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Curriculum Vitae

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Address

Department of Economics (0316) Office: 540-***-****

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Fax: 540-***-****

3016 Pamplin Hall e-mail: abo093@r.postjobfree.com

Blacksburg, VA 24061

Education

1971 B.Sc. in Economics, University of London (Queen Mary College)

1974 M.A. in Economics, Harvard University

1977 Ph.D. in Economics, Harvard University

Current and past positions

2001-presentProfessor, Department of Economics,

Virginia Tech

2009-presentNon-resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, the Brookings

Institution

2010-2011Research Associate, Dubai Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government,

Harvard University

2009-2010Research Fellow, Dubai Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government,

Harvard University

2008-2009Nonresident Guest Scholar, Wolfensohn Center for Development,

the Brookings

Institution

2007-2008Visiting Fellow, Wolfensohn Center for Development, the Brookings Institution

2001 (spring)

Visiting Professor, Institute for Research in Planning and Development,

Tehran,

Iran.

1996-2000Head, Department of Economics, Virginia Tech

1995-96Interim Department Head, Department of Economics,

Virginia Tech

1991-92Visiting Professor, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, and Senior Associate

Member, St. Anthony's College, the University of Oxford

1990-2001Associate Professor

of Economics, Virginia Tech

1984-90Assistant Professor

of Economics, Virginia Tech

1977-84Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

1979-80 Economist, Department of Economic Research, the Central Bank of Iran

1981-84Research Associate, Middle East Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania

1977-84Research Associate,

Center for Population Studies, University of Pennsylvania

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Other Professional Appointments

1. Iran s contested election: Populism and youth power, Virginia Tech Research

Magazine, Winter 2009.

2. Trouble in Tehran Foreign Policy, July/August 2009, p. 85.

3. Poverty and inequality since the revolution, in The Iranian Revolution at 30,

Middle

East Institute, Washington DC 2009.

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4. Returns to Education in the Middle East: A Comparative Study of Egypt, Iran, and

Turkey, Forum, the Newsletter of the Economic Research Forum, 15(2) 2008.

5. Pobreza y desigualdad en el IrAn revolucionario (Poverty and inequality in

Revolutionary Iran), La Vanguardia Dossier, Special Issue on Iran in (Iran por dentro),

July/ September, 2007, No. 24.

6. Labor and the Challenge of Restructuring in Iran, Middle East Report, Vol. 28, No.

210, Spring 1999, 34-37. Translated into Persian and reprinted in Monthly Economic

Digest, May 2000, Tehran, Iran.

7. Reform or Reaction: Dilemmas of Economic Developmen t in the Middle East, Middle

East Report, with Karen Pfeifer and Marsha Pripstein -Posusney, Vol. 28, No. 210, Spring

1999, 14-15.

8. A Human Capital Perspective on Iran s Demographic Window of Opportunity, in The

Forum, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 1998/January 1999: 9-11, ERF: Cairo.

9. "The Role of Women in the Intergenerational Transfer of Human Capital in Iran",

Goftegu, no. 19 spring 1998: 55-67, Tehran (in Persian).

10. The Oil Sector, Iran Nameh, special issue on the Iranian Economy, vol. 13, nos. 1-

2,

Winter-Spring 1995: 119-146 (Washington D.C., in Persian).

11. The Price of Consumption, U.S.-Iran Review, June 1993, 1(3), 2 pages.

12. The Reconstruction Crusade and Class Conflict in Iran, ' The Middle East Report, no.

113, (published under pen name Emad Ferdows ) March-April 1983, pp. 11-15.

13. Ester Boserup Revisited: Population Growth and Intensification in Iranian

Agriculture,

IUSSP Papers, no. 10, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, (Liege,

Belgium 1977), 23 pages.

Book reviews

1. Class and Labor in Iran: Did the Revolution Matter? by Farhad Nomani and Sohrab

Behdad, Syracuse University Press, 2006; in Middle East Journal, Winter 2007.

2. Gad Gilbar, The Middle East Oil Decade and Beyond: Essays in Political Economy,

Frank Cass, London 1997, in Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 1998.

3. Asghar Schirazi, Islamic Development Policy The Agrarian Question in Iran, translated

by P. J. Ziess-Lawrence, Lynne Reinner Publishers, Boulder and London, 1993, Iranian

Studies, 1997.

4. Thierry Coville, ed., The Economy of Islamic Iran: Between State and Market, Tehran:

Institute Francaise de Recherche en Iran, distributed by Peeters, Louvain, 1994, Journal

of Economic Literature, Vol. 34, June 1996.

5. Stanley Fischer, Dani Rodrick, Elias Tuma, eds., The Economics of Middle East Peace,

Cambridge, MIT Press, 1993, in MESA Bulletin, 187-188, Vol. 29, No. 2, December

1995.

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6. Charles F. Doran and Stephen W. Buck, The Gulf, Energy, and Global Security, Lynne

Reinner Publishers, Boulder and London, 1991, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin,

vol. 27, no. 4, December 1993.

7. Joint review of H. Amirahmadi, Revolution and Economic Transition : The Iranian

Experience, and M. Karshenas, Oil, State, and Industrialization in Iran, Economic

Development and Cultural Change, October 1993, 220-226.

8. Massoud Karshenas, Oil, State, and Industrialization in Iran, Middle East Studies

Association Bulletin, 26, 1992, pp. 91-93.

9. Nima Nattagh, Agriculture and Regional Development in Iran: 1962 -1978, MENAS

Press London, in Iranian Studies, vol. 21, nos. 3-4, 1988: 185-87.

10. Charles K. Wilbur and Kenneth P. Jameson, eds., Socialist Models of Development,

Pergamon Press, 1981, in Journal of Development Economics, vol. 16, nos. 1-2, 1984:

208-213.

Selected Commentary:

1. Iran: Subsidy Reform Amid Regional Turmoil, March 2011, Brookings Institution.

2. Iran Sanctions: Who Really Wins? The Brookings Institution.

3. Where Will the Power Lie in Iran? - Room for Debate, NYTimes.com

4. Behind the Protests, Social Upheaval in Iran - Room for Debate . NYTimes.com

5. Slipping Oil Prices: Is the Oil Rich Middle East Prepared ? October 21, 2008

6. Egypt s Education System: Parents and Students Emerge as a New Force for Reform,

October 1, 2008

7. Pursuing a Positive Agenda for the Middle East, in Top 10 Global Economic Challenges

Facing America's 44th President, October 2008

8. Has Poverty Increased in Iran Under Ahmadinejad? August 05, 2008

9. Iran's Economy: Short Term Performance and Long Term Potential, May 23, 2008

10. Are Iranian Women Overeducated ? March 05, 2008

11. Israel, Iran, and the Unthinkable, Letter to the Editor, New York Times, July 21,

2008.

12. A parting gift that is unlikely to impress Iraqis, Letter to Editor, Financial

Times,

September 17, 2007.

13. Western strategy should take account of less familiar Iran filled with hope,

Letter to

Editor, Financial Times, July 6, 2006.

14. The Tale of Two Professions, the H.A.N.D. Research Foundation. Advancing Research

on Iran s Economy, 2006.

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15. ERF Fellow s book wins academic acclaim but can it influence policy? Forum, VOL.

9, NO. 2, Summer 2002, ERF, Cairo.

Working papers

1. Demographic swings and early childhood education in Iran, with Hania Kamel, 2006

2. Microeconomics of growth in Iran: macro growth and micro transformation, 2006

3. Iran s Third Development Plan, a reappraisal, 2005.

4. Labor market flexibility and investment in human capital, with Russ Murphy .

5. The participation of urban women in market work in Iran, funded under a grant from

the

Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey, 2004.

6. Fertility transition or intertemporal substitution: evidence from household data, with

Ajay

Tandon, mimeo, Department of Economics, VPI&SU, 2001.

7. Testing OPEC Behavior: A Comment, VPI&SU Department of Economics Working

Paper No. E87-01-02, 1987.

Unpublished reports

1. Market work of women in Iran, the World Bank, 2006.

2. Building capacity for poverty monitoring at the Statistical Center of Iran, report

presented

to UNDP-Tehran, 2003.

3. A Macroeconomic Analysis of the Agricultural Sector in Haiti, with Thomas Whitney,

VPI&SU Office of International Research and Development, prepared for the United

States Agency for International Development, 1989.

Professional Organizations and Activities

Member, Editorial Board, Middle East Development Journal

Member, Board of Trustees, Economic Research Forum, Cairo, 2001 -2006.

Advisory Committee, Economic Research Forum, 1996 -2001, 2006-present.

Research Fellow (lifetime), Economic Research Forum, since 1993.

Member, Board of Directors, Middle East Economics Association, 1996 -1997.

Member, Editorial Committee and Board of Directors, Middle East Report, 1997-2000.

Member, Program Committee, Biennial Conference of Society for Iranian Studies, 2000

and 2006.

Member, American Economic Association, Population Association of America, Middle

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East Studies Association of North America, and the Society for Iranian Studies.

Honors and Awards

Arj prize, first place award in the nationwide entrance examinations, Tehran

University,

Iran, 1967.

Central Bank of Iran scholarship, 1967 -74.

Fellowship, Harvard University Center for Population Studies, 1973 -75 (stipend and

tuition).

Honorary Fellow, The Population Council, 1973 -74.

Teaching Excellence Award, the R. B. Pamplin College of Business, VPI &SU, 1988.

Senior Associate Member, St. Anthony's College, the University of Oxford, 1991 -92.

Social Science Research Council, Middle East Research Fellow, 1994 -95.

Teacher of the Year Award, the Epsilon Chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon (in

conjunction with the Economics Club of Virginia Tech), 1996 -97.

Noteworthy Book of 2001 by Princeton University Industrial Relations Section for Labor

and Human Capital in the Middle East: Studies of Markets an d Household Behavior,

Reading, England: Ithaca Press, 2001.

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