The Islamic Revolution of 1979, the 8-year war with Iraq (1980–88), and the collapse of oil prices in 1986 dealt huge blows to Iran’s economy. In this article, we use a pseudopanel constructed from annual multiple surveys during 1984–2004 to analyze changes in cohort earnings and...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979, the eight-year war with Iraq (1980-88), and the collapse of oil prices in 1986 dealt huge blows to Iran's economy. In this paper we use a pseudo panel constructed from annual multiple surveys during 1984-2004 to analyze changes in cohort earnings and consumption...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979, the eight-year war (1980-88) with Iraq, and the collapse of oil prices in 1986 dealt huge blows to Iran's economy. In this paper we use a pseudo panel constructed from annual multiple surveys during 1984-2004 to understand how individuals and families have fared...

This dissertation is a collection of three empirical essays on Albania andIran. In December of 1990, the communist system in Albania came to an abruptend. The collapse of communism led to a number of macroeconomic reforms that,among other things, brought dramatic changes in the Albanian labor...