Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
Biographic Data
| ID | 185941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Djavad Salehi-Isfahani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Djavad |
| FAMILY NAME | Salehi-Isfahani |
| SIGNATURE | SALEHI-ISFAHANI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Electrification and the closing of the gender gap in literacy in rural Iran
The rapid expansion of electricity to rural Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution provides a unique opportunity to study the impact of infrastructure on women's empowerment. Using a large panel of villages observed in three consecutive censuses (1986, 1996, 2006) and administrative records on electrification, we apply difference-in-differences to estimate the effect of electrification on the gender literacy gap. Our estimates suggest that be…
Inequality of opportunity in educational attainment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from household surveys
Inequality of opportunity in educational attainment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from household surveys
Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a large-scale program in Iran
Rethinking Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa: The Missing Dimensions
In this paper I review the state of human development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its evolution in the past four decades. I highlight the following salient characteristics of MENA economies that shape human development in the region: high income from hydrocarbon exports, which drive a wedge between individual productivity and consumption; demographic factors, such as delayed fertility transition and rapid growth of the youth po…
From Health Service Delivery to Family Planning: The Changing Impact of Health Clinics on Fertility in Rural Iran
After a decade of pronatal policies, in 1989 the Iranian government reversed itself and launched an ambitious program to control population growth. In the subsequent 15 years the average number of births per rural woman dropped from more than seven to the replacement level. We evaluate the impact of health clinics on rural fertility, distinguishing between their effect when they delivered only health services and when they also provided family pl…
Iranian Youth in Times of Economic Crisis
Young people play an important role in shaping Iran's politics but have only a marginal role in its economy. Youth (ages 15–29) are more than one-third of the country's population and are better educated than the generation they are replacing, while accounting for more than two-thirds of the unemployed. Demographics have thrown the marriage market out of balance, with a “shortage of men” of about 25 percent, while economic pressures have reduced …
Reversal of Fortunes: The Rise and Fall of Lifetime Earnings of Iranian Men
The Islamic Revolution of 1979, the 8-year war with Iraq (1980–88), and the collapse of oil prices in 1986 dealt huge blows to Iran’s economy. In this article, we use a pseudopanel constructed from annual multiple surveys during 1984–2004 to analyze changes in cohort earnings and consumption through these tumultuous times. Using well-known techniques, we decompose the changes in median cohort earnings of men into cohort, age, and year effects. Ou…
The Revolution and the Rural Poor
Critics of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 often paint the picture of a failed revolution when they focus on the structure of employment or on income inequality, neither of which indicates improvement or deep social change. I argue here that the critics miss an important dimension of social change where the revolution has had its greatest impact on Iranian society, namely, the improvement and transformation of the lives of the poor, especially the…
Human Resources in Iran: Potentials and Challenges
Critics of economic development strategies followed by most Middle Eastern countries often point to their lagging human development indicators as a sign of failure. While it is true that the growth performance of these countries has been generally quite poor since the 1980s—only Sub-Saharan Africa has had a worse experience—it is not true that they have failed to expand education. In fact, the rate of growth of years of schooling in the Middle Ea…
Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East
Karen Pfeifer, Marsha Pripstein-Posusney, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Steve Niva, Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East, Middle East Report, No. 210, Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East (Spring, 1999), pp. 14-15
Labor and the Challenge of Economic Restructuring in Iran
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Labor and the Challenge of Economic Restructuring in Iran, Middle East Report, No. 210, Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East (Spring, 1999), pp. 34-37
Islamic Development Policy: The Agrarian Question in Iran , Asghar Schirazi, trans. P. J. Ziess-Lawrence, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993
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Population pressure, intensification of agriculture, and rural-urban migration
Oil, State and Industrialization in Iran . Massoud Karshenas Revolution and Economic Transition: The Iranian Experience . Houshang Amirahmadi
Oil and the International Economy
Oil and the International Economy. Models of the Oil Market. After the Oil Price Collapse: OPEC, the United States, and the World Oil Market. Oil and the International Economy. By Geoffrey Heal and Graciela Chighilnisky. (Oxford and New York: Clarendon Press, 1991. Pp. xviii+139. £20.00 hardback. ISBN 0 19 828517 5.)Models of the Oil Market. By Jacques Cremer and Djavad Salehi-Isfahani. (Chur: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1991. Pp. ix+106. £8.00,…
Effort Observability and Worker Productivity: Towards an Explanation of Economic Dualism
Journal Article Effort Observability and Worker Productivity: Towards an Explanation of Economic Dualism Get access Hadi S. Esfahani, Hadi S. Esfahani University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic J…
The Political Economy of Credit Subsidy in Iran, 1973–1978
During the last decade of the Pahlavi rule in Iran, rising oil income financed a very extensive development program in which both the state and the private sector accumulated huge amounts of wealth in real and financial capital. Having no direct access to the oil riches, the private sector accumulated much of its new wealth by direct and indirect subsidies from the government. Through various mechanisms, the state channeled resources to the priva…
Oil Exports, Real Exchange Rate Appreciation, and Demand for Imports in Nigeria
Technology and preferences in the Boserup model of agricultural growth
On the Generalization of the Boserup Model: Some Clarifications
Oil supply and economic development strategy
Socialist models of development
Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a large-scale program in Iran
Iranian Youth in Times of Economic Crisis
Young people play an important role in shaping Iran's politics but have only a marginal role in its economy. Youth (ages 15–29) are more than one-third of the country's population and are better educated than the generation they are replacing, while accounting for more than two-thirds of the unemployed. Demographics have thrown the marriage market out of balance, with a “shortage of men” of about 25 percent, while economic pressures have reduced …
Human Resources in Iran: Potentials and Challenges
Critics of economic development strategies followed by most Middle Eastern countries often point to their lagging human development indicators as a sign of failure. While it is true that the growth performance of these countries has been generally quite poor since the 1980s—only Sub-Saharan Africa has had a worse experience—it is not true that they have failed to expand education. In fact, the rate of growth of years of schooling in the Middle Ea…
The Political Economy of Credit Subsidy in Iran, 1973–1978
During the last decade of the Pahlavi rule in Iran, rising oil income financed a very extensive development program in which both the state and the private sector accumulated huge amounts of wealth in real and financial capital. Having no direct access to the oil riches, the private sector accumulated much of its new wealth by direct and indirect subsidies from the government. Through various mechanisms, the state channeled resources to the priva…
Effort Observability and Worker Productivity: Towards an Explanation of Economic Dualism
Journal Article Effort Observability and Worker Productivity: Towards an Explanation of Economic Dualism Get access Hadi S. Esfahani, Hadi S. Esfahani University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic J…
Inequality of opportunity in educational attainment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from household surveys
Inequality of opportunity in educational attainment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from household surveys
Rethinking Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa: The Missing Dimensions
In this paper I review the state of human development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its evolution in the past four decades. I highlight the following salient characteristics of MENA economies that shape human development in the region: high income from hydrocarbon exports, which drive a wedge between individual productivity and consumption; demographic factors, such as delayed fertility transition and rapid growth of the youth po…
From Health Service Delivery to Family Planning: The Changing Impact of Health Clinics on Fertility in Rural Iran
After a decade of pronatal policies, in 1989 the Iranian government reversed itself and launched an ambitious program to control population growth. In the subsequent 15 years the average number of births per rural woman dropped from more than seven to the replacement level. We evaluate the impact of health clinics on rural fertility, distinguishing between their effect when they delivered only health services and when they also provided family pl…
The Revolution and the Rural Poor
Critics of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 often paint the picture of a failed revolution when they focus on the structure of employment or on income inequality, neither of which indicates improvement or deep social change. I argue here that the critics miss an important dimension of social change where the revolution has had its greatest impact on Iranian society, namely, the improvement and transformation of the lives of the poor, especially the…
Socialist models of development
Oil supply and economic development strategy
On the Generalization of the Boserup Model: Some Clarifications
Technology and preferences in the Boserup model of agricultural growth
Effort Observability and Worker Productivity: Towards an Explanation of Economic Dualism
Journal Article Effort Observability and Worker Productivity: Towards an Explanation of Economic Dualism Get access Hadi S. Esfahani, Hadi S. Esfahani University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic J…
The Political Economy of Credit Subsidy in Iran, 1973–1978
During the last decade of the Pahlavi rule in Iran, rising oil income financed a very extensive development program in which both the state and the private sector accumulated huge amounts of wealth in real and financial capital. Having no direct access to the oil riches, the private sector accumulated much of its new wealth by direct and indirect subsidies from the government. Through various mechanisms, the state channeled resources to the priva…
Oil Exports, Real Exchange Rate Appreciation, and Demand for Imports in Nigeria
Oil and the International Economy
Oil and the International Economy. Models of the Oil Market. After the Oil Price Collapse: OPEC, the United States, and the World Oil Market. Oil and the International Economy. By Geoffrey Heal and Graciela Chighilnisky. (Oxford and New York: Clarendon Press, 1991. Pp. xviii+139. £20.00 hardback. ISBN 0 19 828517 5.)Models of the Oil Market. By Jacques Cremer and Djavad Salehi-Isfahani. (Chur: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1991. Pp. ix+106. £8.00,…
Population pressure, intensification of agriculture, and rural-urban migration
Oil, State and Industrialization in Iran . Massoud Karshenas Revolution and Economic Transition: The Iranian Experience . Houshang Amirahmadi
Islamic Development Policy: The Agrarian Question in Iran , Asghar Schirazi, trans. P. J. Ziess-Lawrence, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East
Karen Pfeifer, Marsha Pripstein-Posusney, Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Steve Niva, Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East, Middle East Report, No. 210, Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East (Spring, 1999), pp. 14-15
Labor and the Challenge of Economic Restructuring in Iran
Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Labor and the Challenge of Economic Restructuring in Iran, Middle East Report, No. 210, Reform or Reaction? Dilemmas of Economic Development in the Middle East (Spring, 1999), pp. 34-37
Human Resources in Iran: Potentials and Challenges
Critics of economic development strategies followed by most Middle Eastern countries often point to their lagging human development indicators as a sign of failure. While it is true that the growth performance of these countries has been generally quite poor since the 1980s—only Sub-Saharan Africa has had a worse experience—it is not true that they have failed to expand education. In fact, the rate of growth of years of schooling in the Middle Ea…
The Revolution and the Rural Poor
Critics of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 often paint the picture of a failed revolution when they focus on the structure of employment or on income inequality, neither of which indicates improvement or deep social change. I argue here that the critics miss an important dimension of social change where the revolution has had its greatest impact on Iranian society, namely, the improvement and transformation of the lives of the poor, especially the…
Iranian Youth in Times of Economic Crisis
Young people play an important role in shaping Iran's politics but have only a marginal role in its economy. Youth (ages 15–29) are more than one-third of the country's population and are better educated than the generation they are replacing, while accounting for more than two-thirds of the unemployed. Demographics have thrown the marriage market out of balance, with a “shortage of men” of about 25 percent, while economic pressures have reduced …
Reversal of Fortunes: The Rise and Fall of Lifetime Earnings of Iranian Men
The Islamic Revolution of 1979, the 8-year war with Iraq (1980–88), and the collapse of oil prices in 1986 dealt huge blows to Iran’s economy. In this article, we use a pseudopanel constructed from annual multiple surveys during 1984–2004 to analyze changes in cohort earnings and consumption through these tumultuous times. Using well-known techniques, we decompose the changes in median cohort earnings of men into cohort, age, and year effects. Ou…
Rethinking Human Development in the Middle East and North Africa: The Missing Dimensions
In this paper I review the state of human development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and its evolution in the past four decades. I highlight the following salient characteristics of MENA economies that shape human development in the region: high income from hydrocarbon exports, which drive a wedge between individual productivity and consumption; demographic factors, such as delayed fertility transition and rapid growth of the youth po…
From Health Service Delivery to Family Planning: The Changing Impact of Health Clinics on Fertility in Rural Iran
After a decade of pronatal policies, in 1989 the Iranian government reversed itself and launched an ambitious program to control population growth. In the subsequent 15 years the average number of births per rural woman dropped from more than seven to the replacement level. We evaluate the impact of health clinics on rural fertility, distinguishing between their effect when they delivered only health services and when they also provided family pl…
Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a large-scale program in Iran
Inequality of opportunity in educational attainment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from household surveys
Inequality of opportunity in educational attainment in the Middle East and North Africa: Evidence from household surveys
Electrification and the closing of the gender gap in literacy in rural Iran
The rapid expansion of electricity to rural Iran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution provides a unique opportunity to study the impact of infrastructure on women's empowerment. Using a large panel of villages observed in three consecutive censuses (1986, 1996, 2006) and administrative records on electrification, we apply difference-in-differences to estimate the effect of electrification on the gender literacy gap. Our estimates suggest that be…
Economics (21 works) · Population (11 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Development economics (5 works)