Ridwan Karim

I am an Assistant Professor in the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. I received my PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto in 2019.

Research Interests: Development Economics, International Trade, Political Economy

Teaching: Economics Paper & Seminar (EC481), Applied Econometrics (EC395), Topics in Development Economics and Political Economy (EC310K)

Contact: rkarim[at]wlu.ca


Working Papers:

Status: revision requested from the Journal of Development Economics

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Vox Coverage 




Publications:

Economics of Education Review, Volume 92, 2023

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Journal of Globalization and Development, Volume 14, no. 2, 2023


Review of International Economics, Volume 28, Issue 3, 2020


Applied Economics Letters, 2024





Works in Progress:

Experimental Evaluation of Life-Skills Curriculum for Vulnerable Students In Dhaka (with Asad Priyo and Shagufe Hossain)

Draft coming soon

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Extreme Climate Events, Human Capital, and Child Labor in Bangladesh

Draft coming soon


Harvesting Rainfall: Evaluating Impact of Cisterns on Health Outcomes in Northeast Brazil

(with Paul Gertler and Marco Gonzalez-Navarro)