Publications

Using Migration Patterns to Predict COVID-19 Risk Exposure in Developing Countries, with Reshad Ahsan (University of Melbourne), Kazi Iqbal (Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University) and Abu S. Shonchoy (Florida International University). Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 45(4), 1780-1800. with. 2020.   

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/aepp.13387


Worker Voice and Labor Standards - Study of Participation Committees in Supply Chains. 2021. Manuscript submitted for publication. Better Work Discussion Paper 41, Available at: https://betterwork.org/portfolio/better-work-discussion-paper-41-worker-voice-and-laborstandards/


The changing nature of employee and labor-management relationships, with T.A. Kochan (MIT Sloan), C.A. Riordan (University of Illinois), A.M. Kowalski (MIT Sloan), and Duanyi Yang (Cornell University). 2019. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 6, pp.195-219.


Sharing Responsibility for the Rohingya Crisis: What Role Can Labor Mobility Agreements Play? with Helen Dempster. 2019. The Center for Global Development, Available at: https://www.cgdev.org/publication/sharing-responsibility-rohingya-crisis

Working Papers/Projects

Impact of soft skills training on employment outcomes for youth in Bangladesh, with Iman Sen (University of Maryland). Link to policy paper. Work paper in progress.

International labor migration and economic development: Evidence from Bangladesh. Link to working paper.

Relative Autonomy in Private Transnational Regulatory Institutions: Shifting Power in Bangladesh Labor Governance, with Juliane Reinecke (University of Oxford) and Jimmy Donaghey (University of Southern Australia). Manuscript under review.

The variable geometry of building labor governance in global production: Trajectories of public, private and joint governance in the Bangladesh RMG sector 2013-2024, with Juliane Reinecke (University of Oxford) and Jimmy Donaghey (University of Southern Australia). Manuscript under review.

Does management training for female managers in low-wage work in Bangladeshi garment factories lead to improvements in overall working conditions? with Christopher Woodruff (University of Oxford) and Atonu Rabbani (University of Dhaka). Working Paper Forthcoming.

Blogs

From poverty to prosperity: How scaling ultra-poor graduation programmes drive sustainable change

COVID-19 is pushing migrants back to their home countries