Douglas Gollin

Associate Professor of Economics

Office: Seeley 5
E-mail: Douglas.Gollin@williams.edu
Tel: (413) 597-2471
Fax: (413)-597-4045
Department of Economics
Williams College
Fernald House
Williamstown, MA 01267

Education

University of Minnesota, Ph.D, 1996
Yale University, M.A., 1998
Harvard University, A.B., 1983
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)

Fields of Specialization

Development
Growth
Technology
Economics of Agriculture

Research

Publications and Working Papers

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

“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.

“Valuing Genetic Diversity: Crop Plants and Agroecosystems,” with Melinda Smale, Chapter 13 in Biodiversity in Agroecosystems, ed. Wanda W. Collins and Calvin O. Qualset (Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1998).

“Structural Transformation and the Cross-Country Income Distribution,” with Stephen Parente and Richard Rogerson. Manuscript.

“Nobody’s Business but My Own: Self Employment and Small Enterprise in Economic Development,” Manuscript.

Do Taxes on Large Firms Impede Growth? Evidence from Ghana.” Manuscript.

“Home Work, Farm Work, and International Differences in Productivity,” joint with Stephen Parente, University of Pennsylvania, and Richard Rogerson, University of Pennsylvania. Manuscript.

“An Application of Hedonic Pricing Methods to Value Rice Genetic Resources in India,” with R. E. Evenson, Chapter 9 in Agricultural Values of Plant Genetic Resources, eds. R.E. Evenson, D. Gollin, and V. Santaniello (Wallingford, U.K.: CAB International, 1998).

R.E. Evenson and D. Gollin, eds. Crop Variety Improvement and Its Effect on Productivity: The Impact of International Research (Wallingford, UK: CAB International, forthcoming 2002).

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).