Business Address 

Professor of Economics

Ohio University

Athens, Ohio 45701

Tel: (740)593-2034

 E-mail: ighazalah1@ohiou.edu

 

Academic Training

 B.S. (Business Economics), University of California, Berkeley, 1958.

M.A. (Economic s), University of California, Berkeley, 1965.

Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Berkeley, 1969.

 

 

Areas of Academic Ttaining and Teaching

 Public Finance, International Economics, Economic Development, Labor Economics, Urban Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Economics of Health

 

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Research

Vocational Education in Ohio: A Benefit-Cost Study, Bulletin of Business Research, October 1972.

 

The Role of Vocational Education in Improving Skills and Earning Capacity in Ohio: A Cost-Benefit Study, College of Business Administration, Ohio University, 1972.

 

Pricing Decisions in Higher Education: Residen t-Nonresident Tuition in Public Universities, Proceedings, American Institute for Decision Sciences, 1973.

 

Cities and the Municipal Income Tax: An Application of Dependence and Interdependence Analysis, Proceedings, American Institute for Decision Sciences, 1973.

 

The Economics of Vocational and Technical Education, Review of Social Economy, October 1973. (Co-author).

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The Economic Value of Vocational Education, American Vocational Journal, January 1974.

 

The Fiscal Decision in Urban Areas, Proceedings, American Institute for Decision Sciences, 1974.

 

Size-Cost Relationships in Vocational Education, Department of Education, State of Ohio, 1974.

 

Vocational Education Planning Districts of Ohio: An Economic Evaluation of Foregone Benefits from Limited Participation, Department of Education, State of Ohio, 1975.

 

The Occupational Work Adjustment and Occupational Work Experience Programs in Ohio: A Benefit-Cost Study, Ohio Advisory Council for Vocational Education, Columbus, Ohio, 1975.

 

The Impact of a University: Some Empirical Findings, Regional Science Perspective s, Vol. 7, Number 1, 1977. (Co-author).

 

Longitudinal Study of Vocational Education Graduates, Department of Education, State of Ohio, 1978.

 

System for the Evaluation of Investment in Vocational Education, Division of Vocational Education, State of Ohio and ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) ED 162 127, February 1978.

 

The Effect of Compensation on Voluntary Separation of Navy Enlisted Personnel, in two volumes, Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, 1980.

 

Economic Performance of Vocational Education Graduates: A Study Based on U.S. Individual Income Tax Data, Journal of Vocational Education Research, Vol. VI, No. 2, 1981.

 

Small Business Entrepreneurial Success: A Longitudinal Study, Proceedings of Small B usiness Research Conference, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1983.

 

Long Term Follow-up of Vocational Education Graduates: A study based on Federal Income Tax Data, Ohio University, 1989, pp. I-XII and 1-149

 

The Wealthiest 2000 Corporations, Partnerships and Individuals, Ohio University, 1989, in two volumes.

 

1979 Vocational Education Graduates in 1987: A Longitudinal Study, Ohio University, 1993, pp I- VIII and 1-106

 

1979 Vocational Education Graduates in 1988: A Longitudinal Study, Ohio University, 1993, pp. I-VIII and 1-108

 

1979 Vocational Education Graduates in 1985: A Longitudinal Study, Ohio University, 1991

pp. I-VIII and 1-92

 

1979 Vocational Education Graduates in 1986: A Longitudinal Study, Ohio University, 1991,

pp. I-III and 1-97

 

1981 Vocational Education Graduates in 1985: A Study Based on Federal Income Tax Data, Ohio University, 1991, pp. I-VIII and 1-66

 

1982 Vocational Education Graduates in 1986: A Study Based on Federal Income Tax Data, Ohio University, 1991, pp. I-VIII and 1-70

 

1983 Vocational Education Graduates in 1987: A Study Based on Federal Income Tax, Ohio University, 1993, pp. I-VIII and 1-72.

 

1984 Vocational Education Graduates in 1988: A Study Based on Federal Income Tax Data, Ohio University, 1993, pp. I-VIII and I-

 

 

Research Grants

Ohio University Research Committee, "Cross-section study of Expenditure and Revenue Centralization," 1970.

 

Department of Education, State of Ohio, "Evaluation of Vocational Education Programs in Ohio," 1972.

 

Department of Education, State of Ohio, "Vocational Education Planning Districts in Ohio: An Economic Evaluation," 1973.

 

Ohio Advisory Council for Vocational Education, "Study of the Occupational Adjustment

and Occupational Work Experience Programs in Ohio," 1974.

 

Department of Education, State of Ohio, "Longitudinal Study of Vocational Education

Graduates," 1974.

 

U.S. Office of Education and the Department of Education, State of Ohio, "Generalized system for evaluation of Vocational Education," 1976.

 

Office of Naval Researc h, Department of the Navy, "The effects of Compensation on Voluntary attrition of enlisted personnel," 1979.

 

U.S. Department of Education and the Ohio Department of Education, "Development of a Benefit-Cost Evaluation for Technical and Vocational Education Graduates," 1984.

 

U.S. Department of Labor, "Study of Vocational Education Graduates," 1986

 

Department of Education, State of Ohio, "Vocational Education Study", 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992.

 

Honors Tutorial College, Program Excellence (Student Research Apprentice Program) 1991. "International Economic Competitiveness."

 

 

Academic Experience

1965-66 Instructor, University of California, Berkeley.

1967- 68 Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley (Summer).

1967-69 Lecturer in International Economic Studies, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

1969-73 Assistant Professor of Economics, Ohio University.

1974-76 Associate Professor of Economics, Ohio University.

1976- Professor of Economics, Ohio University.

1984-89 Chair, Department of Economics, Ohio University.

 

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