Almas Heshmati

Research Fellow

Jönköping University

almas.heshmati@ju.se

Forschungsinteressen

Almas Heshmati is Professor of Economics at the Jönköping University (Sweden). He was professor of Economics at the Sogang University, Korea University, Seoul National University, University of Kurdistan at Hawler, RATIO Institute, Stockholm and MTT Agrifood Research, Helsinki and Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), The United Nations University, Helsinki during 2001-2004. From 1998 until 2001, he was an Associate Professor of Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.

He has a Ph.D. degree from the University of Gothenburg (1994), where he held a Senior Researcher position until 1998. His research interests include agricultural economics, development economics, energy economics, industrial organization, labor, globalization, income distribution, productivity, efficiency, growth, health care and capital structure. He is member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Panel Data. His publications include papers in the Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Applied Economics, Applied Financial Economics, Econometric Reviews, Economic Theory, Empirical Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Global Economy Journal, International Journal of Industrial Organization, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of the World System Research, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, and Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2000.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6004

A General Model of Technical Change with an Application to the OECD Countries

Almas Heshmati, Subal C. Kumbhakar

published in: Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 2014, 23(1), 25-48.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5737

Economies of Scale in the Tunisian Industries

Almas Heshmati, Ilham Haouas

published in: International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2013, 5(1), 48-64.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5304

An Empirical Study of the Relationships between CO2 Emissions, Economic Growth and Openness

Eunho Choi, Almas Heshmati, Yongsung Cho

published in: Korean Journal of Environmental Policy 2011, 10(4), 3-37.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5151

International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Peng Sun, Almas Heshmati

published in: China Economic Policy Review, 2012, 1(2), 35-60.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4784

Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth: The Case of Chinese Provinces

Almas Heshmati, Subal C. Kumbhakar

published in: Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2011, 78 (4), 575-590

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4779

Learning from Latin America's Experience: Europe's Failure in the "Lisbon Process"

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

published in: Alternatives, Turkish Journal of International Relations, 2010, 9(4), 3-90.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4459

Asabiyya: Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4393

Re-Orient? MNC Penetration and Contemporary Shifts in the Global Political Economy

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati

published in: Sociológia - Slovak Sociological Review, 2011, 44 (3), 1-20

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4199

A Sequential Malmquist-Luenberger Productivity Index

Donghyun Oh, Almas Heshmati

published as 'A sequential Malmquist–Luenberger productivity index: Environmentally sensitive productivity growth considering the progressive nature of technology ' in: Energy Economics, 2011, 32 (6), 1345 - 1355

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3953

The Financial and Operating Performance of Privatized Firms in Sweden

Motasam Tatahi, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3774

Analysis of Pay Inequality and its Impacts on Growth and Performance in the Korean Manufacturing Industry

Yunhee Kim, Jeong-Dong Lee, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3482

Efficiency and Effectiveness of Social Spending

Peter Herrmann, Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati, Chemen S. J. Bajalan

published in: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, 2009, 35(1), 13-43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3252

Establishment of Science Parks in the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Almas Heshmati

published in: Almas Heshmati, The Economy of Southern Kurdistan, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3247

Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government

Almas Heshmati

published in: Heshmati, The Economy of Southern Kurdistan, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3218

The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Flows to the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Almas Heshmati, Rhona Davis

published in: Heshmati, The Economy of Southern Kurdistan, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3213

A Model for Industrial Development of the Federal Region of Kurdistan: Science and Technology Policy, Instruments and Institutions

Almas Heshmati

published in: Heshmati, The Economy of Southern Kurdistan, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3208

Review of the Recent Trends in Development Economics Research: With Experience from the Federal Region of Kurdistan

Almas Heshmati

published in: Tocha (ed.), Development Economics Research Trends, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3203

Measurement and Analysis of Child Well-Being in Middle and High Income Countries

Almas Heshmati, Chemen S. J. Bajalan, Arno Tausch

published in: European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2008, 5(2), 227-249

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3198

On the Multivariate Analysis of the "Lisbon Process"

Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati, Chemen S. J. Bajalan

published in: History & Mathematics: Processes and Models of Global Dynamics, Volgograd, Russia, 2010, 92 – 137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2223

Globalisation, Inequality and Poverty Relationships: A Cross Country Evidence

Marcel Neutel, Almas Heshmati

published in: Vandana Sjajan (ed.), Globalization and Income Inequality, The ICFAI University Press: Hyderabad, 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2133

Technical Change and Total Factor Productivity Growth for Chinese Provinces: A Panel Data Analysis

Alice Shiu, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2097

Wage Inequality and Job Insecurity among Permanent and Contract Workers in India: Evidence from Organized Manufacturing Industries

Amit Kumar Bhandari, Almas Heshmati

published in: ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, 2008, 7(1), 80-111

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1734

Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices

Almas Heshmati, Jong-Eun Oh

published in: European Journal of Comparative Economics, 2006, 3(2), 133-170

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1727

Evaluating Dominance Ranking of PSID Incomes by Various Household Attributes

Esfandiar Maasoumi, Almas Heshmati

published in: Betti and Lemmi (eds.), Advances in Income Inequality and Concentration Measures, Routledge: London, 2008

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1596

Labour Use and Its Adjustment in Indian Manufacturing Industries

Amit Kumar Bhandari, Almas Heshmati

published in: Global Economic Review, 2005, 32(3), 261-290

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1578

Measurement of Globalization and Its Variations Among Countries, Regions and Over Time

Amit Kumar Bhandari, Almas Heshmati

published in: Arno Tausch and Almas Heshmati (eds.), Roadmap to Bangalore? Globalization, the EU's Lisbon Process, the Structures of Global Inequality, Nova Science Publishers, USA, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1342

Perspectives on the Early Retirement Decisions of Farming Couples

Minna Väre, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1338

Growth, Inequality and Poverty Relationships

Almas Heshmati

published in: A. Heshmati ; A. Tausch (eds.), Roadmap to Bangalore? Globalization, the EU Lisbon Process and the Structure of Global Inequality, Hauppauge and New York, 2007, 109-137

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1307

Regional Income Inequality in Selected Large Countries

Almas Heshmati

published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge and New York, 2007, 121-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1277

The Relationship between Income Inequality, Poverty and Globalisation

Almas Heshmati

published in: Nissanke and Thorbecke (eds.), The Impact of Globalization on the Worlds Poor, Palgrave Macmillan: Basingstoke, 2006

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1271

Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality

Almas Heshmati

published in: ICFAI Journal of Applied Economics, 2005, 5 (1), 7-52

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1267

The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality

Almas Heshmati

published as "The World Distribution of Income and Income Inequality: A Review of the Economic Literature" in: Journal of World-Systems Research, 2006, 12 (1), 61-107

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1263

Data Issues and Databases Used in Analysis of Growth, Poverty and Economic Inequality

Almas Heshmati

revised version published in: A. Heshmati (ed.), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2007

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1221

A Review of Decomposition of Income Inequality

Almas Heshmati

revised version published in: A. Heshmati (Ed), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2007, 27-48

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1219

Inequalities and Their Measurement

Almas Heshmati

published in: A. Heshmati (Ed), Global Trends in Income Inequality, Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers, 2007, 11-25