Robert Pollak
Robert A. Pollak (born December 1, 1938 in New York City ) is an American economist .
Career, research and teaching
Pollak first studied at Amherst College , which he left in 1960 as a Bachelor of Arts in the direction of MIT . There he graduated in 1964 as a Ph.D. He then worked initially as an assistant professor and associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania and at times at the same time for the United States Department of Labor . In 1972 he received a full professorship at the university, which he left in 1990. After a five-year stay at the University of Washington , he accepted an appointment at Washington University in St. Louis in 1995 .
Pollak's work focuses on labor market research , family economics and the economic effects of demographic developments . He is a member of the Econometric Society , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Society of Labor Economists , of which he was President between 2009 and 2010. Since 2006 he has been a Research Fellow at the Bonn Institute for the Future of Work .
Works
The following list shows books published by Pollak, and he has also written numerous magazine articles and working papers.
- The Theory of the Cost-of-Living Index (1989)
- Demand System Specification and Estimation (1992, with Terence J. Wales)
- From Parent to Child: Intrahousehold Allocations and Intergenerational Relations in the United States (1995, with Jere R. Behrman and Paul Taubman)
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Pollak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Pollak in the Research Papers in Economics database
- Robert Pollak at Washington University in St. Louis
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SURNAME | Pollak, Robert |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pollak, Robert A. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American economist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |