DISSERTATION
Three essays in the economics of education [Proquest Link]
JOB MARKET PAPER
“The Wage Dynamics in U.S. STEM: The Role of Immigration Status and Policy” [Link]
PUBLICATION
Islam, M.O. and Ghorai, M. (2024) ‘The impact of water quality on children’s education: evidence from 39 districts in the Ganges Basin of India’, Environment and Development Economics, pp. 1–20. doi:10.1017/S1355770X24000123.
Islam, M. O. (2015). The relation between military expenditure and economic growth in developing countries: evidence from a panel of 41 developing countries. IOSR Journal of Economic and Finance, 6(4), 57-65. doi: 10.9790/5933-06415765 [Semantics Scholar Link]
ARTICLES
[Data Science in a World of Chaos] 5 Crucial Facts the Data Says about the COVID-19 Crisis in India [Link],
Reading India from Space: Mapping Heat, Vegetation, and Monsoon Rainfall with Satellite Data [Link],
Alternatives to Heckman Bias Correction in Wage and Mincer-Type Models [Link]
[Geek Culture] How to Create Non-linear Measures of Temperature [Link]
[GlobalDev] The hidden cost of pollution on children’s education in India [Link]
WORKING PAPERS
“The Wage Dynamics in U.S. STEM: The Role of Immigration Status and Policy” [Link]
o Revised and resubmitted to Research Policy. First submission on December 13, 2024.
o Presented at the Annual Meeting of Midwestern Economics Association, 2024.
“Heterogeneous Impact of Teacher-Student Demographic Mismatch on Science-Math Achievement” [Link]
o Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Applied Economics on August 30, 2025.
"Heterogeneous impact of the 2015 Nepal earthquake on preterm birth" with M. Ghorai
o Under review at Journal of Epidemiology [SSRN Preprint], submitted on January 11, 2025.
“Migration and Education Choices: How Low-Skilled Migration Shapes the Educational Attainment of Mexican Youth” with E. Alvi
o Under review at International Migration, R&R decision received on February 4, 2026. Preprint: https://shorturl.at/wdTDO
"Who Gets Postnatal care? A Machine-Learning Approach using NFHS (2019-21) of India" with M. Ghorai
o Submitted to International Journal of Health Economics and Management on December 16, 2025.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
"Land Rights and Labor Mobility: The Impact of Ejido Reform in Mexico on Migration" with M. Ghorai
“The Role of Parents' STEM Occupation in Children's STEM Major Choice” with J. Kimmel
"Temperature Shocks and Health Outcomes in Bangladesh" with M. Ghorai
"Predicting Minority STEM Attrition: Leveraging Machine Learning for Retention Policy-making" with M. Ghorai