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Zaki Wahhaj

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School of Economics
University of Kent

Canterbury, United Kingdom
http://www.kent.ac.uk/economics/
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Working papers

  1. Ghatak, Maitreesh & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2025. "Motivational investments and financial incentives," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 127532, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  2. Amirapu, Amrit & Asadullah, Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2024. "Can the Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from a Child Marriage Reform in Bangladesh," IZA Discussion Papers 17410, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  3. Amrit Amirapu & Irma Clots-Figueras & Bansi Malde & Anirban Mitra & Debayan Pakrashi & Zaki Wahhaj, 2022. "Personalized Information Provision and the Take-Up of Emergency Government Benefits: Experimental Evidence from India," Studies in Economics 2201, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  4. Amirapu, Amrit & Asadullah, M Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2022. "Can Child Marriage Law Affect Attitudes and Behaviour in the Absence of Strict Enforcement? Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1107, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  5. Britta Augsburg & Bansi Malde & Harriet Olorenshaw & Zaki Wahhaj, 2021. "To invest or not to invest in sanitation: the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power," IFS Working Papers W21/45, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
  6. Platteau, Jean-Philippe & Guirkinger, Catherine & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2021. "Behind the Veil of Cultural Persistence: Marriage and Divorce in a Migrant Community," CEPR Discussion Papers 16347, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  7. Niaz Asadullah & Nudrat Faria Shreya & Zaki Wahhaj, 2021. "Access to microfinance and female labour force participation," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-30, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  8. Momoe Makino & Abu S. Shonchoy & Zaki Wahhaj, 2021. "Early Effects of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Children in Rural Bangladesh," Working Papers 2104, Florida International University, Department of Economics.
  9. Amrit Amirapu & M Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2020. "Can Child Marriage Law Change Attitudes and Behaviour? Experimental Evidence from an Information Intervention in Bangladesh," Studies in Economics 2001, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  10. Asadullah, Niaz & Mansoor, Nazia & Randazzo, Teresa & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2020. "Is Son Preference Disappearing from Bangladesh?," IZA Discussion Papers 13996, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  11. Amirapu, Amrit & Asadullah, M Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2020. "Social Barriers to Female Migration: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh," GLO Discussion Paper Series 692, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
  12. Ghatak, Maitreesh & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2020. "Guilt, Esteem, and Motivational Investments," CEPR Discussion Papers 15172, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  13. Mohammad Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2019. "Female Seclusion from Paid Work: A Social Norm or Cultural Preference?," Working Papers ECARES 2019-10, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  14. Gani Aldashev & Zaki Wahhaj, 2019. "Marriage Timing and Forward Contracts in Marriage," Working Papers ECARES 2019-20, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
  15. Maria D. C. Garcia-Alonso & Zaki Wahhaj, 2018. "Social Diversity and Bridging Identity," Studies in Economics 1802, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  16. Crentsil, Christian & Gschwandtner, Adelina & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2018. "The Effects of Risk and Ambiguity Aversion on Technology Adoption: Evidence from Aquaculture in Ghana," 93rd Annual Conference, April 15-17, 2019, Warwick University, Coventry, UK 289575, Agricultural Economics Society - AES.
  17. Amrit Amirapu & M Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2018. "Marriage, Work and Migration: The Role of Infrastructure Development and Gender Norms," Studies in Economics 1810, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  18. Harounan Kazianga & Zaki Wahhaj, 2018. "Will Urban Migrants Formally Insure their Rural Relatives? Family Networks and Rainfall Index Insurance in Burkina Faso," Development Working Papers 436, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano.
  19. M. Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2017. "Early marriage, social networks and the transmission of norms," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series 162017, GDI, The University of Manchester.
  20. Sajeda Amin & M Niaz Asadullah & Sara Hossain & Zaki Wahhaj, 2017. "Can Conditional Transfers Eradicate Child Marriage?," Working Papers id:11687, eSocialSciences.
  21. Asadullah, Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2016. "Missing from the Market: Purdah Norm and Women's Paid Work Participation in Bangladesh," IZA Discussion Papers 10463, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  22. Harounan Kazianga & Zaki Wahhaj, 2016. "Intra-household Resource Allocation and Familial Ties," CSAE Working Paper Series 2016-06, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
  23. Kazianga, Harounan & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2015. "Norms of Allocation within Nuclear and Extended-Family Households," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 205534, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
  24. Zaki Wahhaj & Lore Vandewalle & Paolo Casini, 2015. "Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas: The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups," Working Papers id:7582, eSocialSciences.
  25. Zaki Wahhaj, 2015. "A Theory of Child Marriage," Studies in Economics 1520, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  26. Mohammad Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2015. "Going to School in Purdah: Female Schooling, Mobility Norms and Madrasas in Bangladesh," Working Papers id:7756, eSocialSciences.
  27. Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Zaki Wahhaj, 2014. "Group Lending and Endogenous Social Sanctions," Studies in Economics 1415, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  28. Pal, Sarmistha & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2012. "Fiscal Decentralisation, Local Institutions and Public Goods Provision: Evidence from Indonesia," IZA Discussion Papers 7076, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  29. Zaki Wahhaj, 2012. "Social Norms, Higher-Order Beliefs and the Emperor's New Clothes," Studies in Economics 1210, School of Economics, University of Kent.
  30. Jean-Philippe Platteau & Vincent Somville & Zaki Wahhaj, 2011. "Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay," Working Papers 1103, University of Namur, Department of Economics.
  31. Gani Aldashev & Imane Chaara & Jean-Philippe Platteau & Zaki Wahhaj, 2010. "Using the Law to Change the Custom," Working Papers 2010.60, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei.
  32. Jean-Marie Baland & Rohini Somanathan & Zaki Wahhaj, 2010. "Repayment Incentives And The Distribution Of Gains From Group Lending," Working papers 192, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics.
  33. Thi Minh-Phuong Ngo & Zaki Wahhaj, 2010. "Microfinance and Gender Empowerment," CSAE Working Paper Series 2010-34, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
  34. Harounan Kanzianga & Zaki Wahhaj, 2010. "Gender, Social Norms and Household Production in Burkina Faso," CSAE Working Paper Series 2010-33, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
  35. Zaki Wahhaj, 2008. "Social Norms and Individual Savings in the Context of Informal Insurance," CEDI Discussion Paper Series 08-20, Centre for Economic Development and Institutions(CEDI), Brunel University.

Articles

  1. Momoe Makino & Abu S. Shonchoy & Zaki Wahhaj, 2024. "Early effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on children in north-western Bangladesh," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(1), pages 34-53, January.
  2. Augsburg, Britta & Malde, Bansi & Olorenshaw, Harriet & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2023. "To invest or not to invest in sanitation: The role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 162(C).
  3. Amirapu, Amrit & Asadullah, M. Niaz & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2022. "Social barriers to female migration: Theory and evidence from Bangladesh," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C).
  4. María D. C García-Alonso & Zaki Wahhaj, 2021. "Social diversity and bridging identity," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, vol. 73(3), pages 1324-1344.
  5. Asadullah, M. Niaz & Mansoor, Nazia & Randazzo, Teresa & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2021. "Is son preference disappearing from Bangladesh?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 140(C).
  6. Crentsil, Christian & Gschwandtner, Adelina & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2020. "The effects of risk and ambiguity aversion on technology adoption: Evidence from aquaculture in Ghana," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 179(C), pages 46-68.
  7. Kazianga, Harounan & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2020. "Will urban migrants formally insure their rural relatives? Family networks and rainfall index insurance in Burkina Faso," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
  8. Mahmud, Mahreen & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2019. "Charitable giving or signalling? Voluntary contributions by microcredit borrowers in Pakistan," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 394-415.
  9. M. Niaz Asadullah & Zaki Wahhaj, 2019. "Early Marriage, Social Networks and the Transmission of Norms," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 86(344), pages 801-831, October.
  10. M. Niaz Asadullah & Kazi Md Mukitul Islam & Zaki Wahhaj, 2018. "Gender Bias in Bangladeshi School Textbooks: Not Just a Matter of Politics or Growing Influence of Islamists," The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 84-89, April.
  11. Wahhaj, Zaki, 2018. "An economic model of early marriage," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 152(C), pages 147-176.
  12. Kazianga, Harounan & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2017. "Intra-household resource allocation and familial ties," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 127(C), pages 109-132.
  13. Paolo Casini & Lore Vandewalle & Zaki Wahhaj, 2017. "Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas: The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups," The World Bank Economic Review, World Bank, vol. 31(1), pages 97-128.
  14. Pal, Sarmistha & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2017. "Fiscal decentralisation, local institutions and public good provision: evidence from Indonesia," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(2), pages 383-409.
  15. Platteau, Jean-Philippe & Somville, Vincent & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2014. "Elite capture through information distortion: A theoretical essay," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 250-263.
  16. Baland, Jean-Marie & Somanathan, Rohini & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2013. "Repayment incentives and the distribution of gains from group lending," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 105(C), pages 131-139.
  17. Harounan Kazianga & Zaki Wahhaj, 2013. "Gender, Social Norms, and Household Production in Burkina Faso," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 61(3), pages 539-576.
  18. Ngo, Thi Minh-Phuong & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2012. "Microfinance and gender empowerment," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(1), pages 1-12.
  19. Gani Aldashev & Imane Chaara & Jean-Philippe Platteau & Zaki Wahhaj, 2012. "Formal Law as a Magnet to Reform Custom," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 60(4), pages 795-828.
  20. Aldashev, Gani & Chaara, Imane & Platteau, Jean-Philippe & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2012. "Using the law to change the custom," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 97(2), pages 182-200.
  21. Wahhaj, Zaki, 2010. "Social norms and individual savings in the context of informal insurance," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 76(3), pages 511-530, December.
  22. Brookes, Martin & Wahhaj, Zaki, 2001. "The Economic Effects of Business to Business Internet Activity," National Institute Economic Review, National Institute of Economic and Social Research, vol. 175, pages 95-108, January.
  23. Martin Brookes & Zaki Wahhaj, 2001. "Is the Internet Better than Electricity?," World Economics, World Economics, 1 Ivory Square, Plantation Wharf, London, United Kingdom, SW11 3UE, vol. 2(2), pages 53-72, April.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 44 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (19) 2009-01-31 2010-11-06 2012-06-25 2013-07-28 2016-03-06 2016-04-04 2016-04-04 2016-12-04 2018-03-19 2018-03-19 2018-04-02 2018-04-23 2018-10-15 2019-03-18 2020-02-17 2020-05-04 2020-11-09 2022-07-18 2024-12-02. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DEV: Development (16) 2010-11-06 2010-11-06 2012-12-22 2013-01-07 2013-07-28 2015-08-30 2017-02-26 2017-03-12 2018-03-26 2018-04-23 2019-01-07 2019-03-18 2020-11-09 2021-01-25 2021-02-01 2021-03-15. Author is listed
  3. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (10) 2013-07-28 2015-02-22 2015-08-30 2018-03-19 2018-03-26 2018-04-02 2018-04-23 2019-01-07 2019-06-17 2021-03-01. Author is listed
  4. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (10) 2008-11-04 2010-11-06 2011-02-19 2015-01-26 2015-02-22 2015-08-30 2018-03-19 2018-04-23 2019-03-18 2021-03-15. Author is listed
  5. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (6) 2013-01-07 2016-04-04 2018-03-19 2018-10-15 2020-02-17 2020-11-09. Author is listed
  6. NEP-IAS: Insurance Economics (5) 2009-01-31 2018-03-19 2018-03-26 2018-04-02 2018-04-23. Author is listed
  7. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (5) 2012-12-22 2018-10-15 2020-11-09 2021-01-25 2021-02-01. Author is listed
  8. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (5) 2010-10-02 2015-01-26 2020-05-04 2022-07-18 2024-12-02. Author is listed
  9. NEP-AFR: Africa (4) 2010-11-06 2013-07-28 2015-08-01 2018-04-02
  10. NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (4) 2012-06-25 2019-03-18 2021-01-25 2021-02-01
  11. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (4) 2018-03-19 2018-03-26 2018-10-15 2020-11-09
  12. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (3) 2012-12-22 2013-07-28 2022-07-18
  13. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (3) 2012-06-25 2015-01-26 2021-05-31
  14. NEP-BAN: Banking (2) 2011-02-19 2015-01-26
  15. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (2) 2015-02-22 2015-08-30
  16. NEP-CTA: Contract Theory and Applications (2) 2011-02-19 2019-10-21
  17. NEP-CWA: Central and Western Asia (2) 2010-10-02 2021-02-01
  18. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2019-01-07 2022-06-20
  19. NEP-GEN: Gender (2) 2017-02-26 2017-03-12
  20. NEP-UPT: Utility Models and Prospect Theory (2) 2019-01-07 2019-06-17
  21. NEP-CIS: Confederation of Independent States (1) 2011-02-19
  22. NEP-DGE: Dynamic General Equilibrium (1) 2015-10-10
  23. NEP-ENT: Entrepreneurship (1) 2021-03-15
  24. NEP-GER: German Papers (1) 2015-08-30
  25. NEP-GRO: Economic Growth (1) 2015-10-10
  26. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (1) 2022-06-20
  27. NEP-HIS: Business, Economic and Financial History (1) 2022-02-14
  28. NEP-HPE: History and Philosophy of Economics (1) 2021-05-31
  29. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2021-05-31
  30. NEP-ICT: Information and Communication Technologies (1) 2019-01-07
  31. NEP-NET: Network Economics (1) 2016-04-04
  32. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2020-11-09
  33. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2013-01-07
  34. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (1) 2013-04-13

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