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Oded Stark

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Oded Stark
Academic career
FieldDevelopment economics, labour economics
InstitutionUniversity of Warsaw
University of Tübingen
University of Bonn
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Oded Stark is an economist and Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Distinguished Professor at the University of Warsaw, and adjunct professor at the University of Tuebingen.

Biography

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Over the course of his career, Oded Stark has held the Chair in Economic and Regional Policy at the University of Klagenfurt, the Chair in Development Economics at the University of Oslo, and has worked as Professor of Population and Economics as well as the Director of the Migration and Development Programme at Harvard University, as Honorary University Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna, and as Distinguished Research Scholar at Georgetown University. As of 2019, he works as Distinguished Professor at the University of Warsaw, adjunct professor at the University of Tübingen, and as Distinguished Fellow at the University of Bonn's Center for Development Research. Stark is a co-editor of the Handbook of Population and Family Economics (with Mark Rosenzweig).[1]

Research

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Oded Stark's research interests include applied microeconomic theory, development economics, population economics, the economics of migration, and labour economics.[2] According to IDEAS/RePEc, Oded Stark ranks among the top 1% of economists in terms of research output.[3]

Recognition

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Stark has an honorary doctorate from the University of Warsaw. He is a Humboldt Fellow, has a lifetime achievement award from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, and is a Presidential Professor of Economics in Poland.[2]

Bibliography (selected)

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  • Stark, O. (1993). The Migration of Labor. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.[4]
  • Rosenzweig, Mark R. & Stark, O., eds. Handbook of Population and Family Economics. Elsevier, 1997.[5]
  • Stark, O. (1999). Altruism and Beyond: An Economic Analysis of Transfers and Exchanges Within Families and Groups. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Rosenzweig, M.R., Stark, O. (1997, eds.). Handbook of Population and Family Economics. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
  2. ^ a b Profile of Oded Stark on the website of IZA. Retrieved July 14th, 2019.
  3. ^ Oded Stark ranked 528th out of 56942 authors registered on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved October 28th, 2019.
  4. ^ Reviews of The Migration of Labor:
    • Charles M. Becker, Contemporary Sociology, doi:10.2307/2075765, JSTOR 2075765
    • Barry R. Chiswick, Economic Development and Cultural Change, JSTOR 1154287
    • Heiko Korner, International Migration Review, doi:10.1177/019791839202600419
    • John Lodewijks, Pacific Viewpoint, doi:10.1111/apv.361008
    • Alaric Maude, Journal of the Australian Population Association, JSTOR 41110388
    • Ian Molho, The Economic Journal, doi:10.2307/2234612, JSTOR 2234612
    • Muhammad G. Quibria, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, doi:10.1177/011719689200100211
    • Michael P. Todaro, Population and Development Review, doi:10.2307/1973615, JSTOR 1973615
  5. ^ Reviews of Handbook of Population and Family Economics:
  6. ^ Reviews of Altruism and Beyond:
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