A Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Hadia Majid holds a PhD in Development Economics from The Ohio State University. Her research interests include economics of the household, parental decision-making, and human capital acquisition. Her earlier work evaluates the Mexican conditional cash transfer program at the intra-household level, the micro-impacts of the Lahore Metrobus, and the impacts of inequality on public goods access and charitable giving. Currently, she is focused on labor markets. Here, her projects include mapping various aspects of the female labor force participation in Pakistan over the past 30 years, examining the constraints and vulnerabilities of women in the urban informal economy, the status of Decent Work in rural Pakistan for men and women, the links between macroeconomic growth and gendered employment, the impact of BISP on women's labor market outcomes and decision-making, and workplace harassment among female factory workers.
Majid, H. & Memon, R. (2018). Patronage and Public Goods Provisioning in an Unequal Land. Social Indicators Research.
Majid, H. (2018). Child Endowments and Parental Investments: Intrahousehold Allocation in Oportunidades Families in Mexico. Review of Development Economics.
Majid, H. (2013). Increased Rural Connectivity and its Effects on Health Outcomes. Lahore Journal of Economics.
Majid, H. (2020). Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan, InPress. Voices on South Asia – Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Women's Status, Challenges and Futures.
Majid, H. & Mukhtar, N. (2015). Pakistan-India Trade in Services: An Analysis of the Health Sector, Published. India-Pakistan Trade: Strengthening Economic Relations, Springer.
Hassan, F., Javaid, K. & Majid, H. (2015). Pakistan-India Bilateral Trade in Sports Goods Sector, Published. India-Pakistan Trade: Strengthening Economic Relations, Springer.
Majid, H. (2019). the long view. American Economic Association, Lahore, Pakistan.
Majid, H. (2019). Cash Transfers, Labor Supply and Empowerment: Evidence from Pakistan. American Economic Association, Lahore, Pakistan.
Majid, H. (2017). xxx. Agricultural and Applied Economics Joint meeting, singapore, Singapore.
Majid, H. (2017). postcolonial. Akhuwat, singapore, Singapore.
Majid, H. (2017). postcolonial. Agricultural and Applied Economics Joint meeting, singa, Singapore.
Majid, H. (2011). Transforming Women's Lives? An Evaluation of the Impact of BISP on the Socio-economic Well-being of Women. Academic Writing Seminar, Superior University, Lahore., Colombo, Sri Lanka.