Recent Published Papers and Manuscripts (Last 5 Years):
Note: For a more detailed list, please see the CV
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Examining Child Deprivation Across California and How It Could Be Addressed with Early Childhood Education” Coauthored with Ruslan Korchagin, Published in California Journal of Politics and Policy (CJPP) Vol. 15, Issue 1, Institute of Government Studies UC Berkeley and CSU Sacramento, February 2023.
Link: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6b67z7ng
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Lessons from COVID-19 and Its Impact on Reallocation of Resources: A Cross Country Comparison in Search of a Global Perspective. In Nezameddin Faghih, Amir Forouharfar (Eds.), Socioeconomic Dynamics of the COVID-19 Crisis: Global, Regional and Local. (PP 127-174). Springer, March 2022
Link to Book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-89996-7
Link to the Paper: https://ideas.repec.org/h/spr/conchp/978-3-030-89996-7_7.html
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Can President Biden Restore Hope, Narrow the Division Among Opposing Groups, and Build a Better America? Published online in Globalization for the Common Good Initiative, UK, February 2021.
Can President Biden Restore Hope, Narrow the Division Among Opposing Groups, and Build a Better America?
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Undocumented Immigrants and Their Economic Impact On the Central Coast of California: A Close Look Into Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, February 2023, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IsGYNu26I2Wd3t7tUDofFMeBd1uaYtpR/view
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Economic Impact of Community Colleges in Ventura County: Showing the contribution of community colleges in boosting the regional economy, enhancing the ability of their graduates to improve their lives, and serving the common good of the community in Ventura County and beyond, (February 2022): https://www.vcccd.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf_document/2022/Economic%20Impact%20of%20Community%20Colleges%20in%20Ventura%20County.pdf
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Transfer of Wealth in Ventura County: Using the Existing and the Emerging Philanthropic Giving to Strengthen the Quality of Life in Ventura County for the Next Fifty Years, A Study Commissioned by Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF), Revised in Feb 2022. https://vccf.org/transfer-of-wealth/
Full Report: https://vccf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/study-of-transfer-of-wealth-in-ventura-c
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Digital Divide Within the SCAG Region: Depiction of the Existing Digital Access Within Six Counties of the Region and Across Selected Demographic Indicators in Each Zip Code, January 2022.
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Digital Divide Within the SANDAG Region: Depiction of the Existing Digital Access San Diego County Across Selected Demographic Indicators in Each Zip Code, January 2022.
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Digital Divide Within Santa Barbra County: Depiction of the Existing Digital Access Santa Barbara County Across Selected Demographic Indicators in Each Zip Code, March 2022.
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Evaluation Human Trafficking Task Force Led by the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department, ongoing; several reports have been prepared, and the final report is scheduled for September 2022.
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PROFILE OF COVID-19, COMMUNITY, BUSINESS, NONPROFIT & WORKER IMPACTS: Informing an Inclusive & Equitable Economic Recovery in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, August 2021
Executive Summer: https://edcollaborative.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Executive-Summary-Profile-of-COVID-
19-Community-Business-Nonprofit-and-Worker-Impacts.pdf
Full Report:: https://www.edcollaborative.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Profile-of-COVID-19-Community-
Business-Nonprofit-Worker-Impacts.pdf
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Looking into the Imperative of Creating a Universal High-Quality Early Childhood Education in Ventura County: An Essential Step towards Creating A Better Tomorrow for All, Commissioned by Ventura County Community Foundation, March 2019. A revised version was completed by April 2021.
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The Future of Caregiving for an Aging Population: Increasing Community and Economic Vitality in Ventura County, Commissioned by Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF), January 2019. https://vccf.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vccf-ltc-final.pdf
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State of Region Report, commissioned and sponsored by the Civic Alliance of Ventura County, Expected in November 2021.
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Domestic Violence and Process Evaluation of the Newly Established Family Justice Center in Ventura County, in collaboration with Molly George and Abell, Leslie, September 2021.
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Economic Impact of California Lutheran University: A report on the contributions of Cal Lutheran, a leading nonprofit in Ventura County that boosts regional output and job creation and generates tax revenue for all three levels of government; Copy of Report on Cal Lutheran President’s Office Page: https://www.callutheran.edu/president/documents/Cal-Lutheran-Economic-Impact-Report-2020.pdf (Released on 2020).
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Community Profile of Ventura County: Looking into the Existing Socio-Economic and Demographic Profile at Present and During Recent Years. CBC Federal Credit Union commissioned this study in collaboration with Gerhard Apfelthaler (September 2020)
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State of the Region, commissioned and sponsored by the Civic Alliance of Ventura County, July 2019.
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Looking into the Imperative of Creating a Universal High-Quality Early Childhood Education in Ventura County: An Essential Step towards Creating A Better Tomorrow for All, Commissioned by Ventura County Community Foundation, March 2019. A revised version was completed by April 2021.
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Economic Impact of Establishing Family Justice Center in Ventura County, a pro bono research work to help Ventura County DA Office and other collaborating partners in the county. Pro bono 2019. Various reports were generated and shared with Ventura County DA Office.
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Wealth Accumulation in the 21st Century, January 2018. Thought Leadership Series Horizons which is London Based Global Network of Millennial Investors and Founders https://horizons.org/#community
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Gap Analysis for Preconception to Age Five Blueprint for Funding (Fresno County), A study conducted as the principal investigator for La Pina Consulting, 2018
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Transfer of Wealth in Ventura County: Using the Existing and the Emerging Philanthropic Giving to Strengthen the Quality of Life in Ventura County for the Next Fifty Years, A Study Commissioned by Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF), March 2018. https://vccf.org/transfer-of-wealth/
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Economic Impact of Boys & Girls Clubs in Ventura County, 2018.
Responding to Requests from Business and Finance Companies for Expert Commentary (Most Recent):
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Looking into How Car Insurance Premiums Can Be Set with Fairness about Different Life and Demographic Circumstances of Clients https://wallethub.com/cheap-car-insurance/california#experts=Jamshid_Damooei
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Which Credit Cards Best Cash Back Credit https://wallethub.com/best-cash-back-credit-card#expert=Jamshid_Damooei
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Best Ways to Lower Car Insurance Premiums: https://wallethub.com/edu/ci/how-to-lower-car-insurance/88942#expert=Jamshid_Damooei
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WalletHub's piece about Best Car Insurance in California: https://wallethub.com/car-insurance/california#jamshid_damooei
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States which are most and least dependent on federal government spending: https://wallethub.com/edu/states-most-least-dependent-on-the-federal-government/2700#expert=Jamshid_Damooei
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Racial Wealth Gap in the United States within the series “State Economies with Most Racial Equity.”
https://wallethub.com/edu/state-economies-with-most-racial-equality/75810#expert=Jamshid_Damooei
List of Current Op-Eds about the Pandemic Since March 2020
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Coronavirus reveals the insanity of the global economic system.
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/03/25/guest-columnist-coronavirus-reveals-insanity-global-economic-system/2910376001/
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Real reason for US’s slow response to the pandemic
https://vcreporter.com/2020/04/power-to-speak-the-real-reason-for-the-u-s-s-slow-response-to-the-pandemic/
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COVID-19 is proving that poverty is a human-made lethal disease that can only be cured by improving our economic system and allowing for greater cooperation to prevail on a global scale.
https://www.pacbiztimes.com/2020/04/24/damooei-poverty-is-a-lethal-human-made-disease/
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Going back to normal is not an option when the pandemic is over. We need to create a new normal that can respond to our needs.
https://amp.vcstar.com/amp/5276400002
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Trust in our leaders to steer us out of the crisis is lacking: Opening up has to be done cautiously based on our ability to protect people, as has been done in those countries that have successfully opened up.
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/07/11/trust-our-leaders-steer-us-out-crisis-lacking/5398931002/
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A tale of Two Counties: Jointly written with Gerhard Apfelthaler
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/10/10/guest-editorial-a-tale-of-two-counties/5925430002/
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Build unity by finding common ground to address problems https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2020/11/21/guest-editorial-build-unity-by-finding-common-ground-address-problems/3768103001/
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Cash assistance to American families — myth vs. reality https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/01/09/guest-column-cash-assistance-american-families-myth-vs-reality/6567392002/
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Helping families is an economic necessity and moral imperative https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/02/27/helping-families-is-economic-necessity-and-moral-imperative/4567720001/
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Give American middle-and low-income earners a break. https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/04/03/guest-editorial-give-american-middle-and-low-income-earners-a-break/4842272001/
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Taxing and investing in our future is essential.
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/06/12/guest-editorial-taxing-and-investing-essential-our-future/7640369002/
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K-shaped recovery calls for bottom-up response
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/08/07/guest-column-k-shaped-recovery-calls-bottom-up-response/5392594001/
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Diversity gains call for greater investment in underserved communities
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2021/09/11/diversity-gains-call-greater-investment-underserved-communities/5772388001/
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Turning back the Doomsday Clock means thinking about the common good
https://www.pacbiztimes.com/2021/11/05/opinion-turning-back-the-doomsday-clock-means-thinking-about-the-common-good/
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A global economy calls for a global solution to its problems
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/editorials/2021/12/11/guest-editorial-global-economy-calls-global-solutions/6424188001/
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Income distribution cause of high COVID-19 deaths in the US
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/01/27/guest-column-income-distribution-cause-high-covid-19-deaths-us/9232318002/
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Cost of wars — recent past, present, and the future
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/03/19/guest-column-cost-wars-recent-past-present-and-future/7079450001/ -
Children in Ventura County’s most populated ZIP code need help
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2579640927712/children-in-ventura-county-s-most-populated-zip-code-need-help?s=ws_native
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A sharp rise in interest rate will not remedy our problems
https://news.yahoo.com/guest-column-sharp-rise-interest-160012278.html
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A fragmented world is not sustainable
https://news.yahoo.com/guest-column-fragmented-world-not-170003333.html
Or Ventura County Star
https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/06/25/sharp-rise-interest-rate-not-remedy-our-problems/7692493001/
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What is the option when economic sanctions hurt us all?
Link to Yahoo News: https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/guest-column-option-economic-sanctions-150246772.html
Link to VC Star: https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/10/17/guest-column-what-option-when-economic-sanctions-hurt-us-all/10477901002/
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Improving the lives of undocumented immigrants will benefit us all. Jointly written with Gerhard Apfelthaler
Link to Yahoo News: https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/guest-column-improving-lives-undocumented-163218167.html
Link to VC Star: https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/01/14/improving-the-lives-of-undocumented-immigrants-will-benefit-us-all/69797381007/
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Eliminating the pay gap brings true appreciation of DEIJ
Yahoo News: https://news.yahoo.com/eliminating-pay-gap-brings-true-150027682.html
VC Star Link: https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/04/15/eliminating-the-pay-gap-brings-true-appreciation-of-deij/70108510007/
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The human face of debt dispute
Link to Yahoo News: https://news.yahoo.com/human-face-dispute-raise-debt-190026731.html
Link to Ventura County Star: https://www.vcstar.com/story/opinion/2023/05/29/the-human-face-of-the-dispute-to-raise-debt-ceiling/70253748007/