Ahmed Adesete
PhD Candidate
University of Mississippi
Ahmed Adesete is a Ph.D. candidate in economics and a graduate instructor at the University of Mississippi.
His research focuses on empirical macroeconomics, economic growth and development, international finance, and family economics. His work examines the effects of unexpected inflation on fertility decisions, the relationship between population age structure and institutional quality, and how state capacity affects the inflationary effects of International Monetary Fund lending.
Before beginning his doctoral studies, Adesete was a senior research analyst at Financial Derivatives Company in Nigeria. Earlier, he taught economics at Diamond International Academy through Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps program.
Adesete has received the University of Mississippi’s Lewis Harvey Smith Scholarship, a Southern Economic Association Graduate Student Award, and an Academy of Economics and Finance award for best graduate paper in economics.
Adesete earned a master’s in economics from the University of Mississippi and a master’s in economics, with distinction, from the University of Lagos. He earned a bachelor’s in economics from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. He expects to complete his Ph.D. in economics at the University of Mississippi in 2027.
