Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Phone: 404.471.6318
Email: ruwaifo@agnesscott.edu
Academic Degrees
- B.Sc., University of Ibadan, Nigeria
- M.Sc., University of California, Berkeley
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Teaching and Scholarly Interests
Professor Oyelere's research interests fall into four main fields: development economics, labor and demographic economics, education economics and health economics. However, most of her current and past research lies at the intersection of two or more of these fields. Her teaching interests include labor economics, microeconomics, development economics, introductory macroeconomics, and senior research seminar.
Professional Activities
Professor Oyelere is a research fellow at both the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and the Global Labor Organization (GLO). She is also a research affiliate of the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN). Her research has been published in several leading academic journals, including the Journal of Development Economics (JDE), American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, and Small Business Economics.
She is a member of the American Economic Association (AEA) and the National Economic Association (NEA), and currently serves as a Board Director of the African Finance and Economics Association (AFEA). Professor Oyelere is also an editor for the Journal of Black Political Economy and was recently nominated as the first independent board member of the Integral Alliance.
Her recent publications include:
- “Violent Conflict Exposure and Household Welfare: Lessons from Nigeria Using Panel Data,” with John Odozi. Forthcoming in Journal of African Development, 2025.
- “In Need of a Roof: Pandemic and Housing Vulnerability,” with Kusum Mundra. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy 7, no. 1 (2024): 27–44.
- “Evolution of Inequality in Nigeria: a Tale of Falling Inequality, Rising Poverty, and Regional Heterogeneity.” with John Odozi. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 6, no. 4 (2023): 297-309.
- “Childhood Trauma Among Chinese Inmates,” with Liu, H., Ackert, L. F., Chang, F., Qi, L., and Shi, Y. China Economic Review 73 (2022): 101794.
Affiliations
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Fellow
- Global Labor Organization (GLO) Fellow
- Households in Conflict Affiliate