M Niaz Asadullah
Visiting Professor

PhD – Economics, University of Oxford – 2006
M.Sc  – Economics, University of Oxford – 2000
M.A.  – Economics,  University of Dhaka – 1998
B.Sc (Hons) – Economics, Aligarh Muslim University – 1996

Academic:

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  1. Pataporn Sukontamarn & M. Niaz Asadullah & Nopphawan Photphisutthiphong & Yen Thi Hai Nguyen (2023) “Happiness in Old Age: The Daughter Connection,” Journal of Happiness Studies, 24(5), 1729-1757.
     
    Mahbub Hossain & M. Niaz Asadullah & Uma Kambhampati (2021) “Women’s empowerment and gender-differentiated food allocation in Bangladesh,” Review of Economics of the Household, 19(3), 739-767.

    M. Niaz Asadullah & Elisabetta De Cao & Fathema Zhura Khatoon & Zahra Siddique (2021) “Measuring gender attitudes using list experiments,” Journal of Population Economics, 34(2), 367-400.
     
    Asadullah, M. Niaz & Mansoor, Nazia & Randazzo, Teresa & Wahhaj, Zaki (2021) “Is son preference disappearing from Bangladesh?,” World Development, 140(C).
     
    Hossain, Marup & Mullally, Conner & Asadullah, M. Niaz (2019) “Alternatives to calorie-based indicators of food security: An application of machine learning methods,” Food Policy, 84(C), 77-91.
     
    Asadullah, M. Niaz  & Zaki Wahhaj (2019) “Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms,” Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, 86(344), 801-831.
     
    Asadullah, M. Niaz & Xiao, Saizi & Yeoh, Emile (2018) “Subjective well-being in China, 2005–2010: The role of relative income, gender, and location,” China Economic Review, 48(C), 83-101.
     
    Ng ST, Tey NP, Asadullah MN. (2017) What matters for life satisfaction among the oldest-old? Evidence from China. PLoS One. 2017 Feb 10;12(2):e0171799. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171799. PMID: 28187153; PMCID: PMC5302476.
     
    Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz (2008) “Sense in sociability? Maternal education, social capital and child schooling in rural Bangladesh,” The European Journal of Development Research, 20(3), 482-496.

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  • 1. “From MDGs to SDGs: Understanding Child Stunting in Asia”. Asian Development Bank Institute commissioned study. November 2023 (collaborator: Dr Rajesh Ramachandran). (Duration: 2023-2024)
     
    2. “A Tale of Two Nations: Differential Progress in Child Nutrition in India and Bangladesh” (collaborators: Drs Gaurav Datt and Rajesh Ramachandran) (Duration: 2024-2025)
     
    3. “Developing Youth Groups in Bangladesh to Support Peers at Risk of Early Marriage” Global Innovation Funded project. Duration: 2023-2026 (collaborators: Prof Zaki Wahhaj, University of Kent, UK; BLAST, Bangladesh)

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