Seife Dendir Department of Economics, radford university
I joined the Department of Economics at Radford University in 2005, after receiving my M.A. and Ph.D. in Applied Economics from Western Michigan University and B.A. in Economics from Addis Ababa University. My teaching and research areas are economic development, applied microeconomics and econometrics, data analytics and pedagogy. My current research focuses on returns to schooling, educational investments in children, and generally intrahousehold resource allocation issues in developing countries. I also publish in sports analytics and economics pedagogy. At RU I teach microeconomics, economic development, global economy and business, current topics, and undergraduate and MBA managerial economics. Outside work I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, playing and watching soccer, and following sports.
TEACHING
- ECON 106: Principles of Microeconomics (Textbook: Mankiw)
- ECON 306: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory (Textbook: Pindyck & Rubinfeld)
- ECON 311: Economic Development (Textbook: Taylor & Lybbert)
- ECON 340: Global Economy and Business (Textbook: Hill & Hult)
- ECON 455/651: Managerial Economics (Textbook: Salvatore)
- ECON 495: Current Topics in Economics (African Development; Experiments in Development)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
- "Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa," World Development Sustainability, 2 (2023): 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2023.100072
- "Impact of Online Homework on Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Principles of Microeconomics," Journal of Education for Business, 98 2 (2023): 59-67. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2022.2028711
- "Race, Ethnicity and Mortality in the United States during the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Assessment," Discover Social Science and Health, 2 16 (2022): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44155-022-00019-9
- "Cheating in Online Courses: Evidence from Online Proctoring," (with R.S. Maxwell) Computers in Human Behavior Reports,2 (2020): 1-10. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2451958820300336
- "Do Economics Courses Improve Students' Analytical Skills? A Difference-in-Difference Estimation," (with A. Orlov & J. Roufagalas) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 165 (2019): 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.07.004
- "Wage Returns to Education in Ethiopia," (with E. Alvi) Oxford Development Studies, 48 1 (2019): 70-84. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2019.1672145
- "Performance Differences between Face-to-Face and Online Students in Economics," Journal of Education for Business, 94 3 (2019): 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2018.1503586
- "Saving out of Remittances: Evidence from Ethiopia and Kenya," International Migration, 55 4 (2017): 118-140. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12343
- "When do Soccer Players Peak? A Note," Journal of Sports Analytics, 2 2 (2016): 89-105. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JSA-160021
- "An Online Premium? Characteristics and Performance of Online versus Face-to-face Students in Principles of Microeconomics," Journal of Education for Business, 91 2 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08832323.2015.1110555
- "Parental Education and Children's School and Work Status in Urban Ethiopia: A Note on Gender Bias," (with E. Alvi) South African Journal of Economics, 83 1 (2015): 101-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/saje.12055
- "Children's Cognitive Ability, Schooling and Work: Evidence from Ethiopia," International Journal of Educational Development, 38 (2014): 22-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2014.06.007
- "Sibling Differences in School Attendance and Child Labor in Ethiopia," (with E. Alvi) Oxford Development Studies, 39 3 (2011): 285-313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2011.598923
- "Weathering the Storms: Credit Receipt and Child Labor in the Aftermath of the Great Floods (1998) in Bangladesh," (with E. Alvi) World Development, 39 8 (2011): 1398-1409. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.01.003
- "Private Transfers, Informal Loans and Risk Sharing among Poor Urban Households in Ethiopia," (with E. Alvi) Journal of Development Studies, 45 8 (2009): 1325-1343. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220380902862929
- "On Consumption Insurance in Poor Urban Areas: Evidence from Ethiopia," (with E. Alvi) Journal of International Development, 21 5 (July 2009): 619-713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jid.1505
- "On Attenuation of Moral Hazard in Risk Sharing in Poor Urban Economies," (with E. Alvi) International Economic Journal, 22 4 (2008): 431-444. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10168730802497429
- "Household Shocks and Child Labor in Rural Malawi," Economics Bulletin, 4 1 (January 2007): 1-8. http://www.accessecon.com/pubs/EB/2007/Volume4/EB-07D10002A.pdf
- "Unemployment Duration in Poor Developing Economies: Evidence from Urban Ethiopia," Journal of Developing Areas, 40 1 (Fall 2006): 181-201. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4193023
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