Niaz Asadullah

Research Fellow

University of Reading

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Niaz Asadullah is a Visiting Professor of Economics at Reading University, UK. He has previously held visiting/academic positions at Monash Malaysia, Harvard, Oxford, Kent, Manchester, Malaya, Mindanao, Chulalongkorn, BRAC and Dhaka Universities.

His research interests include development economics, economics of education, labor economics and happiness economics. His research has been supported by grants from AUSAID, Asian Development Bank Institute, International Growth Centre, South Asian Network of Economic Research Institutes (SANEI), UNESCO, UNU-WIDER and the World Bank. He received a Leverhulme Trust (UK) fellowship in 2011.

Niaz regularly contributes to the international media including the Project Syndicate, the Conversation, World Economic Forum, the Diplomat, the East Asia Forum, D+C Development & Cooperation, and World Education Forum of the UNESCO. His research has been covered by Al-jazeera, ABC Australia, Astro Awani TV (Malaysia), BBC, Business FM (Malaysia), the Economist, the Star (Malaysia) and the Edge Financial Daily.

Niaz is a co-editor of Singapore Economic Review, the Journal of Human Development & Capabilities, PLOS One, and International Journal of Educational Development. He is also on the editorial board of Feminist Economics, COMPARE, Poverty & Public Policy and Journal of Public Affairs.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2007.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10326
Do Pro-Poor Schools Reach Out to the Poor? Location Choice of BRAC and ROSC Schools in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah
published in: Australian Economic Review, 2016, 49(4), 432-452
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10176
Who Trusts Others? Community and Individual Determinants of Social Capital in a Low Income Country
Niaz Asadullah
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2017, 41(2): 515-544.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9749
Evaluating the Long-Run Impact of an Innovative Anti-Poverty Program: Evidence Using Household Panel Data
Niaz Asadullah, Jinnat Ara
published in: Applied Economics, 2016, 58 (2), 107-120
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9637
Subjective Well-being in China, 2005-2010: The Role of Relative Income, Gender and Location
Niaz Asadullah, Saizi Xiao, Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh
published in: China Economic Review, 2018, 48, 83–101
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8233
The Effect of Islamic Secondary School Attendance on Academic Achievement
Niaz Asadullah
published in: Singapore Economic Review, 2016, 61 (4), 1550052-01
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7115
Peaceful Coexistence? The Role of Religious Schools and NGOs in the Growth of Female Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49 (2), 223-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7059
Going to School in Purdah: Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Zaki Wahhaj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6883
What Determines Religious School Choice? Theory and Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Rupa Chakrabarti, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Bulletin of Economic Research, 2015, 67(2), 186–207
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6569
Subjective Well-Being and Relative Poverty in Rural Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2012, 33 (5), 940 - 950
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6329
Social Divisions in School Participation and Attainment in India: 1983-2004
Niaz Asadullah, Uma Kambhampati, Florencia López Bóo
published in: Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38(4), 869-893
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