Abu Siddique
I am a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Economics at the Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London (UK). Previously, I was an Assistant Professor of Economics and Policy at the Department of Political Economy, King's College London (UK), and a Postdoc at the Professorship of Economics, Technical University of Munich (Germany). I am also a:
Research associate at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Non-resident fellow at the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, Monash University.
External research fellow at the Professorship of Economics, Technical University of Munich.
Invited researcher at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL).
Research affiliate at the IZA.Â
Associate Editor at the Frontiers in Behavioral Economics (Health Behaviors)
I hold a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southampton (UK), an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Southampton (UK), and a BSc in Economics from Queen Mary University of London (UK).
My main research interests lie in the field of development and health economics. Much of my work is on health, ethnic minorities, and education in developing countries. I have published my papers in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Journal, and other peer-reviewed journals.
Research Fields: Development, health, and education economics.
Upcoming talks:
17-18 Oct 2024: Field Days Workshop at Tinbergen Institute
06 Nov 2024: QPE Seminar at King's College London
15 Nov 2024: NBER Political Economy Meeting (Stanford)
13-15 Dec 2024: CHES Workshop 2024
03-05 Jan 2025: ASSA 2025
15 Jan 2025: Seminar at Birkbeck University of London
29 Jan 2025: Seminar at the University of Sussex
05 June 2025: Seminar at LISER
Emails:
abu.siddique [at] rhul.ac.uk