Economics
Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
1999
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Faculty
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 Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and Director Center of Excellence in Housing and urban Research and Policy (CHURP). 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.
Education & Expertise
Education
B.S.
Mining Engineering
Middle East Technical University
1987
Expertise
Professor of Economics
Haydar Kurban is Professor of economics in the Department of Economics and Faculty Fellow at Howard University Center on Race and Wealth (CRW). He joined Howard in August 2001. Dr. Kurban has worked on research projects in the areas of urban sprawl, family stability, gentrification, vulnerable populations and climate change, education property taxes, valuation of weather forecast products and urban renewal programs. His research projects have been funded by NSF, HHS, HUD, NOAA, SSA and DHS through awards and subcontracts. Dr. Kurban’s research papers have been published 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. His research papers are also published as book chapters, reports and discussion papers.