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Yoram Ben-Porath

Yoram Ben-Porath was an Israeli economist who served as president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1990 to 1992.

1937 to 1992President of the Hebrew UniversityResearch on human capitalDirecting the Falk Institute

Died: 18 October 1992
Occupation: economist
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard University

Yoram Ben-Porath was born in 1937 in Ramat Gan

Yoram Ben-Porath was born in 1937. He studied economics and Middle East studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, starting in 1957, and also earned a master's degree there. His thesis dealt with the Arab labor force in Israel.

He earned a Ph.D. at Harvard University in 1967, where he studied with Simon Kuznets. That year he joined the economics faculty of the Hebrew University. His research covered labor economics, human capital and growth, family economics, demography and political economy.

He directed the Maurice Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel from 1979 to 1984. He also headed the Israel Economic Association and was a Fellow of the Econometric Society. In the 1980s he was active in the Peace Now movement.

He became rector of the Hebrew University and in 1990 its president. On October 18, 1992, a truck hit his car on the way to Eilat. He, his wife Yael and their son Yahali were killed and buried at Har Hamenuhot in Jerusalem.