Selected work in progress
Problem or Opportunity? Immigration, Job Search, Entrepreneurship and Labor Market Outcomes of Natives in Germany. CEPR DP19657
[with Zaharieva, A.] Latest version VoxEU
Economic Incentives or Social Norms? Labor Supply Differentials between East and West German Mothers.
[with Chabe-Ferret, B., and Park, J.]
Beyond Vows: Inequality by Family Structure.
[with Schwank, H., and Linhard, T.]
Publications
Iftikhar, Z. (2025) "How Much Do Norms Matter for Quantity and Quality of Children?", World Development, 195, 107079 (open access).
Amuli, D. and Docquier, F. (2024) "Spatial Inequality, Poverty and Informality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo", World Development, 173, 106411. VoxEU
Busch, C., Krueger, D., Ludwig, A., Popova, I. and Iftikhar, Z. (2020) "Should Germany Have Built a New Wall? Macroeconomic Lessons from the 2015-18 Refugee Wave", Journal of Monetary Economics, 113:pp.28-55.
Docquier, F. and Iftikhar, Z. (2019) "Brain Drain, Informality and Inequality: A Search-and-Matching Equilibrium Model for Sub-Saharan Africa", Journal of International Economics, 120: pp. 109-125.
Iftikhar, Z. and Zaharieva, A. (2019) "General Equilibrium Effects of Immigration in Germany: Search and Matching Approach", Review of Economic Dynamics, 31: pp. 245-276.
Faraz, N. and Iftikhar, Z. (2017) "The Regional Asymmetric Responses to Central Bank's Monetary Policy in Pakistan", Singapore Economic Review, Singapore, Online Ready: pp. 1-14.
Iftikhar, Z. and Ali, A. (2012) "Impact of Income Inequality and Defence Burden on Economic Growth", Singapore Economic Review, 57(3).
Ahsan, H., Iftikhar, Z. and Kemmal, M.A. (2012) "Determinants of Food Prices in Pakistan", Lahore Journal of Economics, vol. 17(1): pp. 101-128.
Research Report
Naim, S. T. K. & Iftikhar, Z. "Migration of Highly Skilled and its Impact on the Economic and Technological Development of Pakistan and Bangladesh", South Asia Network of Economic Research Institutes (2010), Report: 10 (11): pp. 2-23.