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 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
Studies of Health, Retirment, and Living Arrangements of the Elderly Poulation in China (Fogerty International Center, NIH), John Strauss, Yaohui Zhao, $150,000, 2009-2012  
Biomarkers in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (National Institute on Aging), John Strauss, Eileen Crimmins, $275,000, 2009-2011  
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  
 

Proposals Submitted
NIA, pending, John Strauss, Yaohui Zhou, $5,000,000, 2010-2015  
 

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
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
"Socioeconomic success and health in later life", Population Association of America, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed , Detroit, 2009-2010   
"Socioeconomic success and health in later life", World Congress of Internaitonal Union for teh Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) , Talk/Oral Presentation, , Marakesh, Morocco, 2009-2010   
 

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.
 

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
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  
 

Committees
Chair, Graduate Admission Committee, 2008-2009   
Chair, 2nd Year Empirical Paper Committee, 2008-2009   
 

Review Panels
National Institutes of Health, R21-R03 Review Panel, 2009-2010   
African Economic Research Consortium, Resource Person, 1997-2009  
 

Service to the Profession

Editorships and Editorial Boards
Editor-in-Chief, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 08/2003-08/2013  
 

Review Panels
National Institutes of Health, R21-R03 Review Panel, 2009-2010   
African Economic Research Consortium, Resource Person, 1997-2009  
 
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