Lecturer in Economics

Contact Details

• Tel: 0116 252 2894
• Email: ak138@le.ac.uk
• Office: AC109 
• Office Hours:

Research Interests

Investigating microeconometric and policy issues focusing on price elasticities, cost of living indices, poverty, Engel curves and returns to schooling. 

PhD Supervision

• Thomas Allen
• Andrea Oterova

Supervision Interests

Willing to supervise students with an interest in areas of labour, education and health economics.

Teaching

• EC1006: IT for Economists
• EC3061: Development Economics and Policy
• EC7091: Quantitative Methods for Business and Finance 

Administrative Responsibilities

• Member of the Undergraduate Staff Student Committee
• Member of the Undergraduate Learning & Teaching Committee
• Programme Co-ordinator for Undergraduate BSc Programmes 

Most Recent Publications

• (Forthcoming) ROSCAs in Urban Ethiopia: Are the characteristics of the institutions more important than that of members?, Journal of Development Studies (With G. Ibrahim)
• (2009) Health and Productivity: panel evidence from Ethiopia, African Development Review, Vol. 21(1): 59-72.
• (2009), Measuring Individuals' Valuation Distributions using a Stochastic Payment Card Approach: application to solid waste management in Nigeria, Environment, Development and Sustainability (with Fonta et al), Vol. 11(3):509–521.

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