Academic Positions and Affiliations
Lahore School of Economics
2021 present Director Graduate Studies, Faculty of Economics
2021 present Associate Professor in Economics
2011 present Senior Research Fellow, Center for Research in Economics and Business (CREB)
2011-2021 Assistant Professor in Economics
University of Oxford
2019-2021 Research Affiliate
The Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme (CSASP)
Global Labor Organization
2017 present Fellow
Center for Economic Research in Pakistan
2020 present Research Fellow
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
2016-2021 Member, Social Sciences Sub-committee on Economics, Committee for the Development of Social Sciences and Humanities in Pakistan (CDSSHP)
2013-2013 Member and Secretary, National Curriculum Revision Committee (Economics)
Education
2007-2011 PhD in Economics (Très honorable avec félicitation du jury)
Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE), France.
2006-2007 MS in Economics (Economic Analysis and Econometrics)
Aix-Marseille School of Economics (AMSE), France.
2002-2004 MSc in Economics
Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Research and Teaching interests
Research Economics of innovation; Political economy and Institutions; Economic and social inclusion; Growth theory.
Teaching Growth theory; Economics of innovation; Industrial economics; Development.
Teaching
Economic Growth Theory (Ph.D)
Theories of Economic Growth (MPhil/MS)
Macroeconomics (BS/BBA)
Political Economy of Macroeconomic Policy (PhD)
Natural Resources Economics (BS/BBA)
Supervision
MPhil Economics
Farah Imami (2024): Intra-household Information Sharing and Female Labor Force Participation: A Case of Pakistan.
Hira Kaleem (2024): Norm Misperception and Female Labor Force Participation: A Case of Pakistan.
Minal Shauket (2023): Does International Certification Cause Superior Export Performance? Evidence from Pakistan
Muhammad Naveed (2017): Investment in Early Childhood Health and Its Implications for Human Capital Accumulation
Sadia Toor (2016): Corruption: The Role of Taxes and Wage Incentives
Yumna Hasan (2015): The Role of International Migration of Unskilled Labor and Parental Absenteeism in the Human Capital Formation of Children Left Behind
Sadia Hussain (2015): The Political Economy of Ethnic Polarization, Natural Resource Curse and Income Inequality
Sara Khan (2015): Child Nutrition, Education & Child Labor: Impact on Human Capital Accumulation
Natasha Moeen (2014): Human and Social Capital Complementarities in the Presence of Credit Market Imperfections
Anum Ellahi (2014): Corruption, Tax Evasion and Economic Development in Economies with Hierarchal Tax Administration
Umair Ayaz (2013): Endogenous Patience in a Model of Economic Growth with Human and Unproductive Social Capitals
PhD Economics
Mariyam Haroon (Member, 2021), Zunia Tirmzi (Member, 2022), Rabia Ikram (Member, 2022).
Reviewer fo academic journals
Journal of Economic Growth, Research Policy, Economic Inquiry, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Journal of Population Economics, Economics & Politics, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, European Journal of Law and Economics, Economia Politica, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Pakistan Development Review, Lahore Journal of Economics.