Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (born 1976Curriculum vitae of Mushfiq Mobarak on the website of Yale University. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
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and a professor of economics at

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. Moreover, he is a co-chair of the

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's (J-PAL) Urban Services Initiative and its Environment and Energy sector, as well as the lead academic for

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at the

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(IGC). His research interests concentrate on environmental issues in

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Biography

A native of

, Mushfiq Mobarak studied in the

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, where he earned a

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in mathematics and economics from

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in 1997, and both an

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and a

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in economics from the

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in 1999 and 2002, respectively. During his graduate studies, Mobarak worked as a consultant and economist for the

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(1998-2001) and the

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before becoming an assistant professor at the

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(2002–07). Following a visiting appointment in 2006, Mobarak then moved to the

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in 2007, where he was first promoted to associate professor (2012–15) and to full professor in 2015; in 2017, he also integrated

's Department of Economics. Mushfiq Mobarak is affiliated with several economic research institutes, including J-PAL, where he serves as co-chair of Urban Services Initiative (with

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, since 2011) and of the Energy and Environment sector (with

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, since 2016). Moreover, he also has been the lead academic of the Bangladesh Research Programme at IGC since 2009 and was a Global Future Council Fellow regarding the future of migration at the

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. Other affiliations include

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, CEPR, and Yale's Economic Growth Center, among others. Finally, he also holds editorial positions at '' Development Engineering'', the ''

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'', and ''

Economic Development and Cultural Change ''Economic Development and Cultural Change (EDCC)'' publishes studies that use modern theoretical and empirical approaches to examine both the determinants and the effects of various dimensions of economic development and cultural change. It covers ...

''. Mobarak is married and has two children.

Research

Mushfiq Mobarak's research interests include

development economics Development economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low- and middle- income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic development, economic growth and structural ...

behavioural economics Behavioral economics studies the effects of psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social factors on the decisions of individuals or institutions, such as how those decisions vary from those implied by classical economic theory. ...

environmental economics Environmental economics is a sub-field of economics concerned with environmental issues. It has become a widely studied subject due to growing environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. Environmental economics "undertakes theoretical or ...

and

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. According to

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, he belongs to the top 7% of most cited economists. Key findings of his research include: * that, as people become richer, the risk of sustaining damages due to flooding, landslides and windstorms tends to increase up to a certain threshold and decrease only thereafter, implying that governments in developing countries may need to be particularly proactive to mitigate their citizens' exposure to disaster risk (with Derek K. Kellenberg); * that political

democratization Democratization, or democratisation, is the transition to a more democratic political regime, including substantive political changes moving in a democratic direction. It may be a hybrid regime in transition from an authoritarian regime to a ful ...

and

economic diversification Economic diversity or economic diversification refers to variations in the economic status or the use of a broad range of economic activities in a region or country. Diversification is used as a strategy to encourage positive economic growth and d ...

reduce volatility, and thereby contribute to sustain

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; * that the likelihood of commuting to work by car decreases as urban population concentration and the availability of public transport increase and road are more sparse, suggesting that optimising the spatial structure of cities could significantly reduce commutation (with Antonio M. Bento, Maureen L. Cropper and Katja Vinha).Bento, A.M. et al. (2005). The Effects of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in the United States. ''Review of Economics and Statistics'', 87(3), pp. 466-478.
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References

External links

Webpage of Mushfiq Mobarak on the website of Yale University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mobarak, Mushfiq 1976 births Bangladeshi economists Environmental economists Development economists University of Maryland, College Park alumni Macalester College alumni Yale University faculty Yale School of Management faculty Living people Bangladeshi emigrants to the United States