Oded Stark Explained

Oded Stark
Institution:	University of Warsaw University of Tübingen University of Bonn
Field:	Development economics, labour economics
Repec Prefix:	f
Repec Id:	pst393

Oded Stark is an economist and Distinguished Fellow at the Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Distinguished Professor at the University of Warsaw, and adjunct professor at the University of Tuebingen.

Biography

Over the course of his career, Oded Stark has held the Chair in Economic and Regional Policy at the University of Klagenfurt, the Chair in Development Economics at the University of Oslo, and has worked as Professor of Population and Economics as well as the Director of the Migration and Development Programme at Harvard University, as Honorary University Professor of Economics at the University of Vienna, and as Distinguished Research Scholar at Georgetown University. As of 2019, he works as Distinguished Professor at the University of Warsaw, adjunct professor at the University of Tübingen, and as Distinguished Fellow at the University of Bonn's Center for Development Research. Stark is a co-editor of the Handbook of Population and Family Economics (with Mark Rosenzweig).^[1]

Research

Oded Stark's research interests include applied microeconomic theory, development economics, population economics, the economics of migration, and labour economics.^[2] According to IDEAS/RePEc, Oded Stark ranks among the top 1% of economists in terms of research output.^[3]

Recognition

Stark has an honorary doctorate from the University of Warsaw. He is a Humboldt Fellow, has a lifetime achievement award from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland, and is a Presidential Professor of Economics in Poland.^[2]

Bibliography (selected)

• Stark, O. (1993). The Migration of Labor. Cambridge, MA: Blackwell.^[4]
• Rosenzweig, Mark R. & Stark, O., eds. Handbook of Population and Family Economics. Elsevier, 1997.^[5]
• Stark, O. (1999). Altruism and Beyond: An Economic Analysis of Transfers and Exchanges Within Families and Groups. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.^[6]

External links

• Homepage of Oded Stark

Notes and References

1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/handbook-of-population-and-family-economics/vol/1/part/PB Rosenzweig, M.R., Stark, O. (1997, eds.). Handbook of Population and Family Economics. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
2. https://www.iza.org/person/13327/oded-stark Profile of Oded Stark on the website of IZA. Retrieved July 14th, 2019.
3. https://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.all.html#pst393 Oded Stark ranked 528th out of 56942 authors registered on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved October 28th, 2019.
4. Reviews of The Migration of Labor:
   • Charles M. Becker, Contemporary Sociology,,
   • Barry R. Chiswick, Economic Development and Cultural Change,
   • Heiko Korner, International Migration Review,
   • John Lodewijks, Pacific Viewpoint,
   • Alaric Maude, Journal of the Australian Population Association,
   • Ian Molho, The Economic Journal,,
   • Muhammad G. Quibria, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal,
   • Michael P. Todaro, Population and Development Review,,
5. Reviews of Handbook of Population and Family Economics:
   • Dora Costa, The Journal of Economic History,
   • Hugh Davies, Population Studies,
   • Mark Perlman, Population and Development Review,,
   • Robert A. Pollak, Journal of Economic Literature,
   • Jacques Siegers, European Journal of Population,
   • Robert E. Wright, The Economic Journal,
6. Reviews of Altruism and Beyond:
   • Nicholas Bardsley, Economica,
   • David Collard, The Economic Journal,,
   • Duran Bell, American Anthropologist,
   • Nancy Folbre, Population Studies,
   • Wulf Gaertner, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics,
   • John Hoddinott, Journal of Economic Literature, ;
   • Simone Manganelli, Giornale degli Economisti e Annali di Economia,
   • Michael P. Todaro, Population and Development Review,,
   • James A. Wilde, Southern Economic Journal,,