Teaching

Primary Instructor at LUMS for: 

ECON 3424: Economics of Pandemics

In this course, my co-instructor and I focus on introducing students to the economics of pandemics, with the goal of understanding theory and empirical analysis. We start the course with an overview of the history of pandemics, then move to theory with a focus on public health systems and pandemics. The course then moves on to understanding the role of vaccines. Next, the course looks to understand in some depth the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impacts. Finally, the course delves into measurement challenges especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

ECON 240: Development Economics

In this course, I introduce students to the central themes in economic development. I begin with an overview of economic development and the models economists use to understand the process of economic development. I explore the constraints to growth in developing countries, focusing on how decision-making and markets function under these constrained circumstances. We will also examine some of the main debates in designing development policy. 

ECON 230: Statistics and Data Analysis

This course introduces students to foundational concepts in statistical inference. I begin with an overview of probability and statistics and then move onto hypothesis testing and foundational analysis concepts required in undertaking experimental and quasi-experimental studies.