Kain, John F(orrest)

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KAIN, John F(orrest)

KAIN, John F(orrest). American, b. 1935. Genres: Economics, Urban studies. Career: U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Associate Professor of Economics, 1962-65; Consultant, Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC, 1966-68, Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1968; Harvard University, Assistant Professor, 1966-67, Associate Professor, 1968-69, Professor of Economics, 1969-97, Chairman of the Dept. of Economics, 1986-97, Henry Lee Professor of Economics and Professor of Afro-American Studies, 1991- 97, Henry Lee Professor of Economics and Professor of Afro-American Studies Emeritus, 1997-; University of Texas at Dallas, Cecil & Ida Green Chair for the Study of Science & Society, 1997-, and Director, Cecil & Ida Green Center for the Study of Science & Society, 1997-. Publications: (with J.R. Meyer and M. Wohl) The Urban Transportation Problem, 1965; (ed.) Race and Poverty: The Economics of Discrimination, 1969; (ed. with J.R. Meyer) Essays in Regional Economics, 1971; (with others) Empirical Models of Urban Land Use, 1971; (with G.K. Ingram and J.R. Ginn) The Detroit Prototype of the NBER Urban Simulation Model, 1972; (with J.M. Quigley) Housing Markets and Racial Discrimination, 1975; Essays on Urban Spatial Structure, 1975; (with W.C. Apgar Jr.) Housing and Neighborhood Dynamics, 1985. Died 2003.