CV
Positions:
Associate Professor, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, 2023- present
Assistant Professor, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, 2020- 2023
Assistant Professor, Lebanese American University (LAU), Lebanon, 2016- 2019.
Publications
1. “Home Affordability Crisis and Delayed Fertility: Evidence from the USA” (2024) with Irakli Japaridze. Population Research and Policy Review, 43(2), 1-23.
2. “Are Wars Detrimental to the Environment?” (2024) with Walid Marrouch. Forthcoming in Oxford Development Studies
3. “Environmental Awareness and Firm Creation” (2024) with K. Peren Arin, Alessandro De Iudicibus and Nicola Spagnolo. Journal of Economic Studies, 51(9), 137-147.
4. “Youth Voting Behavior and Institutional Change in the Post-Arab Spring” (2023) with Ali Fakih and Mohammad Hammoud. Economic and Political Studies, 1-27.
5. “COVID-19, firm closure and Job Losses in the MENA Region: A Propensity Score Matching Approach” (2023) with Ali Fakih and Rihab Baltaji. Development Policy Review, 41(6), e12722.
6. “Adaptation to climate change and emissions: halo effect or complacency?” (2022) with Salpie Djoundourian and Walid Marrouch. Energy Journal 43(4), 215-230.
7. “Dying from Envy: The Role of Inequality.” (2021) with Irakli Japaridze, Health Economics 30(6), 1374-1392.
8. “After-School Care, Childcare Arrangements and Child Development.” (2020) with Ailin He, Journal of Human Capital 14(4), 617-652.
9. “Hedonic Housing Prices and Environmental Quality in Lebanon.” (2020) with Walid Marrouch, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 14(5), 953-968.
10. "Information Assymetry and Dividend Policy around the Sarbanes-Oxley Act." (2020) with Mostafa Harakeh and Ghida Matar, Journal of Economic Studies.
11. “The Impact of Maternal Care on Child Development: Evidence from Sibling Spillover Effects of a Parental Leave Reform” (2019), Labour Economics, 58: 167-186.
12. “Experimental Evidence on the Relation between Personality Traits and Preferences” (2019) with Jim-Engle Warnick and Sonia Laszlo, Bulletin of Economic Research 72(3), pp.288-317.
13. “The Effects of a Change in the Point System on Immigration. Evidence from the 2001 Quebec Reform” (2016) with Matthieu Chemin. Journal of Population Economics, 29(4), 1217-1247.
Working Papers
1. “The Impact of After-School Care on Maternal Labor Market Outcomes” with Ailin He and Laetitia Renee. Under Review
2. “Do Social Movements Affect Educational Outcomes? Theory and BLM Evidence” with Kemal Kivanc Akoz, K. Peren Arin and Sudipta Sarangi.
3. “Discrimination Awareness and Corporate Reputation” with Mariem Khalifa, Mehdi Khedmati and Mohammed Aminu Sualihu.
4. “Environmental Awareness and Behavior: Evidence from an Experiment” with K. Peren Arin and Jose Maria Ortiz.
5. “The Political Economy of Resource Abundance and War: An Empirical Examination” with Farah Al Shami, Mahmoud Arayssi and Walid Marrouch. Under Review.
Policy Reports:
1. “Unlocking Potentials: Addressing Barriers and Empowering Entrepreneurs in Lebanon” (2024) with Moustafa Haj Youssef, Mostafah Harakeh and Hiba Hussein.
2. “The Future of Government Jobs: A 5-year Outlook” (2023) with Daryn Howland and Mouawiya AlAwad.
3. “Future Skills for Future Jobs: Cultivating the skills to support a knowledge-based economy in the United Arab Emirates” (2023) with Daryn Howland.
Fellowships, Honors and Awards:
Templeton World Charity Foundation Grant, USD $248,325, Principal Investigator, 2023-2024
Research Incentive Fund (RIF) Grant, AED 115,800, Principal Investigator, 2022-2023
UK Higher Education Academy (HEA) Fellow, 2021-present
Fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics, 2024- present
Fellow at the Global Labour Organization (GLO), 2018-present
LAU Seed fund (USD$ 5,000), 2017
The Muhanna Award, given to the most outstanding student in the Mathematics Department, AUB, 2006
Dean’s Honors List, AUB, 2003-2006
Teaching Experience
Zayed University:
Economic Behavior and Organization (ISS 201), Fall 2023, Spring 2024
Modern Economic Thought (ISS 211), Fall 2024
Global Development and Applied Economics (ISS364), Spring 2024
Foundations of Microeconomics (ECN 201), Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
Foundations of Macroeconomics (ECN 202), Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023
Lebanese American University:
Applied Econometrics III: Empirical Strategies for Applied Microeconomics (ECO 833)- Graduate class, Fall 2018, Fall 2019
Economic Development (ECO 311), Spring 2017, Spring 2019
Labor and Human Resources Economics (ECO 342), Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2018,
Microeconomics (ECO 201), Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020
Lecturer, McGill University:
Development Economics I (Econ 214), Summer 2017
Economic Crises (Econ 319), Fall 2015 and Fall 2014
Microeconomic Analysis & Applications (Econ 208), Summer 2015
Presentations:
International Association of Applied Econometrics (IAAE) 2024 Annual Conference, Xiamen, China, June 2024
9th Annual Conference of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE), Oslo, Norway, June 2023
The Eight International Conference on Economics (ICE-TEA), September 2022
55th Annual Conference of the CEA, virtual conference, June 2021
EALE-SOLE-AASLE World Conference, virtual conference, June 2020
2nd AASLE Conference, Seoul, South Korea, December 2018
2018 Meeting of the Lebanese Econometric Study Group, Beirut, Lebanon, December 2018
30th EALE Conference, Lyon, September 2018
52nd Annual Conference of the CEA, Montreal, Canada, June 2018
50th Annual Conference of the CEA, Ottawa, Canada, June 2016
9th QICSS New Researchers Conference, Montreal, Canada April 2016
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Economie Quantitative (CIREQ) Seminar, McGill University, October 2015
11th CIREQ PhD Students’ Conference, May 2015
8th QICSS New Researchers Conference, March 2015
Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Economie Quantitative (CIREQ) Seminar University, September 2014
Affiliations and Professional Services:
Memberships:
Canadian Economic Association (CEA): 2015 – present
European Association of Labour Economists (EALE): 2017 – present
Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE): 2018 – present
Fellow at the Global Labour Organization (GLO), 2018-present
Middle East Economic Association (MEEA): 2018- present
Finance Management Association (FMA): 2022- present
Reviewer for international journals:
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Labour Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Journal of Development Studies (2), Business Ethics: A European Review, Social Science & Medicine, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, International Migration, Applied Economics (2), Economics and Human Biology, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, International Journal of Finance & Economics, Journal of Economic Assymetries (2), Environmental Science and Pollution Research, International Journal of Housing Market and Analysis, Environmental Research Communications, Social Science Quarterly, International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, International Studies Quarterly, Review of the Middle East Economics and Finance (2), Economics of Transition and Social Change, Comparative Economic Studies (3), L’Actualite Economique (2), Economies, Journal of Social Inclusion, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Regional Science, Policy and Practice.
Languages:
Arabic (Native), English (Fluent), French (Fluent)
Citizenship:
Canada, Lebanon