Dr. Hamid R. Oskorouchi
Vitae
2020 - | Research Associate, Institute for Health Care & Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
2018-2020 | Research Associate, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany |
2017 – 2018 | Research Associate, Institute for Health Care & Management, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
Mar-Apr 2018 | Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon |
Sep -Dec 2012 | Research Assistant, London Middle East Institute, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom |
Education | |
2016 – 2018 | Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hohenheim, Germany |
2014 – 2018 | Ph.D. in Development Economics, University of Trento, Italy (in cooperation with University of Florence, Italy) |
2011 – 2014 | Master in Development Economics, University of Florence, Italy |
2007 – 2011 | Bachelor in Economics and Management, University of Cagliari, Italy |
Consultancies | |
2019 | Consultant at UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs, New York, USA |
2018 | Consultant at IFAD, Operational Policy and Results Division (OPR), International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy |
Research interests
- Development Economics
- Micro-economics
- Health Economics
- Demography
Selected publications
Oskorouchi, Hamid R. & Sousa‐Poza, Alfonso, (2021). Floods, food security, and coping strategies: Evidence from Afghanistan, Agricultural Economics 52 (1):123-140. | |
Otterbach, Steffen, Oskorouchi, Hamid R., Rogan, Michael, Qaim, Martin, (2021). Using Google data to measure the role of Big Food and fast food in South Africa’s obesity epidemic, World Development, 140. | |
Oskorouchi, Hamid R., Sousa-Poza, Alfonso and Bloom, David E., (2020). The Long-Term Cognitive and Schooling Effects of Childhood Vaccinations in China, No 13106, IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) | |
Oskorouchi, H. R., Nie, P., & Sousa-Poza, A. (2018). The effect of floods on anemia among reproductive age women in Afghanistan. PloS one, 13(2), e0191726. | |
H.R. Oskorouchi (2019). Learning to Fight: Afghan Child Health and In Utero Exposure to Conflict. Population and Development Review. |