Oded Galor
Office: 210 Robinson Hall
email: Oded_Galor@brown.eduTitle: Professor of Economics
Departmental Affiliation(s): Economics
Background Info:
- Editor in Chief, Journal of Economic Growth, 1995-
- Co-director, NBER research group on Income Distribution and Macroeconomics, 1995-
- Director, Minerva Center for Macroeconomics and Growth, 1999-
- Member of the Advisory Board, Economics and Human Biology, 2002-
- Associate Editor, Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2000-
- Associate Editor, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 2004-
- Member of the Advisory Board, Journal of Economic Research, 1997-
- Research Fellow, Center of Economic Policy Research, 1995-
Research Interests:
Evolution and growth, the demographic transition and the take-off from stagnation to sustained economic growth, fertility and growth, and inequality and growth.Current Research:
“Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy”This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the intricate time path of life expectancy in the process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural Revolution. The theory argues that social, economic and environmental changes that were associated with the transition from hunter-gatherer tribes to sedentary agricultural communities and ultimately to urban societies affected the nature of the environmental hazards confronted by the human population, triggering an evolutionary process that had a significant impact on the time path of human longevity.
Selected Publications:
“Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth,” with O. Moav, Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2002.
“Population, Techonology, and Growth: From Malthusian Stagnation to the Demographic Transition and Beyond,” with D. Weil, American Economic Review, September 2000.
“Ability Biased Technological Transition, Wage Inequality and Economic Growth,” with O. Moav, Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 2000.
“Technological Progress, Mobility, and Economic Growth,” with D. Tsiddon, American Economic Review, June 1997.
“Income Distribution and Macroeconomics,” with J. Zeira, Review of Economic Studies, January 1993.
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