Dr. Zubaria Andlib is an applied economist with research expertise in labor economics, gender and social protection, behavioral and experimental economics, and environmental sustainability. Her work employs rigorous empirical methods, including panel data analysis, large-scale microdata, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and mixed-methods approaches, to address policy-relevant challenges in low- and middle-income countries. She has made significant contributions to understanding:
• Gender disparities in labor market participation and wage gaps, with a focus on constraints faced by educated but economically inactive women, contributing family workers, and other vulnerable employment segments.
• Behavioral and digital interventions through RCTs, including original experimental studies on AI-assisted job matching for youth, digital financial literacy for rural women, and social media use and youth mental health.
• Labor market transitions associated with aging, chronic illness, and disability, particularly in the UK, using advanced panel and longitudinal data analysis.
• Fertility, mental health, and climate-health linkages, including the effects of rising temperatures, psychological stress, and social norms on reproductive behavior.
• Environmental and climate economics, with research on eco-innovation, fiscal decentralization, tourism, renewable energy, and environmental governance in South Asia.
• The intersection of technology, governance, and environmental sustainability, including the roles of fintech, ICT, and solar energy in driving green transitions.
Her work reflects a strong commitment to bridging academic rigor with policy relevance, informing gender-sensitive, environmentally sustainable, and socially inclusive economic reforms.
Dr. Andlib has published in leading peer-reviewed journals across labor economics, environmental policy, development studies, and behavioral and experimental economics. She currently serves as Associate Editor of Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (Springer Nature) and Managing Editor of the Journal of Economic Sciences. She is also an active member of several international networks focused on labor, health, and environmental economics.
Research Interests: Labour Economics, Environmental Economics .