I am an Associate Professor of Economics at the Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. I am also an Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) affiliate and a faculty fellow of the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS). My research focuses on empirical microeconomic topics related to human/social capital and urban economics in low-middle-income countries.
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I have been a consultant for the World Bank, RAND Corporation, and the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K) of the Indonesian government. My research has been published in the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, and World Development.
Fields of expertise: Education, Monitoring and evaluation, Urban development
