Melanie Khamis

Research Fellow

Wesleyan University

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Melanie Khamis completed her Ph.D. at the London School of Economics.She also holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Before and during her doctoral studies, she worked as an economist for the Department for International Development (DFID) (U.K.), as a consultant for the World Bank and as a researcher for the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Her main research interests are labor economics, development economics and applied microeconomics.

She worked at IZA as a Research Associate from February 2008 until June 2011.

She is currently a Professor of Economics at Wesleyan University, where she was also an Associate Professor (2018 to 2023) and Assistant Professor (2011 to 2018). She continues to be affiliated with IZA as a Research Fellow.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16936
Demography, Human Capital Investment, and Lifetime Earnings for Women and Men
Joyce P. Jacobsen, Melanie Khamis, Mutlu Yuksel
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16445
Risk Attitudes and Informal Employment in Ukraine
Thomas Dohmen, Melanie Khamis, Hartmut Lehmann, Norberto Pignatti
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10830
Women Make Houses, Women Make Homes
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Melanie Khamis, Mutlu Yuksel
published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 49, 145-161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8425
Convergences in Men's and Women's Life Patterns: Lifetime Work, Lifetime Earnings, and Human Capital Investment
Joyce P. Jacobsen, Melanie Khamis, Mutlu Yuksel
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2015, 1-33
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7239
For Better or for Worse: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Family Formation
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Melanie Khamis, Mutlu Yuksel
published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 8(29): 2771-2784.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6163
The Persistence of Informality: Evidence from Panel Data
Alpaslan Akay, Melanie Khamis
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2012, 229 - 255
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6148
Rubble Women: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Labor Market Outcomes
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Melanie Khamis, Mutlu Yuksel
substantially revised paper appeared as DP No. 10830
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5406
Consumption and Social Identity: Evidence from India
Melanie Khamis, Nishith Prakash, Zahra Siddique
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2012, 83 (3), 353-371
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5142
Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis
Randall K. Q. Akee, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Melanie Khamis
published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing: 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4676
A Note on Informality in the Labor Market
Melanie Khamis
published in: Journal of International Development, 2012, 24 (7), 894-908
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