Shahadat hossain

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I am a Ph.D. candidate in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. My research examines commodity markets, agricultural systems, and rural development, with a particular focus on how price dynamics, market imperfections, and technological change shape production decisions, labor allocation, and household welfare in developing and emerging economies. 

My work combines agricultural economics, development economics, and applied microeconomics to study the effects of market incentives and public policies on rural households. Methodologically, I specialize in applied econometrics, causal inference, and the analysis of large-scale household, agricultural, and market data, including randomized controlled trials and longitudinal panel surveys. I am also interested in integrating machine learning methods into empirical economic research. 

Before beginning my Ph.D., I worked as a Research Analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). I have also held research positions at the World Bank and the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, where I contributed to projects on agricultural markets, food security, and economic development.