Dr Wasiu Are
Lecturer, Economics
Dr Wasiu Are joined the Department of Social and Political Science as a Lecturer in Economics in 2019. Prior to joining the University of Chester, he was a lecturer at the University College Dublin and the University of Exeter.
His research and teaching interests lie in the areas of applied and empirical microeconomics. He is particularly interested in income inequality, poverty analysis, economic growth and marginal tax reform. Currently, his research focuses on the effects of tax, transfer and the distribution of household income.
He currently teaches on the following modules:
- SO4002 Skill for Economics
- SO4003 Introduction to Micro and Macroeconomics
- SO6001 Advanced Micro and Macroeconomics
- Income Inequality
- Poverty Analysis
- Economic Growth
- Marginal Tax Reform
Papers
- Counterfactual Decomposition of Changes in Household Income Distribution in Ireland, 1994-2000
- Growth and Income Redistribution Components of Changes in Poverty: A Decomposition Analysis for Ireland, 1987-2005
- Poverty-Reducing Directions of Indirect Marginal Tax Reforms in Ireland
- PG Certificate Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 2021
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, 2021
- PhD Economics, University College Dublin, 2012
- MA Economics, University College Dublin, 2005
- MSc Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1997
- BSc (Hons) Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1992