Mehtabul Azam

Research Fellow

Oklahoma State University

mazam@okstate.edu

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Mehtabul Azam is an associate professor at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Prior to OSU, he worked with the Human Development Department of the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia unit. He obtained his PhD in Economics from Southern Methodist University, and M.A. in Economics from Delhi School of Economic. His research interests are in the field of development, labor, education, and public policy. He has worked on many issues related to poverty, inequality, intergenerational mobility, labor markets, returns to language skills, intra-household allocation, education, social protection policies, and program evaluation.

He joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in January 2009 and became a Research Fellow in December 2011.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15852

Health Effects of Fuel Transitions in India: Evidence from Panel Data

Mehtabul Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15842

Does Access to Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Reduce Women Household Burden? Evidence from India

Qinghe Su, Mehtabul Azam

forthcoming in: Energy Economics, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15841

The Effect of Trade Liberalization on Marriage and Fertility: Evidence from Indian Census

Shruti Sengupta, Mehtabul Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15286

Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Indian Census

Mehtabul Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15245

Microeconomic Determinants of Domestic Tourism Expenditure in India

Mehtabul Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12682

Household Cooking Fuel Choice in India, 2004-2012: A Panel Multinomial Analysis

Ying-Min Kuo, Mehtabul Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12681

Accounting for Differences in Female Labor Force Participation between China and India

Mehtabul Azam, Luyi Han

published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2020, 20(2), 20190302

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11174

Are Urban-Rural Welfare Differences Growing in India?

Mehtabul Azam

substantially revised version published as 'Accounting for growing urban-rural welfare gaps in India' in: World Development 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10308

Household Income Mobility in India: 1993-2011

Mehtabul Azam

revised version published in: Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26 (4), 1902 - 1943

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10018

Does Social Health Insurance Reduce Financial Burden? Panel Data Evidence from India

Mehtabul Azam

published in: World Development, 2018, 102, 1-17

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9892

Spatial Income Inequality in India, 1993-2011: A District Level Decomposition

Mehtabul Azam, Vipul Bhatt

published in Social Indicators Research

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9518

Intergenerational Educational Persistence among Daughters: Evidence from India

Mehtabul Azam

Revised version forthcoming in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8770

Private Tutoring: Evidence from India

Mehtabul Azam

forthcoming in: Review of Development Economics

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8622

Assessing Teacher Quality in India

Mehtabul Azam, Geeta G. Kingdon

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 117, 74–83

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7608

Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in India

Mehtabul Azam

published as 'Intergenerational Occupational Mobility among Men in India' in: Journal of Development Studies , 2015, 51(10), 1389-1408

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6772

Did Latvia's Public Works Program Mitigate the Impact of the 2008-2010 Crisis?

Mehtabul Azam, Céline Ferré, Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad

revised version published as 'Can public works programs mitigate the impact of crises in Europe? The case of Latvia' in: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2013, 2:10

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6549

Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mobility in India

Mehtabul Azam, Vipul Bhatt

substantially revised version published in: Demography, 2015, 52(6), 1929-1959

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6548

The Impact of Indian Job Guarantee Scheme on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Mehtabul Azam

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5706

Are Girls the Fairer Sex in India? Revisiting Intra-Household Allocation of Education Expenditure

Mehtabul Azam, Geeta G. Kingdon

published in: World Development, 2013, 42, 143-164

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5132