Firoz Ahmed
Associate Professor
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I am an Associate Professor in Economics at Khulna University in Bangladesh. My research interests are primarily in the areas of applied microeconomics, development economics, behavioral economics, and environmental economics. My recent research focuses on health, agriculture, migration, environment, and disaster management. I have published in several international journals including American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, The Economic Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Food Policy, and Migration and Development.
Past talks:
Young Economists' Meeting 2022 (26-27 May) [Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic]
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PhD Candidate in Economics (Technical University of Munich)
MSc in Globalisation and Development (with great distinction), Institute of Development Policy (IOB), University of Antwerp, Belgium (2016)
Master of Social Science (MSS) in Economics, Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh, (2011)
Bachelor of Social Science (Hons) in Economics (with distinction), Economics Discipline, Khulna University, Bangladesh, (2009)
Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Economics
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Publication: Refereed Journals
1. Ahmed, Firoz., Hodler, Roland. and Islam, Asad (2024). Partisan Effects of Information Campaigns in Competitive Authoritarian Elections: Evidence from Bangladesh, The Economic Journal, 134(660), 1303-1330. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead115
2. Vlassopoulos, Michael., Siddique, Abu., Rahman, Tabassum., Pakrashi, Debayan., Islam, Asad., and Ahmed, Firoz (2024). Improving Women's Mental Health During a Pandemic. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 16(2), 422-455. https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20210655
3. Abu Siddique, Tabassum Rahman, Debayan Pakrashi, Asad Islam, Firoz Ahmed (2024). Raising Health Awareness in Rural Communities: A Randomized Experiment in Bangladesh and India, The Review of Economics and Statistics, 106(3), 638-654. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01182
4. Ahmed, Firoz (2022). Does Migration Matter for Household Welfare in Bangladesh?, Migration and Development, 11(3): 697-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/21632324.2020.1812326
5. Ahmed, Firoz, Fahmida Akter Oni and Sk. Sharafat Hossen (2021). 'Does gender inequality matter for access to and utilization of maternal healthcare services in Bangladesh?', PLOS One, 16(9): e0257388. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257388
6. Ahmed, Firoz, Asad Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, Tabassum Rahman, and Abu Siddique (2021). ‘Determinants and Dynamics of Food Insecurity During COVID-19 in Rural Bangladesh’, Food Policy, 101,102066. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102066
7. Rahman, Tabassum, Firoz Ahmed, Asad Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, and Abu Siddique. ‘Income loss and wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown in rural Bangladesh: Evidence from large household surveys’, Bangladesh Development Studies (Forthcoming)
8. Ahmed, M.F. and Billah, M.M. (2018) ‘Impact of sharecropping on rice
productivity in some areas of Khulna district’, Bangladesh Journal of
Agricultural Research, 43(3): 417-430. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v43i3.38390
9. Haider, M.Z., Ahmed, M.F. (2014) ‘Multipurpose uses of cyclone shelters: Quest for shelter sustainability and community development’, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 9, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.03.007
Ongoing Field Experiments
1. Religion, supernatural beliefs, and economic behavior: Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in Bangladesh, with Andreas Pondorfer, and Jonathan F Schulz (American Economic Association’s RCT Registry: https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.10944-1.1)
2. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) based health information for antenatal and postnatal care services in rural Bangladesh, with Asad Islam, Daniel Suryadarma, Umair Khalil, and Tabassum Rahman