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I am an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Bristol. My research interests are in Micro-econometrics, Labor economics and Development economics. A pdf version of my CV is available HERE.
Links: University of Bristol profile, IZA profile, Google Scholar
E-mail: Zahra.Siddique@bristol.ac.uk
Seminars and workshops (since 2022):
Bristol Applied Economics Meetings: Summer 2026 Call for Papers, Summer 2025 schedule, Summer 2024 schedule
Bath-Bristol-Exeter Development Economics Workshop: Sept 2023, May 2022
Publications and forthcoming papers:
1. Chesher, A., A. Rosen & Z. Siddique. 2025. Estimating endogenous effects on ordinal outcomes. Supplementary appendices. Replication files. Previous version appears as CeMMAP working paper CWP66/19. Review of Economics and Statistics. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01348
2. Chaturvedi, S., K. Mahajan & Z. Siddique. 2025. Gendered language in job ads and applicant behavior: Evidence from India. Labour Economics. Volume 96, 102726. Earlier versions of this paper appear as “Words Matter: Gender, Jobs and Applicant Behavior.” UoB Economics working paper. IZA discussion paper. Media: VoxDev, Ideas for India, Telegraph India, RES
3. Chaturvedi, S., K. Mahajan & Z. Siddique. 2024. Using domain-specific word embeddings to examine the demand for skills. Replication files. Research in Labor Economics. Vol. 52B Big Data Applications in Labor Economics. Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, 171-223. doi: 10.1108/S0147-91212024000052B029.
4. Siddique, Z. 2022. Media reported violence and female labor supply. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70(4): 1337-1365. [Lead Article]. Earlier versions of this paper appear as UoB Economics working paper and as “Violence and female labor supply” (IZA DP version). Media: Economics Observatory, Video related to this research on faculti.net, iS., VoxDev, UoB School of Economics blog, Ideas for India.
5. Bhalotra, S., U. Kambhampati, S. Rawlings & Z. Siddique. 2021. Intimate Partner Violence: The influence of job opportunities for men and women. The World Bank Economic Review, 35(2): 461-479. An earlier version of this paper appears as “Intimate Partner Violence and the Business Cycle” (IZA DP version). Media: UoB School of Economics blog.
6. Asadullah, N., E. De Cao, F. Z. Khatun & Z. Siddique. 2021. Measuring gender attitudes using list experiments. Journal of Population Economics, 34: 367-400. [Lead Article] IZA DP version. Media: LSE blog, GlobalDev (1–2)
7. Rawlings, S. & Z. Siddique. 2020. Domestic Violence and Child Mortality in the Developing World. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 82(4): 723-750. Earlier versions of this paper appear as “Domestic Violence and Child Mortality” (IZA DP 11899) and “Domestic Abuse and Child Health” (IZA DP 8566). Media: CEPS blog, UoB School of Economics blog, News Deeply.
8. Jaeger, D. & Z. Siddique. 2018. Are Drone Strikes Effective in Afghanistan and Pakistan. CESifo Economic Studies, 64(4): 667-697. Earlier IZA DP version.
Media: Foreign Policy.
9. Biavaschi, C., C. Giulietti & Z. Siddique. 2017. The Economic Payoff of Name Americanization. Journal of Labor Economics, 35 (4): 1089-1116. Earlier IZA DP version.
Media: Freakonomics blog, Chris Blattman, The Economist (1–2), Slate and Financial Times (March 31, 2014).
10. Siddique, Z. 2014. Randomized control trials in an imperfect world. IZA World of Labor.
11. Siddique, Z. 2013. Partially Identified Treatment Effects Under Imperfect Compliance: The Case of Domestic Violence. Journal of the American Statistical Association, Volume 108, Issue 502, pg 504-513.
12. Khamis, M., N. Prakash & Z. Siddique. 2012. Consumption and Social Identity: Evidence from India. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 83: 353-371. Media: Livemint
13. Basu, A., N. Chau & Z. Siddique. 2012. Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-compliance and Informality. Research in Labor Economics, 34: 1-53.
14. Siddique, Z. 2011. Evidence on Caste Based Discrimination. Labour Economics, 18(S1): S146-S159.
Older Working papers:
1. Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Employer Provided Fringe Benefits, with Wallace Mok. IZA DP version.
2. Racial Differences in Fringe Benefits and Compensation, with Wallace Mok. IZA DP version: This is an early version of our work on racial inequality in the US which is superseded by `Racial and Ethnic Inequality in Employer Provided Fringe Benefits.’
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