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Current projects: social security forecasting in Kazakhstan, multi regional social security forecasting in Kyrgyzstan, mortality risk in Kazakhstan, migration in the former USSR, disability risk in Russia, determinants of health care utilization in Russia, Russian financial sector development, suburbanization in Indian cities, minority enrolments in graduate economics programs, determinants of poverty in Kyrgyzstan Professor Becker's research interests include social security system forecasting, the economics of transition economies, economic demography, computable general equiliibrium simulation modeling, and urban economics. He has written books on urbanization in India and in sub-Saharan Africa, on the impact of sanctions in South Africa and neighboring countries, and on a computable general equilibrium simulation model of India. He is currently writing a book on the distributional impacts of pension reform in Kazakhstan, and has ongoing projects on fertility decline in Africa, the graying of poverty in developing countries, on migration and demographic change in the former USSR, on mortality risk in Kazakhstan, on poverty in Kyrgyzstan, on disability risk in Russia, on health care utilization in East Siberia, on Indian suburbanization, and on US minority enrolments in graduate economics programs. Professor Becker joined Duke in 2003, having previously taught at Vanderbilt University, the University of Colorado at Denver, and the University of Colorado at Boulder. He currently serves as Director of the American Economic Association's Summer Program and Minority Scholarship Program, and is on the Board of Directors of the National Economic Association.