Peter Glick
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Education
Overview
Biography
Peter Glick is the director of Research and Policy in International Development (RAPID), a center within RAND Labor and Population. He is also a senior economist at RAND and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He specializes in applied microeconomic and statistical analysis with a focus on education, health, and poverty in developing countries. His research has investigated, among other subjects, education investments and health care demand, school quality and learning, gender differences in education and earnings, the impacts on women of export processing manufacturing, health care policy in Africa, and the determinants of HIV/AIDS knowledge and risk behaviors. With other RAND researchers, he is investigating the impacts of antiretroviral therapy on the health and economic outcomes of HIV-positive individuals in Uganda. Glick has designed and implemented numerous household and provider surveys, including two ongoing longitudinal household survey projects to study the schooling, skills, and transitions to work and parenthood of cohorts of youth in Senegal and Madagascar. Glick received his B.A. in anthropology from Binghamton University and his Ph.D. in economics from American University.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Ability, grade repetition, and school attainment in Senegal
- HIV prevention in Africa
- Policies to reduce gender schooling gaps in developing countries
Selected Publications
Glick, Peter and David E. Sahn, "Ability, Grade Repetition, and School Attainment in Senegal: a Panel Data Analysis," World Bank Economic Review, 24(1):93-120, 2010
Glick, Peter "HIV Prevention in Africa: What has been learned?" in Sahn, David E., The Socioeconomic Dimensions of HIV/AIDS in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Misconceptions, Cornell University Press, 2010
Glick, Peter and David E. Sahn, "Cognitive Skills Among Children in Senegal: Disentangling the Roles of Schooling and Family Background," Economics of Education Review, 28(2):178-188, 2009
Glick, Peter, "How Reliable are Client Satisfaction Surveys? Evidence from Matched Health Care Facility and Household Surveys in Madagasca," Social Science and Medicine, 68(2):368-379, 2009
Glick, Peter, "What Policies will Reduce Gender Schooling Gaps in Developing Countries: Evidence and Interpretation," World Development, 36(9):1623-1646, 2008
Glick, Peter, David E. Sahn and Alessandra Marini, "Estimating the Consequences of Unintended Fertility for Child Health and Education in Romania: an Exercise Using Twins Data," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 69(5):667-691, 2007
Glick, Peter and David E. Sahn, "The Demand for Primary Schooling in Rural Madagascar: Price, Quality, and the Choice between Public and Private Providers," Journal of Development Economics., 79(1):118-145, 2006
Glick, Peter and David E. Sahn, "Intertemporal Female Labor Force Behavior in a Developing Country: What Can We Learn from a Limited Panel?" Labour Economics, 12:23-45, 2005
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