
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Before joining Northeastern University, Tsegay Tekleselassie was a senior/lead researcher at the Policy Studies Institute in Ethiopia. He has published in international peer-reviewed journals such as the World Economy and Applied Economics letters. Dr. Tekleselassie obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Sussex (United Kingdom), an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), and a BA in Economics from Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia). Tsegay is an avid runner.
Areas of research specialization: Labor Economics, Industrial Policy and Structural Transformation, Political Economy, Economic Growth, Human Capital
Featured Course: Macroeconomics Theory (ECON 2315)
Refereed Journals
- McKay, A., & Tekleselassie, T. G. (2018). Tall paper walls: The political economy of visas and cross‐border travel. The World Economy, 41(11), 2914-2933. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.12686
- Reilly, B., & Tekleselassie, T. G. (2018). The role of United States Visa Waiver Program on cross-border travel. Applied Economics Letters, 25(1), 61-65. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2017.1293782
Book Chapters
- Ethiopia Case Study (with John Page, Nzinga Brousard, Tadele Ferede, and Hansa Reda) in Hino, H., & Ranis, G. (Eds.), Youth and Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Working But Poor (pp. 163-231). Routledge (2014)
- Ethiopia Productivity Report 2020 with Mulu Gebreeyesus and Kidanemariam Hailu (The Policy Studies Institute (Ethiopia) and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan)
- Macroeconomic Outlook, Structural Change and Policy Options in Ethiopia: Achievements, Aspirations, and Prospects in State of the Ethiopian Economy 2020/21, Ethiopian Economic Association ISBN 978-99944-54-81-5
Published Working Papers
- “The potential of industries without smokestacks to address unemployment” Brookings AGI Working Paper 41 (2021), (African Growth Institute at the Brookings) https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-potential-of-industries-without-smokestacks-to-address-unemployment-an-ethiopia-case-study/
- “Formalized Employee Search and Labor Demand” IZA Discussion Paper, 14839 (2021) (with Lukas Hensel (University of Oxford) and Marc Witte (Institute of Labor Economics, IZA) https://docs.iza.org/dp14839.pdf
- “The State, Determinants, and Consequences of Skills Mismatch in the Ethiopian Labour Market” EDRI Working Paper, 021/2018 (with Berhe Mekonnen) https://psi.gov.et/index.php/working-papers?download=54:the-state-determinants-and-consequences-of-skills-mismatch-in-the-ethiopian-labour-market
- Occupational Choice and Structural Transformation in Ethiopia” PSI Working Paper 027, https://psi.gov.et/index.php/working-papers/category/12-stip-working-papers?download=107:occupational-choice-and-structural-transformation-in-ethiopia
- “Subjective Wellbeing and Institutions: The Case of Rural Ethiopia.” EDRI Working Paper 16 February, 2017. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Development Research Institute. https://ideas.repec.org/p/etd/wpaper/016.html
- “Youth Unemployment: Ethiopia Country Study” (with Nzinga Brousard), IGC Working Paper, 12/0592, August, 2012 available at https://www.theigc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Broussar-Tekleselassie-2012-Working-Paper1.pdf
Other works and reports
- TVET system assessment in Somali and Tigray regional states, Ethiopia, with a focus on inclusiveness, International Labour Organization (2021) ISBN: 9789220349519 (print) 9789220349526 (web pdf) https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/88869
- The Impact of Emergency Food Aid on Children’s Schooling and Work Decisions (with Nzinga Brousard and Robert Poppe) https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea16/235219.html
- “Determinants of Productivity in the Manufacturing Sector in Ethiopia: The Case of Textile and Garment Industries” With Tigabu Degu, Kidanemariam Hailu, Girum Abebe, Gebrehiwot Ageba; https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/710091527997196820-0010022018/original/D1TextileGarmentProductivityTekleselassieetalABCA2018Final.pdf
Blog posts
- “Ethiopia’s Youth and their Labour Market Prospects” https://www.theigc.org/blog/ethiopias-youth-and-their-labour-market-prospects/
- “Enhance Agricultural Productivity for Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa (2016)” http://includeplatform.net/enhance-agricultural-productivity-youth-employment-sub-saharan-africa/
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Education
PhD in Economics, University of Sussex (United Kingdom)
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