Elias K Shukralla

My Professional Experience

Current Research

Development Economics, International Economics, Applied Econometrics

Foreign Aid, Migration and Remittances, Foreign Direct Investment, Institutions, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development, Food Security

Articles & Book Reviews

• Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid and Financial Flows on Food Security: Evidence from African Economies
  Economic Issues
  2025
• Debunking the FDI Myth: Does Foreign Investment Really Spur Entrepreneurship in Africa?
  Journal of Business Venturing Insights, vol. 24
  2025
• Does Higher Minimum Wage Discourage College Enrollment? A Cross-State Empirical Study of the United States
  American Business Review, vol. 28
  2025
• Laws, Aid, and Change: The Effect of Gender-Mainstreamed Aid on Legal Provisions Shaping Women's Economic Opportunities
  Economies, vol. 13
  2025
• Does Higher Economic Complexity Reduce Food Insecurity? Evidence from Africa
  Empirical Economics Letters, vol. 23
  2024
• Does Mainstreamed Aid Advance Gender Parity? Insights from Empirical Evidence
  Economies, vol. 12(8)
  2024
• Infrastructure, Trade Costs, and Aid for Trade: The Imperatives for African Economies -Special Issue
  Journal of African Development, vol. 22
  2021
• Institutional Quality and the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
  Applied Economics
  2019
• Are bilateral and multilateral aid-for-trade complementary?
  World Economy
  2017
• Remittances, institutions and economic growth: a closer look at some proxies for institutions
  Economics Bulletin
  2016
• Production Efficiency and the Extensive Margins of U.S.Exporters: An Industry-level Analysis
  Open Economies Review, vol. 26
  2015
• The impact of foreign direct investment on horizontal export diversification: Empirical Evidence
  Applied Economics, vol. 45
  2013
• Foreign Aid, women in parliament and corruption:empirical evidence from the 2000s
  Economics Bulletin, vol. 31
  2011
• Remittances, Institutions and Growth: A Semiparametric Study
  International Economic Journal
  2009
• Aid, Policies, and Growth in Developing Countries: A New Look at the Empirics
  Southern Economic Journal, vol. 74
  2008
• Foreign Aid, Growth, Policy and Reform
  Economics Bulletin, vol. 15
  2008
• Can the Urban Poor Afford Modern Energy? The Case of Ethiopia
  Energy Policy
  2002

Awards & Distinctions

• School of Business Research Award
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2022
• Best Paper Award: Faculty Research Mentor - Ted Winnowski Student Conference in Business
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2019
• Soaring International Food Prices and Political Upheaval in Fragile Food Exporting Countries: Implications for Food Security Resilience in Qatar
  Category: Research
  QNRF-NPRP No.:8-1040-5-148 (PI), 2016
• Best Paper Award: Faculty Research Mentor, Student Business Conference
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2010
• Summer Fellowship
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2010
• Summer Scholars - a grant for mentoring an undergraduate student's summer project
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2010
• Best Paper Award - Faculty Research Mentor, Student Business Conference
  Category: Research
  Siena College, 2009

Books & Book Chapters

• The Impact of Aid for Trade on Trade Costs Facing African Economies, The Palgrave Handbook of African Economic Sectors
  Palgrave & Macmillain
  2022
• Aid Effectiveness, Policy, and Reform: Theory and Empirics
  LAMBERT Acedemic Publishing
  2009

Presentations

• Does Higher Economic Complexity Improve Labor Rights? A Cross-Country Panel Analysis
  November, 2024
  Southern Economic Association, Washington DC, District of Columbia
• Does The Nature of Aid Have An Impact On Eci? An Empirical Investigation Using Quantile Regression
  October, 2024
  New York State Economics Association Annual Conference, Rochester, New York
• Do Overseas Capital Flows Promote Labor Rights? A Cross‐ Country Empirical Investigation
  April, 2024
  Southwestern Social Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Has AGOA Enabled the Participation of African Countries in the Global Value Chain?
  March, 2024
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois
• Does Higher Economic Complexity Improve Labor Rights? A Cross-Country Panel Analysis
  October, 2023
  New York State Economics Association Annual Conference, Old Westbury, New York
• Foreign aid and food security in Africa
  October, 2023
  New York State Economics Association Annual Conference, Old Westbury, New York
• Does Foreign Aid Promote Labor Rights and Human Rights? An Empirical Investigation
  October, 2022
  New York State Economics Association Annual Conference, Old Westbury, New York
• Labor Market Institutions, Trade, and Inequality in OECD Nations
  October, 2021
  New York State Economics Association Annual Conference, Virtual, New York
• Infrastructure, Trade, Transaction Costs, and Aid for Trade: The Imperatives for African Economies
  2020
  Allied Social Science Association Meeting, San Diego, California
• On the Determinants of Food Security
  2019
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
• Are Differences in the Effects of Aid for Trade (AFT) from Bilateral and Multilateral Sources Systemic?
  2018
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Evanston, Illinois
• Institutional Quality and the Effectiveness of Aid for Trade
  2017
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Cincinnati,, Ohio
• Are Bilateral and Multilateral Aid for Trade Complementary? Accounts from Africa
  2016
  Allied Social Science Association Meeting, San Francisco, California
• Aid for Trade (AFT) and the Intensive Margin of Exports and Imports
  February, 2015
  Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Washington D.C., District of Columbia
• Aid for Trade and the Skill and Technology Content of Exports
  2015
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• The Growth Effects of Financial Flows to Developing Countries: Regional Differences and the Role of Institutions
  2014
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Evanston, Illinois
• Remittances, the Measurement of Institutions, Investment and Economic Growth
  2013
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Columbus, Ohio
• Remittances, Growth and Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa
  March, 2011
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, St. Louis, Missouri
• Does the Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Enhance Export Diversification in the FDI Host Countries?
  January, 2010
  Allied Social Science Association Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
• Export Diversification: Does Foreign Direct Investment Help?
  2009
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio
• Aid, Policies, and Growth in Developing Countries: Evidence from Disaggregated Aid Data
  March, 2006
  Midwest Economic Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois
• The Effectiveness of Foreign Aid on Economic Growth
  January, 2005
  The American Economic Association/Allied Social Sciences Assocation Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania