Ran Abramitzky
Assistant Professor
Contact Info:
ranabr@stanford.edu
http://www.stanford.edu/~ranabr/
Page in Stanford Directory
Phone: 650-723-9276
Office: Landau 232
Office hours: By email appointment
Interests
- Research:
Economic history, public economics, applied economics of contracts and organizations
- Current Research:
Testing the limits of mobility on redistribution; the incentive and selection effects of equal sharing; self selection in migration; how Israeli Kibbutzim survived?; the effect of sex ratio on assortative matching
- Teaching:
Economic history, applied microeconomics
- Professional Affiliations:
AEA, Economic History Association, Cliometric Society
Recent Publications
(1) "The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz," Quarterly Journal of Economics, forthcoming, August 2008
(2) "Testing Self-selection in Migration: Evidence from the Israeli Kibbutz," Revise and resubmit in Journal of Public Economics, 2008
(3) "Migration and Human Capital: Self Selection of Indentured Servants to the Americas," (with Fabio Braggion) Journal of Economic History, 66(4), 882-905, 2006
(4) "Marrying Up: the Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching," manuscript, 2008
(5) "Kibbutz," manuscript, 2008
(6) "Is Hanukkah Responsive to Christmas?" manuscript, 2008
List of Stanford Working Papers
Current Courses
| Autumn | ECON 50 Economic Analysis I ECON 227 European Economic History |
Education
Ph.D., M.A. Northwestern University; B.A. Hebrew University