Rate My Professor Michael Bar

Bar's research specializations include Macroeconomics, Economics of Growth, Labor and Family Economics, and Industrial Organization, with interests in gender and race inequality. His peer-reviewed publications have appeared in prominent journals such as the Journal of Economic Growth, Demography, Review of Economic Dynamics, Journal of Macroeconomics, and The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. Key works include “Why did Rich Families Increase their Fertility? Inequality and Marketization of Child Care” (Journal of Economic Growth, 2018, with Moshe Hazan, Oksana Leukhina, David Weiss, Hosny Zoabi); “Gender Wage Gap Accounting: The Role of Selection Bias” (Demography, 2015, with Oksana Leukhina, Seik Kim); “On the Time Allocation of Married Couples since 1960” (Journal of Macroeconomics, 2011, with Oksana Leukhina); “The Role of Mortality in the Transmission of Knowledge” (Journal of Economic Growth, 2010, with Oksana Leukhina); “Demographic Transition and Industrial Revolution: A Macroeconomic Investigation” (Review of Economic Dynamics, 2010, with Oksana Leukhina); and “To Work or not to Work: Did Tax Reforms Affect Labor Force Participation of Married Couples?” (The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2009, with Oksana Leukhina). Bar has received multiple awards from San Francisco State University, including Development of Research and Creativity grants ($7,700 in 2019; $8,000 in 2016), Affordable Instructional Materials grant ($1,000 in 2015), Sabbatical (fall 2012), Presidential Award (fall 2009), and Summer Stipend (summer 2006).