Rati Ram
# Rati Ram

Rati Ram (born September 10, 1934, in India) is a distinguished professor of economics at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, specializing in the economics of education.

Ram got his M.A. in philosophy and economics at Delhi University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics at University of Chicago in 1977. Since 1986 he is Distinguished Professor at Illinois State University.

## Selected publications

* Tropics and Economic Development: An Empirical Investigation. Economics Department, Illinois State University, 1996.
* Tropics and economic development: An empirical investigation. In: World Development, vol. 25, issue 9, 1997, p. 1443–452 doi:10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00044-2
* Tropics, income, and school life expectancy: an intercountry study. In: Economics of Education Review, 18, 1999, p. 253–258.
