Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Applied Microeconomics, especially in the domain of
Determinants and consequences of inequalities among individuals;
Economic preferences and skills and their effects on outcomes and decisions;
Application of data science and machine learning techniques to economic data.
The Preference Survey Module: New Evidence on Social Preferences from Tehran
Michael Kosfeld, Zahra Sharafi
Journal of the Economic Science Association 10, 2024, 152-164.
Poverty and Perseverance: The Detrimental Effect of Poverty on Effort Provision
Zahra Sharafi
Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 162:103040.
Measuring Economic Preferences with Behavioral Experiments and Surveys Across the Globe
Corresponding author, with Michael Kosfeld, Maíra Sontag González, Na Zou
November 2025
* Job Market Paper
with Jan Zacharias, Oliver Hinz, Kevin Bauer
November 2025, Under review.
Distracted Minds: How Poverty Induced Distress Affects Adolescents' Cognitive Function
Zahra Sharafi
September 2025
Pledge Donation, Communication, and Memory
with Andreas Grunewald, Christoph Oslislo, and Frederik Schwerter
Exploring Job Possibilities: The Role of Expectations and Perceptions in Immigrants' Job Search and Success
with Vincent Selz
* In August 2025, I submitted an “Emmy Noether” (Junior Research Group) DFG grant application based on the results of this project.
Predictive Validity of Economic Preference Measures
with Christina Gravert, Michael Kosfeld
Social influence in childhood obesity interventions: a systematic review
Mohammad S Jalali, Zahra Sharafi, Hazhir Rahmandad, Alice S. Ammerman
Obesity Review, 17(9), 820-32, 2016.
Supplier Development Strategies as a Decision-Making Problem
Zahra Sharafi, Jamshid Parvizian
International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2011