Douglas Gollin

Professor of Economics

On leave 2009 - 2010 academic year.
Webpage: http://sites.google.com/site/douglasgollin/
E-mail: Douglas.Gollin@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-2471
Fax: (413)-597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
South Academic Building
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

University of Minnesota, Ph.D, 1996
Yale University, M.A., 1988
Harvard University, A.B., 1983
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Fields of Specialization

Development
Growth
Technology
Economics of Agriculture

Research

Publications and Working Papers

“The Food Problem and the Evolution of International Income Levels, ” with Stephen Parente (University of Illinois) and Richard Rogerson (Arizona State University). 2007. Journal of Monetary Economics 54(4): 1230-1255.

“Nobody's Business but My Own: Self Employment and Small Enterprise in Economic Development.” Forthcoming, Journal of Monetary Economics.

“Technology Adoption in Intensive Post-Green Revolution Systems,” with Michael Morris and Derek Byerlee. 2005. American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Proceedings) 87(5): 1310-1316.

“Farm Work, Home Work, and International Productivity Differences,” with Stephen Parente and Richard Rogerson. 2004. Review of Economic Dynamics 7(4).

“Assessing the Impact of the Green Revolution, 1960-2000,” with Robert E. Evenson. Science 300 (2 May 2003): 758-762.

“Valuing Animal Genetic Resources: Lessons from Plant Genetic Resources,” with Robert E. Evenson. 2003. Ecological Economics 45: 353-363.

“The Role of Agriculture in Development,” with Stephen Parente and Richard Rogerson. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 92(2) May 2002: 160-164.

“Getting Income Shares Right.” Journal of Political Economy 110(2) April 2002: 458-474.

“Searching an Ex Situ Collection of Wheat Genetic Resources,” with Melinda Smale and Bent Skovmand. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82(4) November 2000: 812-827.

“Genetic Resources, International Organizations, and Improvement in Rice Varieties,” with Robert E. Evenson. Economic Development and Cultural Change 45(3) April 1997: 471-500.

Other

Selected Work Experience

Assistant Professor, Williams College, 1996 - 2002.

Gaylord Donnelley Fellow, Yale Institute for Biopheric Studies, 1999 - 2000.

Visiting Fellow, Economic Growth Center, Yale University, 1999 - 2001.

Teaching Assistant and Instructor, University of Minnesota, 1992 - 1996.

Program Associate, Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development, 1989 - 1991.

* Consulting and research affiliations at various times with: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), International Center for Wheat and Maize Improvement (CIMMYT), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI).