Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Dr. Kanti Ananta Nuzhat

 
Full Time Faculty
Associate Professor (On Leave)

Ph.D., Monash University, Australia
MA in Economics, York University, Canada

Phone:  +880-2-55668200  Ext: 1819
Email:  kanti.nuzhat@northsouth.edu 
Office: NAC 806-C

Curriculum Vitae

I am a development economist. My research interests are economics of education, health economics, political economy, and social network and risk sharing attitude of farmers. I am interested in  research that has policy recommendation for Bangladesh.

My research particularly focused on female stipend program in Bangladesh and its long-term effects on education, marriage, fertility and the labor market outcomes. I have also looked at how economic development is closely related to political dynamics of Bangladesh. Currently I am involved in experimental research measuring farmers’ attitude towards uncertainty and their group effects in new technology adoption. I am also working on mental health and its socio-economic effects on university students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh 

PUBLICATIONS (REFEREED JOURNAL) 

  • Hahn, Youjin, Kanti Nuzhat, and Hee-Seung Yang. “The effect of female education on marital matches and child health in Bangladesh.” Journal of Population Economics, 31, no.3 (2018), 915- 936. 4. 
  • Youjin, Asadul Islam, Kanti Nuzhat, Russell Smyth, and Hee-Seung Yang. “Education, Marriage, and Fertility: Long-Term Evidence from a Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh.” Economic Development and Cultural Change 66, no. 2 (2018): 383-415.
  • Ahsanuzzaman, Asad, Karim Khan Priyo, Kanti Ananta Nuzhat. “Effects of communication, group selection, and social learning on risk and ambiguity attitudes: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh.” Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol 96 (2022), 101793, ISSN 2214-8043, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2021.101793.

BOOK 

  • Nuzhat, K.A. (2012). The New Urban Women in Bangladesh: Their Changing Economic Profiles. Dhaka: Centre for Urban Studies.

 WORKING PAPER/GETTING READY FOR SUBMISSION TO JOURNAL

  • Distributive Implications of Competitive Clientelism: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Haishan Yuan, Youjin Hahn, and Hee-Seung Yang)

WORK-IN-PROGRESS

  • Roles of Communication-led risk and ambiguity aversions, credit constraint and insurance on technology adoption: a framed experiment (with Dr. Ahsanuzzaman, and Dr. Asad Karim Khan Priyo)

  • Improving Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Educational Program for University Students of Bangladesh (with Dr. Asadul Islam, Monash University, Dr. Syed Mortuza Asif Ehsan, North South University, Dr. Tabassum Rahman, University of Melbourne, Dr. Sakib Mahmud, University of Wisconsin Superior, Dr. Selim Chowdhury, Counselling Psychologist) 
  • Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (MIPRS), 2011-2016
  • Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS), 2011-2016
  • Faculty of Business & Economics Dean's Post Graduate Research Excellence Award, 2011-2014
  • Faculty Graduate Scholarship, York University, Canada, 2008-2009
  • Graduate Assistantship (for M.S.), North South University, Bangladesh, 2007-2008
  • Scholarship (for B.Sc.), North South University, Bangladesh, 2005-2006
  • PhD, Monash University, Australia, 2016
  • MA., Economics, York University, Canada, 2009
  • MS., Economics, North South University, Bangladesh, 2008
  • BSc., Economics, North South University, Bangladesh, 2006
  • Associate Professor, North South University, Bangladesh, 2022
  • Assistant Professor, North South University, Bangladesh, October 2016 - May 2022
  • Lecturer, North South University, Bangladesh, September, 2009- 2016

 

COURSES TAUGHT:

Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Applied Mathematics-I, Applied Mathematics-II,

Managerial Economics, Urban Economics 

Member, Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) 

 

 RESEARCH INTEREST:

Economics of Education, Health Economics, Political Economy, and Social Network and Risk Sharing Attitude of Farmers

 

ON GOING EXPERIMENT ON: 

"Measuring attitudes toward uncertainty and the group selection effect of farmers in Bangladesh”

With Ahsanuzzman (University of Delaware) and Asad Karim Khan Priyo (NSU)

The project involves experiments to evaluate farmer’s attitudes toward uncertainty and the effects of group selection on uncertainty in adopting new technology among Bangladeshi farmers.  A field experiment on 206 Bangladeshi farmers have been conducted on villagers of Ajompur village in Jessore district. The photos below are from the field experiment in October, 2017. We hired local villagers and volunteers for their support. The project is being funded by NSU. 

With the co-authors

 Villagers waiting for the results of the experimental games they played with us.