a School Feeding Programme,” Economic Journal, 112(476): 196-221, 2002.
“Early Childhood Nutrition and Academic Achievement: A Longitudinal Analysis,” with P. Glewwe and E. * King, Journal of Public Economics, 81 (September): 345-68, 2001.
“Access to Markets and the Benefits of Rural Roads,” Economic Journal, 110(465): 713-737, 2000.
"The Balance of Self-Reported Heterosexual Activity in KAP Surveys and the AIDS Epidemic in Africa," with M. Gersovitz, F. Seri Dedy and A. Goze Tape, Journal of the American Statistical Association, 93(443): 875-883, 1998.
"Testing Theories of Consumption Behavior Using Information on Aggregate Shocks: Income Seasonality and Rainfall in Rural India," with E. Skoufias, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 80(1): 1-14, * 1998. (honorable mention, Outstanding Journal Article Award for 1998, AJAE).
"Risk, Financial Markets, and Human Capital in a Developing Country," with E. Skoufias, Review of * Economic Studies, 64(3):311-336,1997.
"Self-selection and the Redistributive Impact of in-Kind Transfers: An Econometric Analysis," Journal of * Human Resources, Spring, 1997.
"The Economics of Polygyny in Sub-Saharan Africa: Female Productivity and the Demand for Wives in Côte D'Ivoire," Journal of Political Economy, 103(5): 938-71, 1995.
"An Eclectic Approach to Estimating the Determinants of Achievement in Jamaican Primary Education," with P. Glewwe, M. Grosh, and M. Lockheed, World Bank Economic Review, 9(2):231-58, 1995.
"An Economic Analysis of Delayed Primary School Enrollment in a Low Income Country: The Role of Early Childhood Nutrition," with P. Glewwe, Review of Economics and Statistics, 77(1):156-169, 1995.
"Student Achievement and Schooling Choice in Low Income Countries: Evidence from Ghana," with P. Glewwe, Journal of Human Resources, 29(3):843-864, 1994.
"Borrowing Constraints and Progress through School: Evidence from Peru," Review of Economics and Statistics, 76(1):151-160, 1994.
"Shadow Wages and Peasant Family Labor Supply: An Econometric Application to the Peruvian Sierra," Review of Economic Studies, 60:903-921, 1993.
"Productivity of Men and Women and the Sexual Division of Labor in Peasant Agriculture of the Peruvian Sierra," Journal of Development Economics, 37:265-287, 1992.
* Lead article Chapters in Books and other Publications “Household Exposure to Food Price Shocks in Rural Bangladesh,” with B. Dasgupta, July 2013, forthcoming in special issue of Bangladesh Development Studies
“Unpacking School Enrollment Trends in Rural Pakistan using Panel Data”, with G. Mansuri, forthcoming in a special issue of Pakistan Development Review.
“Moneylenders in Developing Countries,” in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Eds. Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
“Weathering the Storm: The Impact of the East Asian Crisis on Farm Households,” with several others, * World Bank Research Observer, 17(1):1-20, 2002.
“Recommendations for Collecting Panel Data as a Part of LSMS Surveys,” with P. Glewwe, in vol. 2 of Designing Household Survey Questionnaires for Developing Countries: Lessons from 15 Years of Living Standards Measurement Study, edited by P. Glewwe and M. Grosh. Washington: The World Bank/Oxford, 2000.
“School Enrollment and Completion in Vietnam: An Investigation of Recent Trends,” with Paul Glewwe. In Household Welfare and Vietnam’s Transition, edited by David Dollar, Paul Glewwe, and Jennie Litvack, Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1998.
Submitted manuscripts “Crossing boundaries: How social hierarchy impedes economic mobility,” (August, 2013) with G. Mansuri
“Food Prices, Wages and Welfare in Rural India,” Policy Research WP No. 6412 (April, 2013).
“Monsoon Babies: Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition in Nepal,” with E. Skoufias and S. Tiwari, Policy Research WP No. 6395 (March, 2013).
“Weather and Child Health in Rural Nigeria,” with M. Rabassa and E. Skoufias, Policy Research WP No. 6214 (October, 2012). (Revised and resubmitted to J. of African Economies).
“Distributional Implications of Climate Change in Rural India: A General Equilibrium Approach,” with M. Rabassa and E. Skoufias, August 2013.
Professional Activities and Awards Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics, 2004- Associate Editor, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2003- Editorial Board member, World Bank Economic Review, 2007-2009
Senior Fellow, Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), 2007- Excellence in Refereeing Award 2012, American Economic Review