Research

Publications

“How Do Small Formal and Informal Firms in Egypt Compare? An Analysis of Firm Characteristics and Implications for Formalization Efforts,” with Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad, and Maakwe Cumanzala. Review of Development Economics, 28(3), 1292–1315. August 2024.
“What I Say Depends on How You Ask: Experimental Evidence of the Effect of Framing on the Measurement of Attitudes,” with Jeffrey R. Bloem. Economics Letters, 238, 111686. May 2024.
“School to Work Transition: Employment and Expectations of Former Madrasa Students in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,” with Shakil Ahmed, Mohammad Raied Arman, Marjan Hossain, and Nuzaba Tahreen Rahman. International Journal of Educational Development, 106, 103020. April 2024.
“Information and Behavior: Evidence from Fertilizer Quantity Recommendations in Bangladesh,” with Sabrin Beg and Mahnaz Islam. Journal of Development Economics, 166, 103195. January 2024. [Working Paper]
“International Migration and the Religious Schooling of Children in the Home Country: Evidence from Bangladesh,” Journal of Population Economics, 36, 1963-2005. July 2023.
“Introducing the Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey 2018,” with Caroline Krafft and Ragui Assaad. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 12(12): 1-40. September 2021.

“Microfinance and Food Security during COVID-19 Pandemic,” with Raied Arman, Narayan Das, Sakib Mahmud, and Semab Rahman (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Development Studies)
“Survey Ordering and the Measurement of Welfare,” with Jeffrey R. Bloem and Marc F. Bellemare (Revise and Resubmit, Journal of the Economic Science Association)
“The Grapes of App: Experimental Evidence on Training Farmers Using A Smartphone Application,” with Kenn Chua, Qingxiao Li, and Xiaoli Yang
“Teacher Flexibility and School Productivity: Evidence from a Remedial Education Program in India,” with Sabrin Beg, Anne Fitzpatrick, Jason Kerwin, and Adrienne Lucas
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“Education without Formal Schooling through Tablets and Tutors: Evidence from Out-of-School Children in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” with Paul Glewwe, Zhigang Li, Prashant Loyalka, and Uttam Sharma
“Does the Measurement of Learning Level Depend on the Mode of Testing?,” with Marjan Hossain
“The Effect of Public Handwashing Stations, Awareness Campaigns, and Behavior Change Interventions on Health Behavior and Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” with Sonia Afrin, Narayan Das, Rafia Nisat, Dilhan Perera, and Atiya Rahman

"Digital Finance, Transaction Costs, and Women’s Economic Empowerment: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh," with Jeffrey R. Bloem
"Not in Education, Employment, or Training (NEET) Male Youth in Bangladesh," with Syed Rashed Al-Zayed Josh and Shwetlena Sabarwal
"Addressing Learning Loss/Gap Using Low-tech Remote Learning among Underprivileged in Developing Countries,” with Paul Glewwe, Asad Islam, Shwetlena Sabarwal, Uttam Sharma, and Xing Xia
"Disability Inclusive Education Program in Bangladesh,” with Ricardo Sabates Aysa, Narayan Das, and Nidhi Singal
"Using Social Media to Train Aquaculture Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh,” with Munshi Sulaiman, Marzuk Hossain, and Tahmid Bin Mahmud
"Training on Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) Cultivation as Aquaculture and Poultry Feed,'' with Munshi Sulaiman, Marzuk Hossain, and Tahmid Bin Mahmud
"Social Empowerment and Legal Protection Program to Reduce Child Marriage,'' with Munshi Sulaiman, Shaila Ahmed, Sakib Mahmood, Marjan Hossain, and Md. Johirul Islam
"Impact of Garment Factories on Women’s Health in Bangladesh,'' with Divya Pandey
"Access to (Digital) Information and Credit in Tertiary Education Choice," with Shaila Ahmed and Abu S. Shonchoy

"State Forestry and Community Alienation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts," with Niaz Ahmed Khan and Sanjana Tehjib. 2017. In Life in Peace and Conflict: Indigeneity and State in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Orient BlackSwan, New Delhi.