Shafiqullah Yousafzai

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I am Shafiqullah Yousafzai, a PhD graduate in International Public Policy from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, specializing in empirical economics. My research lies in international economics, international trade, and applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on how trade exposure affects household welfare, rural–urban inequality, and child health outcomes, and combines econometric methods with micro-level household data and geospatial satellite data, including nighttime lights as proxies for local economic activity as well as weather variables.

Sincerely,
Shafiqullah Yousafzai

Research

Papers Submitted for Peer Review:

1. Exports, Trade Hubs, and Urban–Rural Inequality: Global Evidence from Nighttime Luminosity (with Hisahiro Naito)

2. The Effect of Exchange Rate Volatility and Labor Market Rigidity on Export Growth (with Hisahiro Naito)

Working Papers:

1. The Interaction Effect of Unpredictable Exchange Rate Shocks and Labor Market Rigidity on Export Growth: An Analysis Based on Country–Industry Data (with Hisahiro Naito)

2. Differential Farming Systems, Farm Productivity, and Resource Use Efficiency: The Case of Wheat Production in Afghanistan (with Mohammad Abdul Malek and Kenichi Kashiwagi)

Work in Progress:

1. The Effects of Exports on Infant Mortality: A Panel Data Analysis of Sub-Saharan African Countries (with Hisahiro Naito)

2. Can DMSP Night Light Capture Household-Level Welfare? Evidence from a Cluster-Level Quasi-Panel of the Demographic and Health Survey (with Hisahiro Naito)

3. Trade Costs of Dry Bulk Materials: An Analysis Based on Sea and Air Distances

Ph.D. Committee

i. Hisahiro Naito (Chair, University of Tsukuba)

ii. Yoshinori Kurokawa (University of Tsukuba)

iii. Zhengfei Yu (University of Tsukuba)

iv. Kenichi Kashiwagi (University of Tsukuba)

Academic Conference Presentations

International Conference Presentation:

1. The Interaction Effects of Labor Market Rigidity and Volatility of Unpredictable Exchange Rates on Exports: Analysis Based on Country–Industry Panel Data, Econometric Society East and Southeast Asia Meeting, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 2024

2. The Interaction Effects of Labor Market Firing Rigidity and Exchange Rate Volatility on Exports: Analysis Based on Country–Industry Panel Data, Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting (58th), Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, 2024

Poster Presentation:

1. Exchange Rate Volatility and Productivity: A Country–Industry Level Analysis of Developing Countries, Japanese Economic Association Meeting, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan, 2023

2. The Interaction Effects of Labor Market Firing Rigidity and Exchange Rate Volatility on Exports: Analysis Based on Country–Industry Panel Data, Japanese Economic Association Meeting, Tokyo Keizai University, Tokyo, Japan, 2024

Invited Presentations:

1. 1. Are the Benefits of Increasing Exports Equal? Evidence from Night Lights Data & Exogenous Exports Variations, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan, 2025

2. Exports, Trade Hubs, and Urban-Rural Inequality: Global Evidence from Nighttime Luminosity, J-TREE Seminar Series, Japan, 2025

3. Trade Hubs and the Uneven Gains from Globalization: Global Evidence from Satellite Nighttime Lights Data, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 2024

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