Poverty, inequality and well-being
1. Asadullah,
M Niaz, Alain Trannoy & Sandy Tubeuf &
Gaston Yalonetzky (2021) "Measuring
Inequality of Educational Opportunities: Pupil’s Efforts Matter" World
Development, Vol 138.
2. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Yalonetzky,
Gaston (2012) "Inequality of
Educational Opportunity in India: Changes Over Time and Across States," World
Development, vol. 40(6), 1151-1163.
3. Asadullah, M Niaz, Antonio Savoia and Kunal Sen (2020) "Will South
Asia achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Learning from the MDGs
experience," Social Indicators Research, 152,
165–189.
4. Asadullah,
M Niaz, Mansor, Norma and Savoia,
Antonio (2021) “Understanding
a ‘Development Miracle’: Poverty Reduction, Human Development and Economic
Growth in Malaysia”, Journal of Human Development and
Capabilities, 22:4, 551-576.
5. Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio
(2018) Poverty
Reduction During 2000-2013: Did MDGs Adoption and State Capacity Matter?, World
Development, 105, 70-82.
6. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2012) "Intergenerational
Wealth Mobility in Rural Bangladesh," Journal
of Development Studies, vol. 48(9), pages 1193-1208 (lead article in
special issue on poverty)
7. Asadullah, M. Niaz and Chaudhury,
N., (2012) Subjective
well-being and relative poverty in rural Bangladesh. Journal
of Economic Psychology, 33 (5). pp. 940-950. ISSN 0167-4870 doi:10.1016/j.joep.2012.05.003
8. Asadullah, M. Niaz and Saizi Xiao and
Yeoh, Kok-Kheng (2018) Subjective
well-being in China: The Role of Relative Income, Gender and Location. China
Economic Review, 48, 83-101 (IZA working
paper # 9637).
9. Asadullah. M Niaz and Ara, Jinnat (2016)
"Evaluating the
Long-run Impact of An Innovative Anti- poverty Program: Evidence Using
Household Panel Data", Applied
Economics, 48(2). (IZA working
paper # 9637).
10. Asadullah, M Niaz (2016) "Do Pro-poorSchools Reach Out to the Poor? Location choice of BRAC and ROSC schoolsin Bangladesh," Australian Economic Review, 49(4),
432-452. (IZA working
paper # 10326).
11. Ng, Sor Tho, Peng, Tey Nai, and Asadullah, M Niaz (2017)
"What
Matters for Life Satisfaction among the Oldest-Old? Evidence from China" PLoS
One, 12(2): e0171799. (IZA
working paper # 10624).
12. Asadullah, M Niaz and Mansor, Norma (2021) “Economic
cooperation and Human Development in the D-8: The Malaysian Model” Journal
of Economics Cooperation and Development. 42(1).
13. Hossain, Marup, Conner Mullally and Asadullah, M Niaz (2019)
“Alternatives to
Calorie-based Indicators of Food Security: An Application of Machine Learning
Methods”, Food Policy, 84: 77-91
14. Ahmed, Kabir, and Asadullah, M Niaz and
Khambhampati, Uma (2016) "The Effect of
Formal Banks on Household Income and Poverty in Bangladesh," Malaysian
Journal of Economic Studies, December issue, Vol. 53, No. 2, pp.
173-193.
Economics of Child Marriage & Gender
17. Amrit Amirapu, M Niaz
Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj (2022) "Social Barriers to Female
Migration" Journal of Development
Economics,
18. Asadullah, M Niaz and Wahhaj, Zaki (2019)
"Early
Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms", Economica, Vol. 86(344):
801-831 (GDI
working paper # 9637).
19. Asadullah, M Niaz and Elisabetta De Cao,
Fathema Zhura Khatoon, Zahra Siddique (2020) “Measuring
gender attitudes using list experiments” Journal of Population
Economics, 34, pages 367–400 (lead article).
20. Asadullah, M Niaz, Kazi Islam and Zaki Wahhaj (2021) "Child Marriage,
Climate Vulnerability and Natural Disasters" Journal of Biosocial
Science 53(6), 948-967.
21. Asadullah, M Niaz and Wahhaj, Zaki (2016) "Child Marriage
Law and Freedom of Choice: The Battle against Early Marriage in Bangladesh," Economic and Political
Weekly, 51(3), 16 Jan.
22. Amin, Sajeda, Asadullah,
M. Niaz, Hossain, Sara and Wahhaj, Zaki (2017) "Eradicating
Child Marriage in the Commonwealth: Is Investment in Girls' Education
Sufficient?" The Round Table: The
Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 106(2), pp 221-223.
23. Amin, Sajeda, Asadullah,
M. Niaz, Hossain, Sara and Wahhaj, Zaki (2017)
"Can conditional
transfers eradicate child marriage" Economic
and Political Weekly, February 11, 2017 vol 52 no 6.
(summary posted by Population
Council, USA) (full version online)
24. Hossain, Mahbub, Asadullah,
M Niaz and Kambhampati, Uma (2021) “Women's
Empowerment and Gender-Differentiated Food Allocation in Bangladesh” Review of Economics of the Household, 19, 739–767.
25. Asadullah, M Niaz, Mansoor, Randazzo and Wahhaj (2021) "Is Son
Preference Disappearing from Bangladesh?" World Development , Vol 140.
26. Xiao, Saizi and Asadullah, M Niaz (2020)
"Social
Norms and Gender Difference in Labor Force Participation in China" Feminist
Economics 26:4, 114-148.
27. Asadullah, M Niaz and Kambhampati,
Uma (2021) “Feminization
of Farming, Food Security and Women’s Empowerment” Global Food
Security, Volume 29, 100532
28. Islam, Kazi and Asadullah, M Niaz (2018) “Gender
Stereotypes and Education: A Comparative Content Analysis of Malaysian,
Indonesian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi School Textbooks,” PLoS
One. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0190807
29. Asadullah, M Niaz and Talukdar, Fahema (2019)
“The Paradox of
the Contented Female Worker: Evidence from Bangladesh’s Ready-made Garments
Sector”, International Journal of Manpower
Economics of Madrasas
30. Asadullah, M. Niaz, Amin,
Sajeda and Chaudhury, N. (2018) Support
for Gender Stereotypes: Does Madrasah Education Matter? Journal
of Development Studies, 55(1), 39-56.
31. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2016) The effect of
Islamic school attendance on academic achievement, Singapore
Economic Review, Vol 61(4), pages 1550052-01. (IZA working
paper version)
32. Asadullah, M. Niaz and Chaudhury, N (2016)
"To Madrasahs or
Not to Madrasahs: The Question and Correlates of Enrolment in Islamic Schools
in Bangladesh", International Journal of Educational
Development, 49, pp. 55-69.
33. Asadullah, M. Niaz and Chaudhury,
N. (2013) Peaceful
coexistence? The role of religious schools and NGOs in the growth of female
secondary schooling in Bangladesh. Journal of
Development Studies, 49 (2). pp. 223-237. (Special issue on education)
34. Asadullah, M. Niaz, Chakrabarti, R. and Chaudhury,
N. (2013) What determines
religious school choice? Theory and evidence from rural Bangladesh. Bulletin
of Economic Research, 67(2), 186-207.
35. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Chaudhury, Nazmul
(2010) "Religious
Schools, Social Values, and Economic Attitudes: Evidence from Bangladesh," World
Development, vol. 38(2), 205-217, February.
36. Asadullah, M Niaz & Nazmul Chaudhury (2009)
"Holy alliances:
public subsidies, Islamic high schools, and female schooling in Bangladesh," Education
Economics, vol. 17(3), 377-394.
37. Asadullah, M Niaz, and Chaudhury, Nazmul &
Dar, Amit (2007) "Student
achievement conditioned upon school selection: Religious and secular secondary
school quality in Bangladesh," Economics
of Education Review, vol. 26(6), 648-659.
Economics of Education
38. Asadullah, M Niaz and Xiao, Saizi (2020)
"The Changing
Pattern of Wage Returns to Education in Post-Reform China" Structural
Change and Economic Dynamics, 53, 137-148.
39. Asadullah, M Niaz, Perera, D. and Xiao, S (2021)
"Vietnam’s
Extraordinary Performance in the PISA Assessment: a Cultural Explanation of an
Education Paradox", Journal
of Policy Modelling.
40. Asadullah, M Niaz, Alim, Abdul and Hossain, Anowar
(2019) "Enrolling Girls
without Learning: Evidence from Public Schools in Afghanistan', Development
Policy Review. 37(4), 486-503.
41. Asadullah, M. Niaz, Kambhampati, U.
S. and Lopez Boo, F. (2013) Social
divisions in school participation and attainment in India: 1983-2004. Cambridge
Journal of Economics, 38(4), 869-893.
42. Asadullah, M Niaz and Chaudhury, N
(2015) "The
Dissonance between schooling and learning: Evidence from rural Bangladesh," Comparative
Education Review, 59(3), 447-472.
43. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2011) "Intra- and
inter-household externalities in children's schooling: evidence from rural
residential neighbourhoods in Bangladesh," Applied
Economics, vol. 43(14), pages 1749-1767.
44. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Chaudhury, Nazmul
(2011) "Poisoning the
mind: Arsenic contamination of drinking water wells and children's educational
achievement in rural Bangladesh," Economics
of Education Review, vol. 30(5), 873-888.
45. Asadullah, M. Niaz & S. Rahman (2009)
"Farm
productivity and efficiency in rural Bangladesh: the role of education
revisited," Applied Economics, vol. 41(1), pages
17-33.
46. Asadullah, M Niaz & Nazmul Chaudhury
(2009) "Reverse Gender
Gap in Schooling in Bangladesh: Insights from Urban and Rural Households," Journal
of Development Studies, vol. 45(8), pages 1360-1380.
47. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2009) "Returns to
private and public education in Bangladesh and Pakistan: A comparative analysis," Journal
of Asian Economics, vol. 20(1), pages 77-86, January.
48. Asadullah, M Niaz (2006) "Returns to
Education in Bangladesh," Education
Economics, vol. 14(4), pages 453-468.
49. Asadullah, M Niaz (2006) "Pay differences
between teachers and other occupations: Some empirical evidence from Bangladesh," Journal
of Asian Economics, 17(6), 1044-1065.
50. Asadullah, M Niaz (2005) "The effect of
class size on student achievement: evidence from Bangladesh," Applied
Economics Letters, 12(4), 217-221.
52. Asadullah, Niaz & Maliki (2018) "Madrasah
for Girls and Private School for Boys? The Determinants of School Type Choice
in Rural and Urban Indonesia," International Journal of
Educational Development, 62: 96–111.
53. Perera, Devangi and Asadullah, M Niaz (2019)
“Mind the Gap: What Explains Malaysia’sUnderperformance in PISA?” International
Journal of Educational Development, 65, 254-263.
54.Asadullah, M Niaz and Anindita Bhattacharjee (2022) “Digital Divide or Digital Provide? Technology, Time Use and Learning Loss During Covid-19”, Journal of Development Studies (forthcoming). https://doi.org/10.1080/
Bangladesh’s Development Surprise,
Paradox and Challenges
55. Mahmud, Wahiduddin, Asadullah, M. Niaz, and
Antonio Savoia (2013) Bangladesh’s
Achievements in Social Development Indicators: Explaining the Puzzle, Economic
and Political Weekly, Nov 2. 48(44), 26-28.
56. Asadullah, M. Niaz, Antonio Savoia, and
Mahmud, Wahiduddin, (2014) Paths to
development: Is there a Bangladesh Surprise? World
Development, 62 (October). pp. 138-154 (full version accessible
through the International
Growth Centre website).
57. Asadullah, M Niaz and CHAKRAVORTY, N N (2019)
"Growth,
Governance and Corruption in Bangladesh: A Re-assessment" Third
World Quarterly 40(5), 947-965
58. Asadullah, M Niaz and Savoia, Antonio (2018)
“Bangladesh’s
development progress: How well is it positioned to achieve the Sustainable
Development Goals?” South Asia Journal, pages 17-25.
Social Capital
59. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2008) Sense in sociability? Maternal education, social
capital and child schooling in rural Bangladesh. European
Journal of Development Research, 20 (3). pp. 482-496.
60. Asadullah, M Niaz (2017) "Who Trusts Others?" Cambridge
Journal of Economics, 41(2), 515-544 (IZA discussion paper no 10176)
61. Asadullah, M Niaz (2016) "Trust,
Trustworthiness, and Traditional Islamic Education", Oxford
Development Studies, 44(2), pp. 152-166.
Others
62. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2017) "Comments on
"China's Growth Slowdown and Prospects for becoming a High-Income
Developed Economy"" Asian
Economic Papers, Winter/Spring, Vol. 16, No. 1.
63. Aziz, Nusrate and Asadullah, M Niaz (2017) "Military Expenditure, Armed Conflict and Economic Growth in Developing Countries," Journal of Economic Studies, 44(1), pp 47-68 (University Nottingham CREDIT working paper # 16-03 ).
Book Review
64. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Nazmul Chaudhury, 2010.
"Faithful
Education: Madrassahs in South Asia," The European Journal of
Development Research, vol. 22(2), pages 273-276, April.
65. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2004) “Review: The Costs and
Financing of Education: Trends and Policy Implications”. Asia Pacific
Education Review, Volume 5, Number 1.
66. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2002) Review:
Paul Rivlin, Economic policy and performance in the Arab world. Development
and Change, 33 (4). pp. 747-748. ISSN 1467-7660 doi: 10.1111/1467-7660.00277
67. Asadullah, M. Niaz (2002) Review:
Lal, Deepak. The poverty of “Development Economics.” 2d revised and expanded US
edition. Latin American Politcs and Society, 44 (2). pp.
161-165. ISSN 1548-2456 doi: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2002.tb00209.x
Edited Book
Khalid, Ahmed M, James R Ferguson and M. Niaz Asadullah
(2023) Economic
Integration Among D-8 Muslim Countries: Prospects and Challenges. Scientific
World.
Book chapters
1. Asadullah, M. Niaz and Chaudhury, Nazmul
(2008) Holy Alliances: Public Subsidies, Islamic High Schools, and Female
Schooling in Bangladesh (joint with N. Chaudhury). In Mercy Tembon and Lucia
Fort (eds.) Girl’s Education in the 21st Century:
Gender equality, Empowerment and Growth. World Bank: Washington, DC.
2. Asadullah, M. Niaz, Chaudhury, Nazmul and
Dar, Amit (2009) Assessing the
performance of madrassas in rural Bangladesh (with
N. Chaudhury) in Harry Anthony Patrinos , Quentin Wodon, Felipe
Barrera-Osorio (eds.) Emerging Evidence on Vouchers and Faith-Based
Providers in Education. World Bank: Washington, DC.
Unpublished Research Work
1. Asadullah, M Niaz and Chaudhury, N (2013) Primary
education, school quality and learning outcomes in rural Bangladesh. Centre
for Global Development (CGD) working paper no 349.
2. Asadullah, M Niaz, Chaudhury, N. and Al-zayed, R
(2009) World Bank report on Islamic schools (published in 2009) - "Secondary
School Madrasas in Bangladesh: Incidence, Quality, and Implications for Reform"
3. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Fernández, Rosa M.,
2008. "Work-Life
Balance Practices and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction in the UK: Evidence
from Matched Employer-Employee Data," IZA Discussion
Papers 3582, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
4. Dang, Hai-Anh & Sarr, Leopold & Asadullah, M.
Niaz, 2011. "School Access,
Resources, and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Non-formal School Program in
Bangladesh," IZA Discussion
Papers 5659, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
5. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2012.
"Going to School
in Purdah: Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh," IZA Discussion
Papers 7059, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [This paper is
also available from BRAC as a research
monograph]
6. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki,
2016. "Early Marriage,
Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms,"
School of Economics Discussion Paper No 16/02, University of Kent.
7. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2016.
"Missing from
the Market: Purdah Norm and Women's Paid Work Participation in Bangladesh,"
IZA Discussion Papers 10463, IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
8. Aslam, M, Shenila Rawal, Niaz Asadullah, Faisal
Bari, Geeta Kingdon, Rabea Malik & Pauline Rose (2016) Teacher
Politics: Meeting Educational Quality Challenges with Teachers. Report
prepared for the International Commission on Financing Global Education
Opportunity as a background paper for the report, "The Learning
Generation: Investing in Education for a Changing World".
Non-refereed publication
Asadullah, M. Niaz (2011) "A Down Payment
on a Brighter Future", US state department
e-journal article