Steven M. Helfand
Associate Professor, Economics

Note: On administrative leave as Director of EAP in Brazil 2006-2008

4102 Sproul Hall
Phone: (951) 827-1572
Fax: (951) 827-5685
Email: steven.helfand@ucr.edu

Education

• Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Agricultural and Resource Economics
• M.S., University of California, Berkeley, Agricultural and Resource Economics
• B.A., University of California, Berkeley, History

Experience

• University of California, Riverside, 1995-present

  -Chair, Latin American Studies Program, July 2002-
  -Associate Professor, Department of Economics, July 2002-
  -Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 1995-2002

Research

• Development Economics
• Agricultural Economics
• Brazil, Latin America
• Research Agenda
  1. Regional Diversity in Pathways out of Rural Poverty in Brazil (funded by USAID, 2004-06)
  2. Spatial Economic Studies of the Brazilian Economy--NEMESIS (funded by PRONEX)
  3. Farm Size and the Determinants of Productivity in the Brazilian Agricultural Sector
• "Appendix to article in CEP 22(2), 2004" (Excel format)

Teaching

• Economic Development in Latin America (Econ 185)
• Contemporary Public Policy Challenges in Latin America (Econ 187)
• Agriculture and Economic Development (Econ 265)

Curriculum Vitae

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