Dr. Askar Mukashov

Topics: Africa, Climate, Emerging Markets & Developing Countries, Fiscal Policy & National Budgets, Germany, International Trade, Labor Market, Natural Resources, Tax Policy, Welfare State

Askar Muskashov - Kiel Institute

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Main research interests

  • Development economics
  • single-country CGE modeling with the focus on sustainability issues

Askar Mukashov is a postdoctoral researcher at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Before joining the institute, he graduated from the M. Sc. Quantitative Economics Program at the University of Kiel and continued his studies in the doctoral program. He received his doctoral degree in economics in August 2021.

His research at the institute focuses on development economics, in particular on such areas as economic growth, inequality, fiscal policies, and macroeconomic stability. The primary tools employed in his work are country-specific Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models and various satellite models. Currently, he is working in close cooperation with the Office of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Cairo and the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Kiel University.