About

John A. Strauss

Professor of Economics

Contact Information
E-mail: jstrauss@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-7698
Office: KAP 306A

LINKS
Curriculum Vitae
Personal Website
 

Education
B.A. Political Science, Northwestern University, 1/1973
Ph.D. Economics, Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, 7/1981
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Professor, Department of Economics, Michigan State University, 01/01/1992-01/01/2004  
Senior Economist, Economics and Statistics Department, RAND, 01/01/1989-01/01/1992  
Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 01/01/1987-01/01/1989  
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 01/01/1983-01/01/1986  
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, 01/01/1981-01/01/1983  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
Economist John Strauss is a recognized specialist in the fields of development economics, the economics of the household, the economics of human resource investments and labor market outcomes. He just finished co-editing Volume 4 of the Handbook of Development Economics. Strauss is the current Principal Investigator of the Indonesia Family Life Survey (IFLS) and co-PI of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS). He is Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal, Economic Development and Cultural Change.
 

Funded Research

Contracts and Grants Awarded
Dynamics of Family Well-Being in a Low_income Setting (NICHD), John Strauss, $1,405,786, 09/28/2006-06/30/2010  
“Fourth Indonesian Family Life Survey of Aging” (National Institute of Aging), John Strauss, $1,309,208, 09/16/2006-06/30/2010  
China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, Pilot (National Institute of Aging), Dr. Yaohui Zhao, John Strauss, $274,954, 09/30/2007-08/31/2009  
China Aging Conference (National Institute of Aging), John Strauss, $32,000, 02/2007-01/2008  
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Resource Person, 1999-present
China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, Chang Jiang Professor
Committee on Poverty and Population, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), 2003-2005
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
"Comments on Thirumurthy", World Bank Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Discussant, , Capetown South Africa, World Bank, Invited, 2008-2009   
 

Other Research
Principal Investigator, Indonesia Family Life Survey Fielded 4th wave of survey from 2007 to mid-July 2008. After working on documentation and preparation for public use., 2007-2010  
co-PI on China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), pilot. We prepared a brand new survey in 2 provinces in China, patterned after the HRS survey in the US. Pilot was fielded in the summer of 2008. Now working on data documentation and preparation for public use., 2007-2008  
 

Publications

Book
Schultz, T., Strauss, J. A. (2008). Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
Strauss, J. A. (1986). Agricultural Household Models: Applications, Extensions and Policy (co-edited with Inderjit Singh and Lyn Squire). Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986. Baltimore: John Hopkins U Press.
 

Book Chapter
Strauss, J. A., Thomas, D. (2008). Health Over the Life Course in T.P. Schultz and J. Strauss (eds.), Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4. (Vol. Handbook of Development Economics, Volume 4). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
 

Honors and Awards
USC Mentoring Award, 5/2006-  
Senior Fellow, Bureau for Research in Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), 2005-  
Chang Jiang Scholar at Peking University, 2005-  
 

Service to the University

Administrative Appointments
Director, Institute of Economic Policy Research, 08/16/2006-08/15/2008  
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Editor-in-Chief, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 08/2003-08/2013  
Associate Editor, Journal of Development Economics, 07/1990-08/2003  
 
 
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