I'm currently taking a temporary career break to care for my young daughter and support her early development. Previously I worked as a Research Fellow at MUCHE (Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy) where I conducted policy-focused health and aged care evaluations using applied econometrics and causal inference methods to inform public sector decision-making. Prior to this I worked as an Early Career Academic Fellow at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) where I obtained my PhD in Economics in 2022. My thesis, titled ‘Essays in Development Economics’ was completed under the supervision of Professor Pauline Grosjean and Dr Sarah Walker. It predominantly focused on issues pertaining to gender, education and socio-economic insecurity.

My job market paper assessed the impact of a classroom-based positive psychology intervention on improving academic performance by conducting a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) with school-aged children (10-14) years. More importantly, I also used experiments to elicit parental investment preferences in the health and education of their child to identify dynamic complementarities in human capital formation. 

I received my MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics (LSE) in 2016 and BSc (Hons) in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in 2015.

Research areas: Causal inference, quasi-experimental design, data driven social policy.

Email: fatimajamalkhan@gmail.com

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UNSW  website: https://research.unsw.edu.au/people/dr-fatima-jamal-khan 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=UFJQAO0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra 

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/fatima-jamal-khan