Faculty

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Rabia Ikram

Assistant Professor, Economics

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Ms. Ikram is currently enrolled in the PhD Economics program at the Lahore School of Economics. She is a recipient of the Gold Medal for the best student in the MPhil Economics program at the Lahore School of Economics. She has also received a Silver Medal for being placed on Dean's Honor List and finishing at the top 10% of the BSc program at the Lahore School of Economics. Her MPhil thesis looked at growth spillovers across countries due to geographic and genetic similarities. She has been to Oxford University as a Visiting Doctoral Student.

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Research Interests

Economic Growth, Development economics, Micro-econometrics

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Teaching

Development and Growth Economics, Advanced Economics for Business, Econometrics

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Publications

• Chaudhry, Azam, and Rabia Ikram. "Does genetic proximity to high growth countries affect a country's own growth?." Economic Modelling 51 (2015): 444-453.

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Ongoing Research

• "Macroeconomic and Spatial determinants of Remittances: A Panel data Analysis with Gul Noor Ismail.
• "Time Series Analysis of Exchange rate volatility and employment growth: Evidence from South Asian Economies.

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Workshops/Certificates/Visiting Scholar

• Monitoring and Evaluation: Data Management Tools (CERP)
• CLEAR Project and Data Management Course (CERP)
• Faculty Development Workshops at Lahore School of Economics
• Visiting Scholar at University of Oxford 2016

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Degrees :
PhD candidate in Economics, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan
M.Phil. Economics, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan
MBA Finance, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan
B.Sc. (Hons), Economics and Finance, Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan

Email :rabiai@lahoreschool.edu.pk, rraby@hotmail.com
Tel : +92-42-36560936 Ext: 229
Office : J11