Hi, I'm Shaibu, a PhD in Economics student.

Primary Research Interests: Public Economics, Development Economics, Resource Economics

Secondary Research Interests: Applied Econometrics, Statistics, Labor Economics

My research examines how economies respond to major shocks, such as natural resource discoveries, fiscal policy changes, and financial crises. I use modern causal inference methods and large administrative datasets to analyze long-run structural transformation, inequality, and human capital outcomes. My current job market paper provides the first national-level synthetic control analysis of Ghana’s oil discovery.

Education

I am currently a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Economics at Northern Illinois University. Prior to this, I have obtained two master's degrees from Ohio University. The first one is in Applied Economics, while the second one is in Information and Telecommunication Systems.

Latest Research:

[1] Dutch Disease and Structural Transformation: Synthetic Control Evidence from Ghana's Oil Discovery