Harvard University 著名教授 Avraham_Ebenstein 关于中国发展问题 的多篇文章
AVRAHAM YEHUDA EBENSTEIN
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Phone: +972-2-588-3254
Mount Scopus Campus, #4208 Fax: +972-2-581-6071
Jerusalem, Israel 91905
ebenstein@mscc.huji.ac.il
http://pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il/~ebenstein
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 2007
MA, Applied Economics, University of Michigan, 1999
BA with honors, Economics, University of Michigan 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2009-present
Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy, Harvard University, 2007-2009
Research Assistant for David Card and Ronald Lee, Department of Economics, UCB, 2004-2006
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, UCB, 2003
Research Assistant for Jonathan Gruber, Department of Economics, MIT, 2001-2003
FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Environmental Economics, Demography, Applied Econometrics
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
“When is the Local Average Treatment close to the Average? Evidence from Fertility and Labor
Supply,” 2009, Journal of Human Resources 44(4):955-975
“The ‘Missing Girls’ of China and the Unintended Consequences of the One Child Policy,” 2010,
Journal of Human Resources 45(1):87–115
“Does Inconvenience Explain Low Takeup? Evidence from UI Claiming Procedures” (with Kevin
Stange), 2010, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 29(1):111-136
“Estimating a Dynamic Model of Sex Selection in China”, forthcoming, Demography
“Son Preference and the Missing Market for Social Insurance: Evidence from China’s Rural Pension
Program” (with Steven Leung), 2010, Population and Development Review 36(1):47-70
“The Consequences of the ‘Missing Girls’ of China,” (with Ethan Jennings), 2009, World Bank
Economic Review 23(3):399-425
“A Spatial Analysis of Selected Manufacturing and Service Sectors in China’s Economy using County
Employment Data for 1990 and 2000” (with Dean Hanink and Robert Cromley), February 2010,
Regional Studies, pp. 1-19
“Estimating Components of Population Change from Census Data for Incongruent Spatial/Temporal
Units and Attributes” (with Dean Hanink and Robert Cromley), December 2009, Journal of Spatial
Science, Vol. 54, No. 2. pp. 89-99
“Can Courtroom Sharing Reduce Courthouse Construction Costs? A Preliminary Review” (with Mark
Musell), Public Budgeting and Finance, 2001, 21(2):106-113
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WORKING PAPERS
“Water Pollution and Digestive Cancers in China”, invited for re-submission at Review of Economics
and Statistics
“Winter Heating or Clean Air? Unintended Consequences of China’s Huai River Policy” (with
Douglas Almond, Yuyu Chen, Michael Greenstone, and Hongbin Li)
“Estimating the Impact of Trade and Offshoring on American Workers Using the Current Population
Surveys” (with Ann Harrison, Margaret McMillan, and Shannon Phillips), NBER WP 15107
“The Socio-Economic Implications of Son Preference and Fertility Decline in China” (with Monica
Dasgupta and Ethan Jennings Sharygin)
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Bare Branches, Prostitution, and HIV in China: A Demographic Analysis” (with Ethan Jennings
Sharygin), chapter in Gender Policy and HIV in China, Springer publishing, 2009
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant, European Commission, 2009-2013
Falk Institute Research Grant, 2009
Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Fellowship, 2007-2009
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, 2006-2007
Institute of Business and Economic Research Mini-grant, 2005
James B. Angel Scholar, University of Michigan, 1998
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2010: American Economic Association meetings, IFAU Uppsala, Tel Aviv University, Chinese
University of Honk Kong
2009: American Economic Association meetings, Population Association of America meetings, Bar
Ilan University, UC-Berkeley, China Summer Institute, Yale School of Public Health, Emory School
of Public Health, City College of New York, Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University, Ben Gurion
University
2008: UC-Berkeley, University of Connecticut, World Bank, Harvard, China Summer Institute,
Columbia University, NBER China Conference (discussant), World Bank
2007: NBER Summer Session, Population Association of America meetings, Northeast Asia Economic
Forum Young Leaders Program, University of Virginia, Tufts University, Harris School, RAND,
Peking University, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Health Bureau, Stanford University (discussant)
ADVISING
Senior Thesis Advisor, Steven Leung, Harvard University, 2007-2008
REFEREE SERVICE
American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, B.E. Journal of
Economic Analysis & Policy, Demography, Economic Journal, Economics of Transition, European
Journal of Population, International Economic Review, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of
Comparative Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Policy Analysis
and Management, Journal of Population Economics, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies, Quarterly Journal of
Economics
March 2010