Research

Working papers

• The Geography of Automation, Job Market paper.

• Out-of-pocket expenditure on medicines in Bangladesh: An analysis of the national housing income and expenditure survey 2016-17, (with Edson Servan-Mori, Warren Kaplan, Rachel Thrasher, and Veronika Wirtz), May 2021, submitted.

• Effects of COVID-19 policies on employment and inequality in the United States, (with S. Badruddoza) July 2021, submitted

• International Fiscal and Defense Multiplier: Theory and Evidence from the US and Canadian Economy, (with Jamil Sayeed) May 2021, submitted

• Exchange Rate Volatility, Margin of Trade and Income Distribution, November 2017.

• Do Women Entrepreneurs Face Higher Implicit Barriers? Evidence from Bangladesh,” (with Jamil Sayeed), August 2017.

• Prospect of Proxy means test as an efficient targeting mechanism of social safety net programs in Bangladesh,” (with Jamil Sayeed and Sanjida Yasmin), August 2015.

Publications

• The Social Costs of Graduating from Least Developed Country Status: Analyzing the impact of increased protection on insulin prices in Bangladesh, (with Warren Kaplan, Veronika Wirtz, and Kevin Gallagher) Asian Development Review, Forthcoming.

• Impacts of Intellectual Property Provisions in Trade Treaties on Access to Medicines in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review, (with Warren Kaplan, Danielle Trachtenberg, Rachel Thrasher, Veronika Wirtz, and Kevin Gallagher) Globalization and Health, (2019) 15(1): 1-14.

• Are Saving and Bequest Constraints the Only Reasons for Child Labor? Evidence from Bangladesh, Asian Development Perspectives, (2019) 10(1): 30-42.

• Does the US economy face a long run trade-off between inflation and unemployment? (with Jamil Sayeed and Sanjida Yasmin) International Journal of Monetary Economics and Finance, (2019) 12(2): 118-132.

• On Determinants of Poverty and Inequality in Bangladesh, (with Jamil Sayeed and Nazmul Hossain) Journal of Poverty, (2017) 21(4): 352-371.

• Quantitative Analysis of Amartya Sen’s Theory: An ICT4D Perspective, (with Mahfuz Ashraf, Azizur Rahman, and Rashadul Hasan) International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development, (2015) 7(3): 13-26.

Work in progress

• Effect of Trade on Urbanization: Import Substitution Vs. Export Promotion Policies

• Effect of COVID-19 on Employment of Routine-Type Jobs (joint with S. Badruddoza)

• Dietary diversity, agricultural diversity, and income: A causal analysis for rural households in Bangladesh (Joint with Mohammed Helal Uddin and S. Badruddoza)