Muhammad Bin Khalid

Muhammad Bin Khalid

Pre-doctoral Fellow in Economics

National University of Singapore

Biography

I am a pre-doctoral fellow in Economics at National University of Singapore. My interests lie at the intersection of Environmental and Development Economics. My research focus is on understanding the impacts of climate change in developing countries and designing interventions to encourage adaptation. Currently, I am conducting research on understanding the effects of floods, challenges in adaptation, and the role of social protection in Pakistan. I am excited about combining remote sensing data and spatial analysis with traditional survey methods in my research.

Interests

  • Environmental Economics
  • Development Economics
  • Political Economy

Education

  • Bachelors in Economics & Math, 2023

    Yale-NUS College

  • IB Diploma, 2019

    Roots Millennium School

  • GCE O-Levels, 2017

    Cadet College Hasanabdal

Working Papers

Unintended Consequences of Government Support: Impact of Pakistan’s Flood Relief Program on Adaptation Behavior

Combining household survey with spatial data on rainfall, nightlights, and population density, I investigate the effect of flood relief on adaptation behavior. I find that geographically targeted flood relief discourages community adaptation. I construct an economic model, consistent with the data, to explain the mechanisms.
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The Blessings of Scarcity: The Institutional Underpinnings of Small States’ Prosperity

We investigate the effect of state size at the time of independence on long run development. We use a mixed methods approach, combining an instrumental variable analysis with a comparative case study.
Muhammad Bin Khalid, Steve L. Monroe
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Work in Progress

The effect of timely cash transfers during an extreme flood shock: Evidence from the 2022 Pakistan Floods (with Rocco Zizzamia & Ashley Pople)

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Can aid prevent flood induced migration? Evidence from Pakistan’s 2010 floods (with Martin Mattsson)

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Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Pre-Doctoral Fellow in Economics

National University of Singapore

Aug 2023 – Present Singapore

Projects:

  • Long-term Fertility Responses to a Warming Climate (supervisor: Prof. Yogita Shamdasani)
  • Leveraging Technology to Reduce the Harms of Air Pollution in Bangladesh (supervisor: Prof. Martin Mattsson)
 
 
 
 
 

Research Assistant - Prof Mushfiq Mobarak

Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale

Jan 2022 – May 2023 New Haven

Projects:

  • Formalizing Dispute Resolution: Effects of Village Courts in Bangladesh (RCT)
  • Migration Mentorship Program in Nepal (RCT)
 
 
 
 
 

Research Intern

Institute of South Asian Studies

Jan 2020 – Jul 2020 Singapore

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