cv_behrman_jere

Co-Director and Senior Member, Center for Household and Family Economics (CHAFE), University of Pennsylvania,
1982-1995.
Associate, Middle East Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania, 1983-1988.
Faculty Associate, Graduate Communication Program, The Annenberg School of Communications, University of
Pennsylvania, 1987-
Academic Visitor, Department of Economics and International Center for Economics and Related Disciplines, The
London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, 1979- 1980, 1981.
Research Associate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1979-
Research Associate, Center for Latin American Development Studies, Boston University, 1978-1979.
Honorary Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin, 1976-1977.
Member, Graduate Group in City Planning, University of Pennsylvania, 1974-
Member, Graduate Group in International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, 1972-
Visiting Lecturer in Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1973.
Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1971-
Visiting Seminar Coordinator, Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, 1969.
Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1968-1971.
Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania, 1965-1968.
Administrative Positions:
Associate Director, Population Aging Reserch Center (PARC), University of Pennsylvania, 2013-
Board of Directors, Population Association of America, 2004-2006.
Director, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-2005.
Director, Population Aging Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, 1998-9.
Acting Chair, Graduate Group of Economics, 1995-6.
Acting Director, Population Studies Center (PSC), University of Pennsylvania, 1992-3.
Associate Director, Joseph H. Lauder Institute of Management and International Studies, University of Pennsylvania,
1983-1987.
Director, Center for Analysis of Developing Economies (CADE), University of Pennsylvania, 1982- 1995.
Chair, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1973-1979.
Research Positions:
Co-Principal Investigator, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) (Lead PI Ramanan Laxminarayan, co-PI Jere
R. Behrman), 01/10/2014-01/09/2019, co-PI, consultant to The Public Health Foundation of India, “Impact Evaluation
of the Magic Bus Foundation’s Sports in Girls’ Education Programme”
Investigator, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) R01
HD075869 (MPI: MZ Levy, AM Buttenheim) “Improving participation in vector control campaigns through
behavioral economics,” 7/1/14-6/30/19.
Consultant, UBS Optimus Foundation 8307 (PI: S Wolf, JL Aber, New York University) 3/1/15-2/1/18, “Improving the
quality of Kindergarten education in Ghana through in-service teacher training”
Principal Investigator, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
RO1 HD072120 subcontract from Yale University (Costas Meghir PI) to University of Pennsylvania, “Early
Childhood Development for the Poor: Impacting at Scale,”4/1/12-3/30/17.
Consultant, UK Department for International Development (DfID) 202344-102 (PI: Karen Austrian, Pop Council),
“Adolescent Girls’ Empowerment Programme (AGEP)”, 11/1/11–10/30/17
Principal Investigator, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD
R01 HD070993 subcontract from Boston University (Kirk Dearden PI) to Univeristy of Pennsylvania, “Growth
Recovery, Schooling and Cognitive Achievement: Evidence from Four Cohorts,” 615/12-5/31/16.
Consultant, Initiatives in Knowledge Initiative (IKI)/Zomba, Malawi, World Bank Selection # 1149138 / MALAWI:
Evaluating the Impact of Selected Implementation Strategies to Create Increased Demand for Voluntary Medical Male
Circumcision, 2014-2016.
Consultant/Mentor Global Development Network (GDN) - Global Research Competition (GRC), “Are
conditional government transfers a politically acceptable form of redistribution,” 2014-6
Principal Investigator, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD
R01HD065436), “Early Child Development Programs: Effective Interventions for Human Development,” 10/1/2010-
5/30/2016