Dawit Senbet

• Ph.D. in Economics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
• B.S. in Economics (Great Distinction), Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Associate Professor, University of Northern Colorado. (2013 – Present).
Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado. (2011 – 2013).
Assistant Professor, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. (2007 – 2011).
Teaching and Research Assistant, Western Michigan University. (2003 – 2007).
Lecturer, Addis Ababa University. (2000 – 2003).

Dr. Senbet’s research interests include Monetary and Macroeconomics, Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics. He is also interested in developmental issues of African economies with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa.

Senbet, D., Wodajo, T. (2017). Does Privatization Improve Productivity? Empirical
Evidence from Ethiopia. International Journal of African Development, 4(2), 5-26.
http://scholarworks.wmich.edu/ijad/vol4/iss2/3/
Senbet, D., Wodajo, T. (2017). Double Digit Economic Growth vs. Social Wellbeing in
Ethiopia: A Cross-Country Comparison. African Journal of Economic Review, 5(2),
55-74. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajer/article/view/161695/151251
Senbet, D., Wodajo, T. (2016). Can Ethiopia Become a Middle Income Country by 2025?
African Journal of Social Sciences, 6(3), 1-15.
http://www.sachajournals.com/user/image/ajss2016sendaw002.pdf
Senbet, D. (2016). Measuring The Channels of Monetary Policy Transmission: A FactorAugmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) Approach. Journal of Central Banking
Theory and Practice, 5(2), 5-40.
https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/jcbtp.2015.5.issue-2/jcbtp-2016-0009/jcbtp2016-0009.pdf. DOI: 10.1515/jcbtp-2016-0009

Senbet, D., Wodajo, T. (2013). Distributions of Public and Private Manufacturing Firms
and Determinants of Productivity in Ethiopia. Regional and Sectoral Economic
Studies, 13(1), 157-179. https://ideas.repec.org/a/eaa/eerese/v13y2013i1_10.html
Senbet, D., Huang, W. (2012). Do Dragons Have better Fate? Revisited Using U.S.
Data. International Journal of Economics and Research, 3(2), 101-118.
Senbet, D. (2011). Estimating Monetary Policy Reaction Function: A Factor-Augmented
Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) Approach. Journal of Money, Investment and
Banking(19), 85-113.
Senbet, D. (2011). The Relative Impact of Fiscal versus Monetary Actions on Output: A
Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Approach. Business and Economics Journal, 25, 1-11.
Senbet, D. (2010). Determinants of Child Labor versus Schooling in Rural Ethiopia.
European Journal of Social Sciences, 17(3), 414-425.
Senbet, D., Senbeta, A. (2009). Fiscal Response to External Finance: The Case of SubSaharan Africa. European Journal of Social Sciences, 8(1), 107-123.
Senbet, D. (2008). Measuring the Impact and International Transmission of Monetary
Policy: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (FAVAR) Approach. European
Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, 13, 121-143.