Skip to main content

Seife Dendir

Chair, Economics/Professor

Economics, Dept of

Address:

Kyle Hall 294
Box 6952

Headshot of Seife Dendir

Biography

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 intergenerational mobility, 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 managerial economics. Outside work I enjoy spending time with my family, reading, playing and watching soccer, and following sports.

Dr. Dendir's personal website.

Education

Ph.D. in Applied Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 
M.A. in Applied Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 

Courses Taught

ECON 106: Principles of Microeconomics  
ECON 306: Intermediate Microeconomic Theory   
ECON 311: Economic Development  
ECON 340: Global Economy and Business   
ECON 455/651: Managerial Economics  
ECON 495: Current Topics in Economics (African Development; Experiments in Development) 

Publications - Journals

  • Dendir, S. (2023). Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development Sustainability, 2, 1-12. (2023 IPUMS International Best Paper Award)
  • Dendir, S. (2023). Impact of Online Homework on Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Principles of Microeconomics. Journal of Education for Business, 98(2), 59-67.
  • Dendir, S. (2022). 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), 1-16.
  • Dendir, S., & Maxwell, R.S. (2020). Cheating in Online Courses: Evidence from Online Proctoring. Computers in Human Behavior Reports, 2, 1-10.
  • Dendir, S., & Alvi, E. (2020). Wage Returns to Education in Ethiopia. Oxford Development Studies, 48(1), 70-84.
  • Dendir, S., Orlov, A., & Roufagalas, J. (2019). Do Economics Courses Improve Students’ Analytical Skills? A Difference-in-Difference Estimation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 165, 1-20.
  • Dendir, S. (2019). Performance Differences between Face-to-Face and Online Students in Economics. Journal of Education for Business, 94(3), 175-184.
  • Dendir, S. (2017). Saving out of Remittances: Evidence from Ethiopia and Kenya. International Migration, 55(4), 118-140.
  • Dendir, S. (2016). When do Soccer Players Peak? A Note. Journal of Sports Analytics, 2(2), 89-105.
  • Dendir, S. (2016). An Online Premium? Characteristics and Performance of Online versus Face-to-face Students in Principles of Microeconomics. Journal of Education for Business, 91(2), 59-68.
  • Dendir, S., & Alvi, E. (2015). Parental Education and Children’s School and Work Status in Urban Ethiopia: A Note on Gender Bias. South African Journal of Economics, 83(1), 101-116.
  • Dendir, S. (2014). Children’s Cognitive Ability, Schooling and Work: Evidence from Ethiopia. International Journal of Educational Development, 38, 22-36.
  • Dendir, S., & Alvi, E. (2011). Sibling Differences in School Attendance and Child Labor in Ethiopia. Oxford Development Studies, 39(3), 285-313.
  • Dendir, S., & Alvi, E. (2011). Weathering the Storms: Credit Receipt and Child Labor in the Aftermath of the Great Floods (1998) in Bangladesh. World Development, 39(8), 1398-1409.
  • Dendir, S., & Alvi, E. (2009). Private Transfers, Informal Loans and Risk Sharing among Poor Urban Households in Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies, 45(8), 1325-1343.
  • Dendir, S., & Alvi, E. (2009). On Consumption Insurance in Poor Urban Areas: Evidence from Ethiopia. Journal of International Development, 21(5), 699-713.
  • Dendir, S., & Alvi, E. (2008). On Attenuation of Moral Hazard in Risk-sharing in Poor Urban Economies. International Economic Journal, 22(4), 431-444.
  • Dendir, S. (2007). Household Shocks and Child Labor in Rural Malawi. Economics Bulletin, 4(1), 1-8.  
  • Dendir, S. (2006). Unemployment Duration in Poor Developing Economies: Evidence from Urban Ethiopia. Journal of Developing Areas, 40(1), 181-201. 

Publications- Proceedings

  • Dendir, S. (2018). Performance Differences between Face-to-Face and Online Students. Conference on Higher Education 

Pedagogy Proceedings (vol. 10, pp. 231-235). Virginia Tech Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

  • Dendir, S. (2013). Children’s Endowment, Schooling, and Work in Ethiopia. United Nations University -World Institute for Development Economics Research Working Paper Series (WP/2013/086).  

Honors and Awards

  • IPUMS International Best Paper Award (Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa), 2023.
  • Dalton Scholar Award, Radford University, 2019.
  • Outstanding Faculty Award, Davis College of Business and Economics, Radford University, 2015. 

 

Apply NowPlan a Visit