Niaz Asadullah

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Monash University

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Niaz Asadullah is a Professor of Economics at Monash University Malaysia. He has previously held visiting/academic positions at Reading, 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. 16073
Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection
Pataporn Sukontamarn, Niaz Asadullah, Nopphawan Photphisutthiphong, Yen Thi Hai Nguyen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15382
Digital Divide or Digital Provide? Technology, Time Use and Learning Loss during COVID-19
Niaz Asadullah, Anindita Bhattacharjee
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58 (10), 1934 - 1957
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13996
Is Son Preference Disappearing from Bangladesh?
Niaz Asadullah, Nazia Mansoor, Teresa Randazzo, Zaki Wahhaj
published in: World Development, 2021, 140, 105353
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13653
Measuring Gender Attitudes Using List Experiments
Niaz Asadullah, Elisabetta De Cao, Fathema Zhura Khatoon, Zahra Siddique
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2021, 34: 367-400
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13066
Vietnam's Extraordinary Performance in the PISA Assessment: A Cultural Explanation of an Education Paradox
Niaz Asadullah, Liyanage Devangi Perera, Saizi Xiao
published in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2020, 42 (5), 913-932.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11809
Labor Market Returns to Education and English Language Skills in the People's Republic of China: An Update
Niaz Asadullah, Saizi Xiao
published in: Asian Development Review, 2019, 36(1), 80–111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11362
Madrasah for Girls and Private School for Boys? The Determinants of School Type Choice in Rural and Urban Indonesia
Niaz Asadullah, Maliki Maliki
published in: International Journal of Educational Development, 2018, 62, 96–111
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10624
What Matters for Life Satisfaction among the Oldest-Old? Evidence from China
Sor Tho Ng, Nai Peng Tey, Niaz Asadullah
published in: PLOS One, 2017, 12(2): e0171799
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10463
Missing from the Market: Purdah Norm and Women's Paid Work Participation in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Zaki Wahhaj
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
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