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Eli Berman is a Professor of Economics and the Research Director at the International Security Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He leads the Economics National Security group at the National Bureau of Economic Research and is the president of the Economics National Security Association. His research includes the empirical study of conflict, labor economics, and economic demography, with a focus on the intersection of security and economic factors. Berman's publications include significant works such as Proxy Wars (2019) and Small Wars, Big Data: Information Revolution and Modern Conflict (2018). His recent work is supported by grants from the Minerva Research Initiative and the National Science Foundation. He received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University. His expertise encompasses various facets of development and conflict, labor demand, technological change, and issues surrounding terrorism and insurgency. He is actively engaged in applied econometrics, examining factors influencing fertility and labor dynamics, particularly in the context of the Middle East.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).