JOURNAL ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS (Click on citations to to access)

- Some working paper versions of the articles are also available on the Social Science Research Network

30. Shafiq, M. Najeeb and Alexandria Valerio (2021). The roles of childhood circumstances and schooling on adult reading skills in low- and middle-income countries. Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11125-021-09541-1.

29. Fasih, Tazin, Harry Patrinos, and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2021). Economic crises and private rates of returns to university education: a conceptual framework, stylized facts from three middle-income countries, and COVID-19 implications. Current Issues in Comparative Education 23(1), pp. 3-14.

28. Fasih, Tazeen, Harry Patrinos and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2020). University educated workers and their ability to deal with COVID-19 and future shocks. IZA World of Labor, July.

27. Sun, Lunxuan, M. Najeeb Shafiq, Maureen McClure, and Sisi Guo (2020). Are there educational and psychological benefits from private supplementary tutoring in Mainland China? Evidence from the China Education Panel Survey, 2013 – 2015. International Journal of Educational Development 72.

26. Shafiq, M. Najeeb, Robert Toutkoushian and Alexandria Valerio (2019). Who benefits most from higher education in low- and middle-income countries? Journal of Development Studies 55(11), pp. 2403-2423.

25. Shafiq, M. Najeeb, Amanda Devercelli and Alexandria Valerio (2018). Are there long-term benefits from early childhood education in low- and middle-income countries? Education Policy Analysis Archives 26(122). http://dx.doi.org/10.14507/epaa.26.3239 

24. Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2015). Aspects of moral change India, 1990-2006: Evidence from attitudes toward bribery and tax evasion. World Development, 68, pp. 136-148.

23. Shafiq, M. Najeeb & John P. Myers (2014). Educational vouchers and social cohesion: A statistical analysis of student civic attitudes in Sweden, 1999-2009. American Journal of Education 121(1), pp. 111-136.

22.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2014). Benefits of primary and secondary education. In Dominic Brewer & Lawrence Picus (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Educational Economics and Finance 1, pp. 72-76. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

21.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2014). International organizations. In Dominic Brewer & Lawrence Picus (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Educational Economics and Finance 1, pp. 421-424. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

20. Shafiq, M. Najeeb & Yuan Zhang* (2014). Labor market rate of return to education in developing countries. In Dominic Brewer & Lawrence Picus (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Educational Economics and Finance 2, 431-434. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

19.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb, Jessica Mason*, Taylor Seybolt & Kristin DeLuca* (2014). Are student protests in Arab States caused by economic and political grievances. Peabody Journal of Education 89(1), pp. 141-158.

18.  Toutkoushian, Robert, M. Najeeb Shafiq, & Michael Trivette* (2013). Accounting for risk of non-completion in private and social rates of return to higher education. Journal of Education Finance 39(1), pp. 73-95.

17. Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2013). Gender gaps in mathematics, science and reading in Muslim countries: A quantile regression approach. Education Economics 21(4), pp. 343-359. 

16. Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2013). School enrollment in Iraq during the U.S.-led invasion: A statistical analysis. International Journal of Educational Development 33(2), pp. 130-138.               

15.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb Shafiq (2012). Six questions about the World Bank’s 2020 Education Sector Strategy. In Alexander Wiseman & Christopher Collins (Eds.), Education Strategy in the Developing World: Revising the World Bank’s Education Policy, pp. 33-41. International Perspectives on Education and Society Series 15. Bingley: Emerald Publishing.

14. Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2011). Do school incentives and accountability measures raise skills in the Middle East and North Africa? The cases of Jordan and Tunisia. Review of Middle East Economics and Finance 7(2), article 2.

13.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2011). What criteria should policymakers use for assisting households with educational expenditures in urban Bangladesh? An empirical analysis. South Asia Economic Journal 12(1), pp. 25-37.

12.  Chudgar, Amita and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2011). The impact of home and community factors on schooling in South Asia. Prospects: A Quarterly Journal of Comparative Education 40(4), pp. 517-534.

11.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb and Abdulkader Sinno (2010). Education, income, and attitudes on suicide bombing: Evidence from six Muslim countries. Journal of Conflict Resolution 54(1), pp. 146-178.

10.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2010). Do education and income affect support for democracy in Muslim countries? Evidence from the Pew Global Attitudes Project. Economics of Education Review 29(3), pp. 461-469.

9.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb and Karen Ross* (2010). Educational attainment and attitudes on war in Muslim countries contemplating war: The cases of Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, and Turkey. Journal of Development Studies 46(8), pp. 1424-1441.

8.  Patrinos, Harry and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2010). An empirical illustration of positive stigma towards child labor. Economics Bulletin 30(1), pp. 799-807.

7.  Toutkoushian, Robert and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2010). A conceptual analysis of state support for higher education: Appropriations versus need-based financial aid. Research in Higher Education 51(1), pp. 40-64.

6.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2010). The potential impact of an economic crisis on education: A conceptual framework and evidence.Current Issues in Comparative Education 12(2), pp. 5-13.

 

5.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2010). “Designing targeted educational voucher schemes for the poor in developing countries. International Review of Education 56(1), pp. 33-50.

4.  Compton, Bob, Apoorva Uppala, Neil Ahrendt, M. Najeeb Shafiq, Yong Zhao, Rukmini Banerji, and David Labaree (2009). Moderated discussion: 2 Million Minutes. Comparative Education Review 53(1), pp. 113-137.

3.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2009). A reversal of educational fortune? Educational gender gaps in Bangladesh. Journal of International Development 21(1), pp. 137-155.

2.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2007). Household schooling and child labor decisions in rural Bangladesh. Journal of Asian Economics 18(6), pp. 946-966.

 

1.  Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2007). Household rates of return to education in rural Bangladesh: Accounting for direct costs, child labor, and option value. Education Economics 15(3), pp. 343-358.

COMMENTARY

Shafiq, M. Najeeb. (2020). My first year as the Executive Director of the CIES OED@Pitt. CIES Perspectives, October.

Fasih, Tazeen, Harry Patrinos, and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2020, May 20). The impact of COVID-19 on labor market outcomes: Lessons from past economic crises. World Bank Blog Post.

Myers, John P. and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2015, February 19). Voucher scheme design and democratic culture in Sweden. American Journal of Education Forum.

Baker, David, Ruth Hayhoe, Stephen Heyneman, Keith Lewin, M. Najeeb Shafiq, Amy Stambach, Nelly Stromquist, and Fran Vavrus (2008). “Response to Steven Klees’s presidential Address, invited contributors, Newsletter of the Comparative and International Education Society, May.

PAPERS IN PROGRESS OR UNDER REVIEW

García, Emma and M. Najeeb Shafiq (in progress). The global digital divide in education.

Shafiq, M. Najeeb (in progress). Contributions of education policy research to economics and vice versa. In Laura Cohen-Vogel, Janelle Scott, and Peter Youngs (Eds.), AERA Handbook of Education Policy Research, 2. 

UNPUBLISHED PAPERS

Seybolt, Taylor and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2017). Calm before the Arab Spring? Protest participation, grievances, and opportunity in four Arab states, 2003-07. Unpublished paper.

Shafiq, M. Najeeb and Anna Vignoles (2016). Education, earnings gaps, and protest participation during the Arab Spring and Arab Winter. Paper presented at the Association for Analytic Learning about Islam and Muslim Societies (AALIMS) Annual Meeting, Conference on Islam and Human Capital, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ.

PEER-REVIEWED MONOGRAPHS & POLICY REPORTS

Shafiq, M. Najeeb and Alexandria Valerio (2017). The roles of social origins and schooling on cognitive skills and earnings in middle-income countries. Background paper, World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.

Shafiq, M. Najeeb, Amanda Devercelli and Alexandria Valerio (2018). Are there long-term benefits from early childhood education in low- and middle-income countries? Background paper, World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Shafiq, M. Najeeb, Robert Toutkoushian and Alexandria Valerio (2017). Who benefits most from higher education in low- and middle-income countries? Background paper, World Development Report 2018: Learning to Realize Education’s Promise. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2013). “Education and protest among labor force participants in four Arab states,” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference Paper, Chicago.

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Crowder, L. Van, Richard Johanson and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2011). Tertiary Education in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges, Millennium Challenge Corporation Policy Paper. Washington, DC.

-Extended version: Johanson, Richard and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2011). Tertiary Education in Developing Countries: Issues and Challenges, Background report prepared for the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2010). Lesotho’s growth and competitiveness in a global context, Chapter 1, The Education System in Lesotho. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Fasih, Tazeen, Harry Patrinos and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2009). The Impact of Macroeconomic Crises on Education and Labor Market Outcomes. Washington, DC: The World Bank.

Patrinos, Harry and M. Najeeb Shafiq (2008). A positive stigma for child labor? World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4697.

Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2006). The Prospect of an Educational Voucher Scheme for Punjab’s Katchi Abadi (Urban Slum) Children, background report prepared for The Open Society Institute and Punjab Education Foundation. Budapest, Hungary and New York, NY.

The World Bank (2004). Labor Markets in South Asia: Issues and Challenges, co-author on seven of eight chapters. Washington, DC.

OTHER

Shafiq, M. Najeeb (2005). Understanding Household Schooling and Child Labor Decisions in Rural Bangladesh, Dissertation, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY. Ann Arbor: ProQuest/UMI, Publication No. AAT 3188790.

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