Robert Sauer

Robert M. Sauer, born in Brooklyn, New York, is Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol in the UK. Previously, he held positions at the University of Southampton in the UK, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University in Israel, and Brown University in the US. He completed his PhD in economics at New York University in 1995.

In 2003, Sauer co-founded the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS). JIMS is now one of Israel's most successful nonprofit economic policy think tanks, focusing on economic research, policy analysis and education from a market-liberal perspective.

Academic Research

Sauer's academic research lies mainly in the fields of labor economics and applied micro-econometrics. His research focuses on explaining data on labor force participation and job mobility via the structural estimation of dynamic programming (DP) models. Sauer has published his research in leading economics journals such as the "Journal of Political Economy", the "Review of Economic Studies" and the "Journal of Labor Economics". He has also helped further develop a new simulated maximum likelihood (SML) algorithm that facilitates the estimation of DP and other complex econometric models involving discrete choices. Joint research projects with Michael P. Keane of the University of Technology Sydney, one of the originators of the algorithm along with Kenneth I. Wolpin of the University of Pennsylvania, have been financially supported by the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in the United Kingdom.

Economic Policy Work

In 2003, Sauer co-founded with Corinne Sauer the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies (JIMS). JIMS was the first organization in Israel to calculate and publicize Tax Freedom Day. JIMS is also the Israel member of the Economic Freedom Network, publishing Israel's entry in the Economic Freedom of the World index together with the Fraser Institute in Canada. In addition, JIMS runs a number of private educational programs, including a public lecture series, an economic and social policy seminar series, and evening workshops for working professionals and high school students. JIMS offers fellowships to Israeli university students that attend the economic and social policy seminar series during the academic year.

Other Activities

Sauer's other professional activities include serving on the Gerson Lehrman Group Council of Advisors, where he consults for major international investment houses on the economic and political environment in Israel. He has also served as an economist expert witness in the US and has defended his opinions in US Federal Court.

elected Publications

*Robert Sauer and Daniela del Boca (2008). Life Cycle Employment and Fertility Across Institutional Environments, "European Economic Review", forthcoming.
*Robert Sauer (2007). Why Develop Open Source Software? The Relative Importance of Non-pecuniary Benefits, Monetary Rewards, and Open Source Licence Type. "Oxford Review of Economic Policy", 23(4), 605-619.
*Robert Sauer and Corinne Sauer (2007). Is it Possible to Have Cheaper Drugs and Preserve the Incentive to Innovate? The Benefits of Privatizing the Drug Approval Process. "Journal of Technology Transfer", 32(5), 509-524.
*Robert Sauer and Adriana D. Kugler (2005). Doctors Without Borders? Re-licensing Requirements and Negative Selection in the Market for Physicians. "Journal of Labor Economics", 23(3), 437-466.
*Robert Sauer (2004). Educational Financing and Lifetime Earnings. "Review of Economic Studies", 71(3), 1189-1216.
*Robert Sauer, Yoram Weiss and Menachem Gotlibovski (2003). Immigration, Search, and Loss of Skill. "Journal of Labor Economics", 21(3), 557-591.
*Robert Sauer (1998). Job Mobility and the Market for Lawyers. "Journal of Political Economy", 106(1), 147-171.

External links

* [http://www.bristol.ac.uk/economics/staff/sauer.html University of Bristol Bio]
* [http://www.jims-israel.org Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies]
* [http://www.efm.bris.ac.uk/ecxrs/cvsauer.pdf Curriculum Vitae]
* [http://ssrn.com/author=51962 SSRN author page - paper downloads]
* [http://ideas.repec.org/e/psa173.html RePEc/IDEAS author page - paper downloads]
* [http://www.iza.org/profile?key=451 IZA Research Fellow page - paper downloads]