Mushfiq Mobarak

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Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
Born1976 (age 47–48)
Education University of Maryland, College Park
Occupation(s)Bangladeshi American economist and a professor
Website https://faculty.som.yale.edu/mushfiqmobarak/

Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (born 1976 [1] ) is a Bangladeshi economist and a professor of economics at Yale University. He is a co-chair of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab's (J-PAL) Urban Services Initiative and its Environment and Energy sector, as well as the lead academic for Bangladesh at the International Growth Centre (IGC). His research interests concentrate on environmental issues in developing countries. [2]

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Biography

A native of Bangladesh, [3] Mushfiq Mobarak studied in the United States, where he earned a B.A. in mathematics and economics from Macalester College in 1997, and both an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1999 and 2002, respectively. During his graduate studies, Mobarak worked as a consultant and economist for the World Bank (1998-2001) and the International Monetary Fund before becoming an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2002–07). Following a visiting appointment in 2006, Mobarak then moved to the Yale School of Management in 2007, where he was first promoted to associate professor (2012–15) and to full professor in 2015; in 2017, he also integrated Yale University's Department of Economics. [1]

Mushfiq Mobarak is affiliated with several economic research institutes, including J-PAL, where he serves as co-chair of Urban Services Initiative (with Esther Duflo, since 2011) [4] and of the Energy and Environment sector (with Michael Greenstone, since 2016). [5] Moreover, he also has been the lead academic of the Bangladesh Research Programme at IGC since 2009 [6] and was a Global Future Council Fellow regarding the future of migration at the World Economic Forum. [7] Other affiliations include NBER, [8] BREAD, CEPR, and Yale's Economic Growth Center, among others. Finally, he also holds editorial positions at Development Engineering , the World Bank Economic Review , [9] and Economic Development and Cultural Change . [10] [1]

Mobarak is married and has two children. [1]

Research

Mushfiq Mobarak's research interests include development economics, behavioural economics, environmental economics and migration. [11] According to IDEAS/RePEc, he belongs to the top 7% of most cited economists. [12] Key findings of his research include:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Curriculum vitae of Mushfiq Mobarak on the website of Yale University. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Profile of Mushfiq Mobarak at J-PAL. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Webpage of Mushfiq Mobarak on the website of Yale University's Department of Economics. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ Webpage of the Urban Services Initiative at J-PAL. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ Webpage of the Environment & Energy sector at J-PAL. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ Profile of Mushfiq Mobarak at IGC. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ Profile of Mushfiq Mobarak at the WEF. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  8. ↑ Profile of Mushfiq Mobarak at NBER. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  9. ↑ Editorial Board of WBER. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  10. ↑ Editorial Board of EDCC. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  11. ↑ Webpage of Mushfiq Mobarak on the website of the Yale School of Management. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  12. ↑ Ranking of economists on IDEAS/RePEc. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  13. ↑ Kellenberg, Derek K.; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq (2008). "Does rising income increase or decrease damage risk from natural disasters?". Journal of Urban Economics. 63 (3): 788–802. doi:10.1016/j.jue.2007.05.003.
  14. ↑ Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq (2005). "Democracy, Volatility, and Economic Development". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 87 (2): 348–361. doi:10.1162/0034653053970302.
  15. ↑ Bento, Antonio M.; Cropper, Maureen L.; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; Vinha, Katja (2005). "The Effects of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in the United States". The Review of Economics and Statistics. 87 (3): 466–478. doi:10.1162/0034653054638292.
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