Ayal Kimhi

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details:

Name: Ayal Kimhi
Date of Birth: April 29, 1959
Family Status: Married + 4
Permanent Address: Kfar-Varburg 70998.

Education

Ph.D. - 1991	Department of Economics, The University of Chicago. Thesis: "Occupational Choice in Israel Cooperative Villages." Committee: Yair Mundlak, Gary Becker, and Kevin Murphy.
Department of Economics, The University of Chicago.
M.Sc. - 1986	(summa cum laude), Department of Agricultural Economics, Hebrew University. Thesis: "Agricultural Credit in Israel." Advisor: Yoav Kislev.
B.Sc. - 1984	(magna cum laude), Department of Agricultural Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.

CURRENT POSITIONS
Since 2004	Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Since 2008	Director of Research, The Center for Agricultural Economic Research, Rehovot, Israel
Since 2009	Deputy Director, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies

PAST POSITIONS

2006 Visiting Professor. School of Economics, Nagoya University

2005-06 Visiting Associate Professor. Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

2002-05 Director of Research, The Center for Agrivcultural Economic Research, Rehovot, Israel

1998-99 Visiting Assistant Professor, Economic Growth Center, Yale University.

1997-04 Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricvultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University

1996-97 Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Economics, Tel-Aviv University

1995-03 Consultant, The World Bank (various projects in various countries)

1994-97 Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University

1992-94 Teaching and Research Associate, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Hebrew University and Center for Agricultural and Resource Economics,The University of Maryland at College Park (also summer 1993).

COURSES TAUGHT

Introduction to the Economics of the Rural Family (2008, 2009);

Economics of Growth and Development (graduate, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007);

Econometrics b' (graduate, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010);

Economics of the Rural Family (graduate, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002);

Economics of Family and Gender (2005);

Topics in Development (2006);

Economics of Developing Countries (1999);

Introduction to Probability and Statistics (1998);

Price Theory A (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997,1998, 2000);

Firm Theory (2007);

Consumer Theory (2009);

Introductory Econometrics (1996, 1997, 2009);

Introductory Microeconomics (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002);

Introductory Macroeconomics (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2005);

Departmental seminars.

HONORS

1992-94 Post-Doc Fellowship, Hebrew University

1992-93 Sally Berg Fellowship, Hebrew University

1986-90 Century Followship, University of Chicago

1986 Fulbright Fellowship, Institute of International Education

1984 Rector list, Hebrew University

1983 Rector list, Hebrew University.

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