Peter F. Orazem Curriculum Vitae (.pdf)

University Professor of Economics, Iowa State University

Ph.D. Yale, 1983

M. Phil. Yale, 1980

B.A. with distinction, Kansas, 1977

 

Iowa State

Office: 267 Heady Hall

Phone: (515) 294-8656

FAX: (515) 294-0221

Email: pfo@iastate.edu

Interests: Labor economics, transition economies, human capital investment, rural labor markets, policy evaluation, applied econometrics

Selected Publications:

Orazem, Peter F., Guilherme Sedlacek and Zafiris Tzannatos Child Labor and Education in Latin America:         An Economic Perspective

Orazem, Peter F. and Elizabeth M. King  “Schooling in Developing Countries: The Roles of Supply, Demand and Government Policy.” Chapter 55 in T. P. Schultz and John Strauss, eds. Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4. 2008. Amsterdam: North Holland
Huffman, Wallace and Peter F. Orazem  “Agriculture and Human Capital in Economic Growth:  Farmers, Schooling and Health.”  Chapter 43 in R. E. Evenson and P. Pingali, eds.  Handbook of Agricultural Economics Vol. 3. 2007. Amsterdam: North Holland
Orazem, Peter F. “Lack of Education.” Chapter 15 in Bjorn Lomborg, ed. Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems: Costs and Benefits, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2007. pp. 241-262, 2007.

Selected Articles:

·         Orazem, Peter F. and Milan Vodopivec, “Do Market Pressures Induce Economic Efficiency: The Case of Slovenian Manufacturing, 1994-2001.” Forthcoming, Southern Economic Journal. (with Milan Vodopivec).

·         Gunnarsson, Victoria, Peter F. Orazem, Mario Sanchez and Aimee Verdisco. “"Does Local School Control Raise Student Outcomes?: Evidence on the Roles of School Autonomy and Parental Participation," forthcoming, Economic Development and Cultural Change. (with Victoria Gunnarsson, Mario Sanchez and Aimee Verdisco).

·        “Child Labor and School Achievement in Latin America.”  World Bank Economic Review 20 (January 2006):31-54. (with Victoria Gunnarsson and Mario Sanchez).

·        “Cyclicality and the Labor Market for Economists.”  Southern Economic Journal. 72 (October 2005):284-304. (with Craig Gallet and John List)

·        "Long-term Attachments and Long-Run Firm Rates of Return."Southern Economic Journal 71 October 2004. (with Marvin Bouillon and B. Michael Doran).

·        " Minimum Wage Effects on Hours, Employment and Number of Firms: The Iowa Case." Journal of Labor Research 23 (Winter 2002):3-23. (with J. P. Mattila).

·        " School Quality, School Cost, and the Public/Private School Choices of Low Income Households in Pakistan." Journal of Human Resources Spring 2001. (with H. Alderman and E.M. Paterno).

·        "Central Mandates and Local Incentives: The Colombia Education Voucher Program." World Bank Economic Review 13 (September 1999): 467-492.(with E. King and D. Wohlgemuth)

·        "Empirical Tests of Efficiency Wage Hypotheses,"Economica, February 1998. (with T.L. Huang, J.A. Hallam and E.M. Paterno)

·        "Male-Female Supply to State Government Jobs and Comparable Worth,"Journal of Labor Economics, January 1998. (with J. Peter Mattila)

·        "Winners and Losers in Transition: Returns to Education, Experience and Gender in Slovenia," World Bank Economic Review, May, 1995. (with Milan Vodopivec)

·        "Human Capital, Uncertain Wage Distributions, and Occupational and Educational Choices," International Economic Review, February 1991. (with J. Peter Mattila)

·  "The Implementation Process of Comparable Worth: Winners and Losers," Journal of Political Economy, February 1990. (with J. Peter Mattila)

Honors and Past Assignments:

Classes:

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Go To Economics 320: Undergraduate Labor Economics Home Page

Go To Economics 321: Economics of Discrimination

Go To Economics 521: Graduate Labor Markets Home Page

Go To Economics 322: Collective Bargaining Home Page

Research and Commentary on Ames’ Economic Growth

Data Sets and Appendices

Intermediate Microeconomic Problem Set described in, "Empirical Isoquants and Observable Optima".Review of Agricultural Economics(Fall/Winter, 1998):489-501.

International Agricultural Data

Appendix to "Design, Evaluation, and Sustainability of Private Schools for the Poor: The Pakistan Urban and Rural Fellowship School Experiments"Economics of Education Review(June 2003):265-274.

Appendices to "Rural Population Growth, 1950-1990: The Roles of Human Capital, Industry Structure and Government Policy". American Journal of Agricultural Econmomics 84 (August 2002):615-627. Data Appendix    and   Supplemental Regression Analysis

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