Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong (born July 24, 1949) is Ghanaian American economist who is a professor of economics and economics department chair at the University of South Florida, and a former president of the National Economic Association. He serves on the editorial boards of Southern Economic Journal and the Journal of African Development.[1]
Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 24, 1949 |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | National Science Foundation University of South Florida Wright State University New College of Florida |
| Alma mater | Wayne State University (PhD), 1981 University of Cape Coast (BA), 1974 |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
| Website | http://economics.usf.edu/faculty/kgbrempong/ |
Education and early life
editGyimah-Brempong was born in Kintampo, Ghana, and received a BA with Honors from the University of Cape Coast in Ghana in 1974.[citation needed] He came to the United States in 1975 and earned a PhD in economics from Wayne State University in 1981.[citation needed]
Career
editGyimah-Brempong has taught at the New College of Florida from 1981 to 1988, and at Wright State University from 1988 to 1994. Since 1994, he has been a professor of economics at the University of South Florida.[citation needed] From 2002 to 2004 he was the Economics Program, Director for the National Science Foundation.[1] His research focuses on economic development in Africa. He has been president of the National Economic Association.[2] In 2016, the Association for the Advancement of African Women Economists held a conference in his honor.[3]
Selected publications
edit- Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena. "Corruption, economic growth, and income inequality in Africa." Economics of governance 3, no. 3 (2002): 183–209.
- Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, and Mark Wilson. "Health human capital and economic growth in Sub-Saharan African and OECD countries." The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 44, no. 2 (2004): 296–320.
- Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, Oliver Paddison, and Workie Mitiku. "Higher education and economic growth in Africa." The Journal of Development Studies 42, no. 3 (2006): 509–529.
- Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, and Samaria Munoz de Gyimah-Brempong. "Corruption, growth, and income distribution: Are there regional differences?." Economics of Governance 7, no. 3 (2006): 245–269.
- Gyimah-Brempong, Kwabena, and Thomas L. Traynor. "Political instability, investment and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa." Journal of African Economies 8, no. 1 (1999): 52–86.
References
edit- ^ a b "Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong | IZA - Institute of Labor Economics". www.iza.org. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ "National Economic Association 50th Anniversary Celebration and Honors Luncheon" (PDF). January 4, 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Conference in Honor of Professor Kwabena Gyimah-Brempong, Tampa, Florida, March 2016 ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AFRICAN WOMEN ECONOMISTS (AAAWE)". Retrieved 2021-02-23.
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