Dr. Haydar Kurban is a Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and Director at Howard University Center on Race and Wealth (CRW) and Howard University Center of Excellence in Housing and Urban Research and Policy (CHURP). Dr. Kurban has worked on research projects in the areas of racial and wealth equity, financial security, housing, education property taxes, and economic impacts of government programs.
Dr. Kurban’s research projects have received funding from Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF), National Science Foundation (NSF), United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Social Security Administration (SSA), and DC Department of Human Services (DHS) through awards and subcontracts. His research appeared in Regional Science Urban Economics, National Tax Journal, Review of Black Political Economy, Cityscape, Economic Development Quarterly, Journal of Housing Economics, Economics of Education Review, Review of Public Finance, and other academic journals, as well as book chapters, reports, and discussion papers.