Jeffrey Hammer

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Jeffrey Hammer
Born
Jeffrey Stuart Hammer

(1953-11-03) November 3, 1953 (age 71)
Academic career
Field Development economics
Health economics
Institutions Princeton University, The World Bank
Alma mater Swarthmore College (BA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)

Jeffrey Stuart Hammer (born November 3, 1953) is a health and development economist. Hammer was the Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor of Economic Development at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton University. [1] [2] His primary research focus is the economics of health policy and health service provision in poor countries. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He was on the core team of the 2004 World Development Report “Making Services Work for Poor People,” alongside Lant Pritchett, Shanta Devarajan, and other notable economists. [9]   He is currently a senior non-resident scholar at the National Council of Applied Economic Research in Delhi, and Director of the One Hundred Homes project. [10] [11]

Education and career

Hammer earned a B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College and his PhD in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. [10]   Before Princeton he worked at The World Bank for 25 years, the last three years in the New Delhi office. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Das, Jishnu; Hammer, Jeffrey; Leonard, Kenneth (2008). "The Quality of Medical Advice in Low Income Countries". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 22 (2): 93–114. doi: 10.1257/jep.22.2.93 . hdl: 10986/6393 . PMID   19768841. S2CID   39190175.
  2. ↑ "Jeffrey Hammer - IGC". International Growth Centre. 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. ↑ Hammer, Jeffrey (2015-08-28). "Why advocating universal free primary health care is irresponsible at best". The Brookings Institution. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. ↑ Das, Jishnu; Hammer, Jeffrey (2007). "Money for nothing: The dire straits of medical practice in Delhi, India" (PDF). Journal of Development Economics. 83 (1): 1–36. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2006.05.004. hdl:10986/8196 . Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. ↑ Chaudhury, Nazmul; Hammer, Jeffrey; Kremer, Michael; Muralidharan, Karthik (2006). "Missing in Action: Teacher and Health Worker Absence in Developing Countries". Journal of Economic Perspectives. 20 (1): 91–116. doi: 10.1257/089533006776526058 . PMID   17162836.
  6. ↑ Hammer, Jeffrey; Spears, Dean (2016). "Village sanitation and child health: Effects and external validity in a randomized field experiment in rural India". Journal of Health Economics. 48: 135–148. doi:10.1016/j.jhealeco.2016.03.003. PMC   4920645 . PMID   27179199.
  7. ↑ Gersovitz, Mark; Hammer, Jeffrey (2004). "The Economical Control of Infectious Diseases". The Economic Journal. 114 (492): 13–133. doi:10.1046/j.0013-0133.2003.0174.x. S2CID   18095429.
  8. ↑ Das, Jishnu; Hammer, Jeffrey (2005). "Which doctor? Combining vignettes and item response to measure clinical competence". Journal of Development Economics. 78 (2): 348–383. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2004.11.004.
  9. ↑ World Bank (2003). World Development Report 2004. The World Bank. doi:10.1596/0-8213-5468-X. ISBN   978-0-8213-5468-1.
  10. 1 2 "Jeffrey S. Hammer". National Council of Applied Economic Research. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  11. ↑ "One Hundred Homes". One Hundred Homes. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  12. ↑ "Jeffrey Hammer". The World Bank. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
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