Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere

Morehouse College

Associate Professor

Department of Economics

Atlanta, GA 30332

United States

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

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1.

Brain Drain, Waste or Gain? What We Know About the Kenyan Case

Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 113-129
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 06 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 08 May 2011
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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Kenya, Immigration, Brain Drain

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Comparing the 'D.V' Lottery with the Point System: Costs, Benefits and a Superior Alternative

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 01 Oct 2005
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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Immigration, Diversity Lottery, Point System, Policy Analysis

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Within and between Gender Disparities in Income and Education Benefits from Democracy

IZA Working Paper No. 3221
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 May 2008
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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Nigeria, returns to education, disparities, income gap, democracy, gender, inequality

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Conflict and Its Impact on Educational Accumulation and Enrollment in Colombia: What We Can Learn from Recent IDPs

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5939
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Sep 2011
Kate Wharton and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
affiliation not provided to SSRN and Morehouse College
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educational attainment, school enrollment, Colombia, internal displacement, conflict

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Disparities in Labor Market Outcomes Across Geopolitical Regions in Nigeria: Fact or Fantasy?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3082
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Nov 2007
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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regional disparities, labor market outcomes, Nigeria, returns to education, inequality

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Africa's Education Enigma? The Nigerian Story

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3097
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 01 Oct 2005
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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Nigeria, returns to education, Instrumental Variablehuman capital, instrumental variables, Nigeria, schooling

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Winners and Losers Post Democratic Reform in Nigeria: A Microeconomic Analysis of Changes in Economic and Labor Market Outcomes

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2008
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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democracy, disparities, returns to education, institutional change

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Understanding Low Average Returns to Education in Africa: The Role of Heterogeneity across Education Levels and the Importance of Political and Economic Reforms

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3766
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 19 Oct 2008
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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returns to education, wage reform, military, democratic reform

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Determinants of Immigrant Homeownership: Examining Their Changing Role During the Great Recession and Beyond

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7468
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 06 Jul 2013
Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Morehouse College
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birthplace networks, home ownership, Great Recession, savings, years in the U.S., citizenship status

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The Racial Saving Gap Enigma: Unraveling the Role of Institutions

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3545
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Willie J. Belton and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Economics and Morehouse College
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savings gap, institutions, race, culture

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Diversity and Social Capital in the U.S: A Tale of Conflict, Contact or Total Mistrust?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8384
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 16 Aug 2014
Willie J. Belton, Yameen Huq and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Economics, Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse College
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ethnic fractionalization, social capital, trust, diversity, social networks

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Welfare Usage in the U.S.: Does Immigrant Birthplace and Immigration Status Matter?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4659
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 28 Dec 2009
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere and Maharouf Oyolola
Morehouse College and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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immigrants, welfare, welfare reform, immigrant status

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'A Flop or a Success?' An Evaluation of the Welfare Impacts of the 6-3-3-4 Education System in Nigeria

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9131
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Morehouse College
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education system, Nigeria, poverty incidence, employment, 6-3-3-4, 6-5-4, wages, RDD, program evaluation

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The Role of Information and Institutions in Understanding the Black-White Gap in Self-Employment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3761
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Oct 2008
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere and Willie J. Belton
Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Economics
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African-American, institutions, information, self-employment

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Do Significant Immigrant Inflows Create Negative Education Impacts? Lessons from the North Carolina Public School System

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6561
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 26 May 2012
Timothy M. Diette and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Washington and Lee University and Morehouse College
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immigrants, student achievement, peer effects, education

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Coming to America: Does Immigrant's Home Country Economic Status Impact the Probability of Self-Employment in the U.S.?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4178
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 May 2009
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere and Willie J. Belton
Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Economics
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self-employment, immigrant, home country, entrepreneurship

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Are Returns to Education on the Decline in Venezuela and Does Mission Sucre Have a Role to Play?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4206
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Jun 2009
Naihobe Gonzales and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse College
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human capital, Venezuela, policy reform, returns to education, schooling

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Can Crop Purchase Programs Reduce Poverty and Improve Welfare in Rural Communities? Evidence from the Food Reserve Agency in Zambia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9361
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Oct 2015
Winnie Fung, Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie, Nicole Mason and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Wheaton College, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics and Morehouse College
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crop marketing boards, strategic grain reserves, maize, smallholder farmers, income, poverty, Zambia, sub-Saharan Africa

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The Role of Race and Birth Place in Welfare Usage Among Comparable Women: Evidence from the US

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5668
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 May 2011
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere and Maharouf Oyolola
Morehouse College and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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birth place, ethnicity, race, immigrants, women, welfare usage, black, welfare, immigrant status

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Single and Investing: Homeownership Trends Among the Never Married

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9935
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Jun 2016
Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Morehouse College
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homeownership, single, ethnicity, gender, race, recession

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Black-White Gap in Self-Employment in the U.S.: Do Cohort and within Race Differences Exist?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5071
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere and Willie J. Belton
Morehouse College and Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Economics
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self-employment, disparities, black-white gap

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Marriage Market Signals and Homeownership for the Never Married

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11877
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 29 Oct 2018
Kusum Mundra and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, Newark and Morehouse College
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home ownership, never married singles, marriage market, sex ratios, marriage rates, single females

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Gender and Racial Differences in Peer Effects of Limited English Students: A Story of Language or Ethnicity?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9661
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 18 Jan 2016
Timothy M. Diette and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Washington and Lee University and Morehouse College
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immigrants, student achievement, peer effects, education, race, gender, Limited English students, Latino peer effects, Hispanic peer effects

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Violent Conflict Exposure in Nigeria and Economic Welfare

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12570
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 04 Sep 2019
John Chiwuzulum Odozi and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Nigeria and Morehouse College
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violence, Nigeria, conflict, Boko Haram, economic welfare, poverty

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Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7856
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 Jan 2014
Timothy M. Diette and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Washington and Lee University and Morehouse College
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immigrants, student achievement, peer effects, education, race, gender, limited English students

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Does Violent Conflict Affect Labor Supply of Farm Households? The Nigerian Experience

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14579
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 31 Jul 2021
John Chiwuzulum Odozi and Ruth Uwaifo Oyelere
Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Nigeria and Morehouse College
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