Ahmed T.

Aziz
Iowa State University Phone: (515) 203-5474
Department of Economics Fax: (515) 294-0221
165 Heady Hall Email: ataziz@iastate.edu
Ames, IA 50011 Homepage: https://ahmedaziz.weebly.com/
Citizenship: Bangladesh, Canada (PR)

Placement Director: Otavio Bartalotti Email: bartalot@iastate.edu

Phone: (515) 294-1085

Education
Ph.D., Economics, Iowa State University, expected 2019.
Committee: Wallace Human (chair), Peter Orazem, Brent Kreider, John Schroeter, and Keri Jacobs.
M.A., Economics, Rutgers University, 2012.
M.S.S., Economics, University of Dhaka, 2008 (1st Class, 1st Position).
B.S.S., Economics, University of Dhaka, 2007 (1st Class, 1st Position).

Fields of Interest
Labor Economics, International Economics, Development Economics.

Research
Working Papers
Eects of Information Channels Across Skill and Product Quality Groups: Evidence from Trade-Migration
Nexus (Job market paper ).
Immigration and International Trade: Cross-country Evidence, with Syed Al-Helal Uddin.
Welfare Dependency as a Child in the Post PRWORA Era: Impact on Adult Outcomes.

Work in Progress
Heterogeneity in Immigration Assimilation: Evidence From New Immigrant Survey Data, with Wallace
Human.

Publications
Aziz, A. & Rimi, T. (2010). Human Capital and Economic Growth Nexus within Endogenous Growth
Theory Framework: Case for Bangladesh. Dhaka University Journal of Development Studies, 01 (1).
Aziz, A., Rimi, T. & Kakoly, I.J. (2009). Export-Led Growth Hypothesis: An Empirical Investigation
on Bangladesh. BIISS Journal, 30 (3).
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Published Policy Reports

Assessing Price Volatility of Selected Essential Commodities in Bangladesh (with Selim Raihan, Bazlul
Haque Khondker and Syed Al-Helal Uddin), A report prepared for the Ministry of Commerce, Govern-
ment of Bangladesh & IFC (2011).
Education Development Index for Bangladesh (with Selim Raihan), A report prepared for the World
Bank (2009).
Estimating the Costs and Impact of Intimate Partner Violence in Developing Countries (with Selim
Raihan), A report prepared for ICRW (2009).
Global Financial Crisis: Implications for South Asia, , A report prepared for Trade Insight, 5 (1) (2009).

Research Experience and Other Employment

Research Assistant for Prof. Keri Jacobs, Iowa State University, Fall 2014 - Spring 2015,
Research Assistant for Prof. Georgeanne Artz, Iowa State University, Summer 2014.
Research Associate for Prof. Selim Raihan and Prof. Bazlul Haque Khondker, South Asian Network on
Economic Modeling (SANEM), 2008 - 2010.
Research Assistant for Prof. Selim Raihan, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM),
2007 - 2008.

Conference Presentations
38th Annual ASSA Meeting, Philadelphia, 5-8 January, 2018.
52nd Annual Conference of the CEA, McGill University, Montreal, 1-3 June, 2018.

Teaching Experience
Primary Instructor
STAT 226: Introduction to Business Statistics, Iowa State University, Fall 2017 - Spring 2018.
ECON 102: Principles of Macroeconomics, Iowa State University, Fall 2015.
ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics, Iowa State University, Summer 2015.
ECON 105/106: Statistical Methods - I & II, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fall 2008- Spring 2010.
ECON 309/310: International Trade and Finance - I & II, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Fall 2008-
Spring 2010.

Lab Instructor
ECON 301: Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2017.

Teaching Assistant
ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics, ECON 102: Principles of Macroeconomics & ECON 207:
Applied Economic Optimization, Fall 2012 - Spring 2014 & Spring 2016 - Fall 2016.
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Professional Activities
Professional Aliation
Member, American Economic Association, 2014 - Present.
Member, Canadian Economic Association, 2018 - Present.
Member, Midwest Economic Association, 2014 - Present.
Member, Bangladesh Economic Association, 2004 - Present.

Conferences and workshops attended

AAEA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2018.
CEA Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, June 2018.
Certicate Course. SAWTEE-SANEM South Asian Training Program on CGE Modeling, Kathmandu,
Nepal, July, 2008.

Services
Undergraduate Student Advisor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, 2009 - 2010.
Member of Undergraduate Exam Committee, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, 2008-10.

Honors, Awards, & Fellowships

Professional Advancement Grants, Iowa State University, 2018.
Teaching Excellence Award in recognition of outstanding teaching accomplishment in undergraduate
teaching at Iowa State University, 2017.
Fulbright Scholarship for pursuing M.A. in Economics at Rutgers University, 2010 - 2012.
Chancellor's Gold Medal for outstanding graduate academic performance at University of Dhaka, 2008.
Chancellor's Gold Medal for outstanding undergraduate academic performance at University of Dhaka,
2007.
Dean's Award for outstanding undergraduate academic performance at University of Dhaka, 2007.

Miscellaneous
Computer Skills: E-Views, SPSS, Stata, R, Matlab, MS Oce, LATEX.
Language Skills: Bangla (native), English (Fluent).
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References
Wallace Human Petruza Caragea
Professor of Economics Associate Professor of Statistics
Iowa State University & Associate Chair
460E Heady Hall Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011 Main Oce, Snedecor Hall
whuffman@iastate.edu Ames, IA 50011
(515) 294-6359 pcaragea@iastate.edu
(515) 294-3440
Brent Kreider
Professor of Economics
& Graduate Director
Iowa State University
460C Heady Hall
Ames, IA 50011
bkreider@iastate.edu
(515) 294-6237