Zaki Wahhaj

University of Kent - Department of Economics

Senior Lecturer in Economics

Keynes College

Kent, CT2 7NP

United Kingdom

University of Namur

8 Rempart de la Vierge

Namur, 5000

Belgium

University of Kent - School of Economics

CT2 7NP

United Kingdom

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Missing from the Market: Purdah Norm and Women's Paid Work Participation in Bangladesh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10463
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 10 Jan 2017
M. Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Reading - Department of Economics and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Purdah norm, gender inequality, labor market participation, poverty, Bangladesh

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Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Institutions and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Indonesia

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Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Institutions and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Indonesia

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 14 Oct 2014 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2016
Sarmistha Pal and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Surrey and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Institutions and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Indonesia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7076
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Dec 2012
Sarmistha Pal and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Surrey and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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decentralisation, democratisation, mutual co-operation, social and physical infrastructure, local public spending, Indonesia

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Going to School in Purdah: Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7059
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Dec 2012
M. Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Reading - Department of Economics and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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burka, school availability, gender norms, female education, madrasa, Bangladesh

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Using the Law to Change the Custom

FEEM Working Paper No. 60.2010
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Jun 2010
Gani Aldashev, Gani Aldashev, Imane Chaara, Jean-Philippe Platteau and Zaki Wahhaj
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES)University of Namur, University of Namur, Member of CRED (Centre de Recherche en Economie du Developpement) at the University of Namur, Belgium and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Custom, Statutory Law, Inequality, Legal Reform

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Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas: The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7397
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Paolo Casini, Lore Vandewalle and Zaki Wahhaj
KU Leuven, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) - Department of Economics and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Spatial and Local Economic Development, Regional Economic Development, Subnational Economic Development, Economic Development, Economic Growth, Technology Innovation, Industrial Economics, Economic Theory & Research, Technology Industry

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Will Urban Migrants Formally Insure Their Rural Relatives? Family Networks and Rainfall Index Insurance in Burkina Faso

Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano Development Studies Working Paper No. 436
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 06 Jun 2018
Harounan Kazianga and Zaki Wahhaj
Oklahoma State University - Stillwater and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Microinsurance Markets, Indexed Insurance, Rainfall, Migration, Informal Insurance Networks

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Is Son Preference Disappearing from Bangladesh?

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Is Son Preference Disappearing from Bangladesh?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13996
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 04 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 19 May 2022
M. Niaz Asadullah, Nazia Mansoor, Teresa Randazzo and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Reading - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Kent - Canterbury Campus and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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female employment, birth spacing, gender bias, fertility, Bangladesh

Is Son Preference Disappearing from Bangladesh?

University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 24/WP/2020
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 12 Jan 2021
M. Niaz Asadullah, Nazia Mansoor, Teresa Randazzo and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Reading - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Kent - Canterbury Campus and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Fertility, gender bias, birth spacing, female employment, Bangladesh

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Social Diversity and Bridging Identity

García-Alonso, M.D. and Wahhaj, Z., 2018. Social diversity and bridging identity (No. 1802). School of Economics Discussion Papers, 2020
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 31 Aug 2020
María D. C. García‐Alonso and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Kent, Canterbury and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Identity, Culture, Immigration, Tolerance

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Intra-Household Resource Allocation and Familial Ties

Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano Development Studies Working Paper No. 408
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 May 2017
Harounan Kazianga and Zaki Wahhaj
Oklahoma State University - Stillwater and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Intra-household Allocation, Social Norms, Extended Families, Altruism, Household Farms, Income Shocks, Risk-sharing, Consumption Smoothing

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Repayment Incentives and the Distribution of Gains from Group Lending

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8197
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 31 Jan 2011
Jean-Marie Baland, Rohini Somanathan and Zaki Wahhaj
Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix (FUNDP), University of Delhi - Department of Economics and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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group lending, joint-liability, microcredit, repayment incentives, social sanctions.

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Behind the Veil of Cultural Persistence: Marriage and Divorce in a Migrant Community

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16347
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 14 Jul 2021
Catherine Guirkinger, Jean‐Philippe Platteau and Zaki Wahhaj
University of Namur - Centre de Recherche en Economie du Developpement (CRED), University of Namur and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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Guilt, Esteem, and Motivational Investments

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP15172
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Sep 2020
Maitreesh Ghatak and Zaki Wahhaj
London School of Economics (LSE) - Department of Economics and University of Kent - Department of Economics
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investment in worker motivation, Job Satisfaction, Motivated agents, worker moral hazard