Dr. Hamid R. Oskorouchi

Vitae

2020 - Research Associate, Institute for Health Care & Management, University
of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
2018-2020Research Associate, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University
of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
2017 – 2018Research Associate, Institute for Health Care & Management, University
of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Mar-Apr 2018Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Nutrition & Food Sciences, American
University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Sep -Dec 2012Research Assistant, London Middle East Institute, School of Oriental
and African Studies, London, United Kingdom
Education
2016 – 2018Ph.D. in Economics, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2014 – 2018Ph.D. in Development Economics, University of Trento, Italy (in cooperation with University of Florence, Italy)
2011 – 2014Master in Development Economics, University of Florence, Italy
2007 – 2011Bachelor in Economics and Management, University of Cagliari, Italy
Consultancies
2019Consultant at UN Department of Economics and Social Affairs, New York, USA
2018Consultant 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

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Oskorouchi, Hamid R. & Sousa‐Poza, Alfonso, (2021). Floods, food security, and coping strategies: Evidence from AfghanistanAgricultural Economics 52 (1):123-140.
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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.
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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)
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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.
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H.R. Oskorouchi (2019). Learning to Fight: Afghan Child Health and In Utero Exposure to Conflict. Population and Development Review.