Jere R. Behrman
University of Pennsylvania
W. R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics and of Sociology and Research Associate, Population Studies Center
Jere R. Behrman (Ph.D. in economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966) is the WR Kenan, Jr. Professor (and former Chair) of Economics and of Sociology and Research Associate (and former Director) of the Population Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. His research is in empirical micro economics, economic development, labor economics, human resources (education, training, health, nutrition), economic demography, household behaviors, life-cycle and intergenerational relations and policy evaluation. He has published over 330 professional articles (primarily in leading general and field economic journals, also in leading demographic, sociology, nutritional and biomedical journals) and 33 books. These include numerous studies on the determinants of and the impacts of health and nutrition and evaluating alternative health and nutrition programs.
Professor Behrman has been a research consultant with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, United Nations Development Program and various governments. He has been a principal investigator on over 70 research projects funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (23 grants), U.S. National Science Foundation (13 grants), and a number of other governmental and foundation sources. He has been involved in professional research or lecturing in over 40 countries. He has received honors including: Fulbright 40th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow, Econometric Society Fellow, Guggenheim Foundation Fellow, Ford Foundation Fellow and 2008 biennial Carlos Diaz-Alejandro Prize for outstanding research contributions to Latin America.