Ph.D., Economics, University of Manitoba, Canada [1994-1997].
MA Economics, Western Michigan University, USA [1988-89]
BA Economics, University of Botswana, 1987
Happy Siphambe is a Professor of Economics at the University of Botswana where he has been based for the last 33 years. He is currently the Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Botswana. He has served as Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Head of Department of Economics at the University of Botswana.
His major fields are Labour Economics and Development Economics. He has published extensively in the area of poverty, HIV/AIDS, labour market and the general area of Economics of Education. Some of the journals where his papers appear include Economics of Education Review, South African Journal of Economics, Development Southern Africa, Journal of African Economies, Botswana Journal of Economics. He is currently the Managing Editor of Botswana Journal of Economics, a journal of the Botswana Economic Association.
Prof Siphambe has served in many boards that include the Bank of Botswana (central bank of Botswana) Board, Public Enterprises Evaluation and Privatisation Agency (PEEPA) Board, Botswana College of Agriculture (now Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources), Presidential Task Force on Transformation
PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENTS.
- Elias Harik award (1989): an award given annually to the best graduate student in Economics at Western Michigan University, USA.
- Distinguished Alumni (2008). Awarded by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for excellent achievement, WMU. USA.
- Fulbright Scholar (2008), WMU, Michigan, USA
Labour Economics
Development Economics
Macroeconomics
History of Economic Thought
Economics of Education
Labour Economics
Development Economics
Economics of Poverty
Eeconomics of education
Economics of HIV/AIDS
MDGs and currently SDGs
Labour Economics
Development Economics
Gender Wage Gap and the Labour Market
Economics of Education
Rates of Return to Education and Education Financing
- Siphambe, H, Kolobe, M and Oageng, I (2018). Employment Protection Legislation and Unemployment in Botswana. In Amine Samir(ed). Employment Protection Legislation in Emerging Economies. ISBN: 9781522541349; © 2018; 301 pp.
- Siphambe, H.K (2003), Understanding Unemployment in Botswana, South African Journal of Economics, Vol. 17:3, pp 480-495.
- Siphambe, H.K and Thokweng- Bakwena, M (2001) “The Wage Gap Between Men and Women in Botswana’s Formal Labor Market”, Journal of African Economies (Oxford, UK). Volume 10, Issue number 2, 127-142.
- Greener. R, Jefferis. K, Siphambe, H (2000), “Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Poverty and Income Inequality in Botswana”, South African Journal of Economics, Special Edition, December. Vol. 68: 5, 888-915.
- Siphambe, H.K., (2000) “Rates of Return to Education in Botswana”, Economics of Education Review (USA), Vol. 19, no.3, 291-300.
- Siphambe, H.K (2000) “Education and the Labour Market in Botswana”, Development Southern Africa.