Economics
Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
1999
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Faculty
Haydar Kurban (he/him)
Professor
Department/Office
- Economics
School/College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Additional Positions
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DirectorCenter on Race and Wealth
Biography
Haydar Kurban is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Center of Excellence in Housing and Urban Research and Policy (CHURP) and the Howard University Center on Race and Wealth (CRW). He joined Howard in August 2021. As the director of these centers, Kurban supervises research that seeks to achieve equitable and inclusionary society in which underserved populations come to be properly served and inequities in housing, health, education, economic well-being and community development are overcome through policy implementation.
Dr. Kurban has worked on research projects in the areas of payday loans, financial security, retirement, family stability, gentrification, vulnerable populations and climate change, education property taxes, valuation of weather forecast products and urban renewal programs.
His research projects received funding from NSF, HHS, HUD, RWJF, NOAA, SSA and DHS through awards and subcontracts. Dr. Kurban published articles in Regional Science Urban Economics, National Tax Journal, Review of Black Political Economy, Cityscape, Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of Housing Economics, Economics of Education Review, Review of Public Finance, and other academic journals. Kurban served on the Economic and Policy Impact Statement Research Advisory Board of DC Council’s Office of the Budget Director and provided technical support for Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (B21-415) in 2026
Education & Expertise
Education
B.S.
Mining Engineering
Middle East Technical University
1987
Expertise
Professor of Economics
Academics
Academics
Urban Economics III
A PhD level courses that covers advanced Urban Economics topics
PhD Dissertation
Advising PhD students specialized in Urban Economics.
Published Articles and Presentations
An Empirical Analysis of HBCU Attendance on Black Student's Graduation Rates
This research examines the benefits of attending HBCUs vs PWI for black college students. Using a College Board Data set merged with National Student Clearing House data this paper finds that there is an increase in the likelihood of graduating with a bachelor's degree for black students attending an HBCU. Additionally, when comparing only those students who graduate, HBCUs are more likely to produce a black STEM graduate.
The growth of local education transfers: explaining how older households have supported schools
We argue that previous research studying the relationship between a growing elderly population and local support for public education has overlooked a key component to public education finance: redistribution payments made by older households. A fuller accounting of these payments indicates that a growing elderly population might very well prove to be a boon to local public school students not a burden as has been previously suggested. Beginning with a national sample of suburban school districts, this article shows that a higher elderly to student ratio within a district actually increases per-student revenues, even after accounting for the downward pressure that older households place on tax rates. We then explore a specific channel through which elderly households redistribute resources to school-age children: local property taxes.