Prof. Yair Mundlak
IN MEMORY OF
Yair Mundlak
1927 - 2015
Agricultural economics, growth and development, econometrics.
Education
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1957
M.A. Statistics, University of California at Berkeley, 1956
B.S. (Highest Honors) Agricultural Economics,
University of California at Davis, 1953
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
1957-70 Instructor to Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics
1970-91 Ruth Hochberg Professor of Agricultural Economics
1991- Professor (Emeritus) of Agricultural Economics (Early retirement)
1965-73 Head, Department of Agricultural Economics
1972-74 Dean, Faculty of Agriculture
1968-85 Director of Research, The Center for Agricultural Economics Research
2000 - Chairman, The Center for Agricultural Economics Research
Other universities
1961-63 Visiting Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley
1966-67 Visiting Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago
1974-76 Visiting Professor of Economics, Harvard University
1978-97 F.H. Prince Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago
Research positions
1963(summer) Research Associate, Economics, MIT,
1972 Consultant, Development Research Center, The World Bank.
1973 Visiting Fellow, CORE, Louvain, Belgium
1976-92 Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
1990-1995 Advisory Board, Institute for Policy Reform, Washington D.C.
1980-2001 Research consulting to the World Bank
2003 - Research Fellow, Rural Development Research Consortium (University of California, Berkeley)
Other Assignments in Israel
1964-74 Consultant to the Ministry of Agriculture and a member of research committees of the
National Council for Research and Development
1977-88 President, Israel Foundation Trustees