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Email: shahidapervin(at)aoni.waseda.jp ; shahidapervin.sp(at)gmail.com
Primary research interest: Labor Economics, Development Economics, Empirical and Applied Economics
Secondary research interest: Public Economics, Agricultural Economics, Macroeconomics
Intergenerational effects of the labor market in Bangladesh
Migration and labor shortage in Japan
Labor market effects of large scale refugee influx
Pervin, S. (2024). Effects of Government Jobs on the Labour Market in Bangladesh. The Journal of Development Studies, 60(10), 1609–1630. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2024.2374068.
Pervin, S., Khan, Md. A., & Shah, Md. M. H. (2014). Household-level Analysis of Women’s Power Practice in Old Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 13(1), 174–203. https://doi.org/10.1080/15339114.2014.899070.
Akram, T. and Pervin, S. (forthcoming). What Factors Influence Chinese Government Bond Yields? PSL Quarterly Review. [Pre-published paper] [Eviews results] [Data]
Pervin, S. (n.d.). Multinational stakeholders-led safety enforcement: Response, employment, and factories in Bangladesh’s export-oriented apparel industry. (Under journal review, R&R)
(2018). Bangladesh’s pursuit of the 2030 agenda: Will it facilitate smooth transition after LDC graduation? In Bhattacharya, D. (ed.) Bangladesh's Graduation from the Least Developed Countries Group Pitfalls and Promises. 1st Edition, Routledge. [with Fahmida Khatun and Md. Masudur Rahman]. (Book chapter)
(2015). Estimating Women`s Contribution to the Economy: The Case of Bangladesh. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Manusher Jonno Foundation, Dhaka. [with Fahmida Khatun, Towfiqul Islam Khan, and Hosna Jahan]. (Book)
(2024). Empirical Models of Chinese Government Bond Yields. (with Tanweer Akram). Working paper No. 1044. Levy Economics Institute.
(2023 June 26). Government job recruitment: Is the age limit of 30 years a rational policy? The Daily Star, (Newspaper article) www.thedailystar.net/opinion/views/news/government-job-recruitment-the-age-limit-30-years-rational-policy-3356201
(2014 August 26). The most unrecognized contribution. The Daily Star. (Newspaper article) www.thedailystar.net/the-most-unrecognized-contribution-38649
(Between 2014 and 2017: various issues and years). Independent Review of Bangladesh’s Development (IRBD), CPD’s flagship publication of periodic review of Bangladesh economy. [Teamwork]. (Bangladesh's economy review) cpd.org.bd/our-research/cpdirbd/
(2013). Revenue Mobilisation and Economic Growth. Bangladesh Economic Update, 4 (11). Unnayan Onneshan, November 2013. [with Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir and Abid Feroz Khan]. (Bangladesh's economy review)
(2013). Industrial Sector: Sluggishness and Catching Up. Bangladesh Economic Update, 4 (9). Unnayan Onneshan, September 2013. [with Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir and Shahid Md. Adnan]. (Bangladesh's economy review)
(2023). Labor Market Effects of Public Sector Hiring Policies and International Apparel Sector Monitoring in Bangladesh. Submitted to National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan. (Advisors: Stephan Litschig, Professor, Minchung Hsu, Associate Professor, and Yoko Kijima, Professor, GRIPS) (PhD dissertation) Download from the GRIPS depository
(2018). Dynamics and Interactions of Monetary Policy and Macroeconomic Variables: Empirical Investigation in the UK Economy with Bayesian VAR, Submitted to School of Economics and Finance, QMUL, London, UK. (Supervisor: Haroon Mumtaz, Professor, QMUL). (Master’s dissertation) https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/id/eprint/91816
(2012). External public debt and economic growth: empirical evidence from Bangladesh, 1974 to 2010. [with Md. Mahmud Hasan Shah] (Based on undergrad term paper) https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/55407/1/MPRA_paper_55407.pdf
Conferences, Seminars, Summits, Talks
2025
“What Factors Influence Chinese Government Bond Yields?” (With Tanweer Akram). Presentation at:
• IDE-JETRO APL regular seminar, Chiba, Japan, 27 March 2025 .
• 8th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 21-23 February 2025. (Hybrid, presented online on 22 February)
Discussant at the "ASSA 2025 Annual Meeting", San Francisco, California, 2-5 January 2025.
2024
"Migration to Address Labor Shortage in Japan: Evidence from Immigration Policy" (with Lei Lei)
The 3rd International Conference on Japan−Bangladesh Research and Practice (JBRP2024), organized by the Network of Bangladeshi Researchers in Japan (NBRJ), Coordinated from The University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, November 29−30, 2024 (Online) (Best Presentation Award) [Conference Proceedings]
“Labor Market Effects of Public Sector Hiring Policies and International Apparel Sector Monitoring in Bangladesh”. CPD in-house dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 February 2024.
2023
"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh". Presentation at:
2nd Asian Economic Development Conference, University of Tokyo, Japan, 15-16 July 2023 (Presented in-person on 15 July)
6th SANEM Annual Economists' Conference (SAEC) 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4-5 February 2023. (Presented virtually on 4 February)
GRIPS Policy Analysis Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 12 January 2023 (Presented virtually)
"Effects of Safety Law Enforcement on the Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from a Multinational Involvement in the Apparel Sector of Bangladesh". Presentation at:
GRIPS Policy Analysis Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 11 May 2023 (Presented virtually)
2022
"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh". Presentation at:
Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) 2022 Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 8-10 December 2022. (Presented in-person on 10 December 2022)
"Effects of Safety Law Enforcement on the Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from a Multinational Involvement in the Apparel Sector of Bangladesh". Presentation at:
Western Economic Association International (WEAI), 97th Annual Conference, held virtually and in-person in Portland, Oregon, 29 June-3 July 2022. (Presented virtually on 2 July 2022)
2021
"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh". Presentation at:
77th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (Online), held at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, 18-20 August, 2021. (Presented virtually on 20 August 2021)
"Effects of Safety Law Enforcement on the Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from a Multinational Involvement in the Apparel Sector of Bangladesh". Presentation at:
LDC Future Forum: Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries – Towards LDC5, held virtually and in-person in Helsinki, Finland, 5-7 October 2021. (Presented virtually on 6 October 2021)
2017
“Women`s Contribution to the Economy: The Case of Bangladesh.” Think20 Summit Global Solutions mandated by the 2017 German presidency of the G20, 28-31 May 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Participated as a Young Global Changer).
2015
“Dynamics of Labour Force Participation in Bangladesh with Special Reference to Women”. Young Scholar Seminar Series (YSSS), Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Presented on 23 July 2015).
2013
“Towards Bangladesh-at-50 Food Security in Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges”. Dhaka School of Economics, Bangladesh Economic Association Auditorium, Eskaton Garden Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Presented on 20 March, 2013).