Dr. Rubaiya Murshed
Biography
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Ph.D. | Economics of Education | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 2024 |
| M.Phil. | Educational Research (Applied Economics) | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 2017 |
| Masters | Economics | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2016 |
| Bachelor | Economics | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2014 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Bangladesh Education Research Consultant (part-time) | UNICEF Innocenti | Jun 2025 | Present | |
| Co-Founder | Blue Roses Foundation | Dhaka | Jun 2019 | Present |
| Volunteer and English tutor to Syrian refugee children | Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign (CRRC) and RefugeEd, TIDE (Together in Development and Education, India) | UK | Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Microeconomics | I am specifically interested in game theory and its applications. | |
| Labor Economics | I am interested in the linkages between education and work in the context of Bangladesh. This will partly be the focus of my PhD. |
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| Development Economics | I am particularly interested in Human Capital Development. | |
| Behavioral Economics | I am enthralled by this subject, especially since I am very interested in Psychology and its marriage with Economics. | |
| Research Methodology | I am interested in learning about and using different types of methodologies in my work. | |
| Education and Educational Research | I am interested in the aspects and dynamics of education systems, and would love to be involved in research concerning the education system of Bangladesh. I am specifically interested in employability skills and the linkage between different education streams and the labour market. I plan to pursue my PhD on this topic. I am keen to conduct research- quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods- in the field of education in Bangladesh. |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| No project/research supervision is found | ||||||
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Education | The consistent increase in students’ readmission rates: A case study of the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka. | Social Science Research Grant, University of Dhaka. | 05-07-2020 | 05-07-2020 | Co-Researcher: Dr. Firdousi Naher, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka |
| Educational Research | Lion Quest Skill for Growing Project. | 01-09-2019 | 31-12-2019 | Project Director:Dr. Shyamal Chowdhury; Associate Professor, School of Economics, University of Sydney; Co-Supervisor: Dr. Atonu Rabbani, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | Invited participant at the Roundtable Discussion on BRAC's boat school project (2012-2018)-"Floating the light of education in the haor"- on January 9, 2020. |
| 2 | Panelist at the launching of the report ‘Labour force participation and Education towards Gender Equality in Bangladesh’ by Dr. Rushidan Islam Rahman and Dr. Rizwanul Islam. Date: September 6, 2019 Venue: BRAC Center Inn |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
Rubaiya Murshed : Are Educated Individuals More or Less Likely to Vote? Evidence From Rural Bangladesh,
Journal of International Development , 2025
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Rubaiya Murshed : Educational stream choice and labour market outcomes in Bangladesh: evidence from general and madrasah schooling,
Journal of Applied Economics , vol.25 , no.1 Taylor & Francis , 2025
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Rubaiya Murshed : Education and the culture of giving: Rural evidence from Bangladesh,
Journal of Moral Education , 2025
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Rubaiya Murshed : Is TVET more likely to lead to employment than general education? Evidence from Bangladesh,
International Journal of Educational Development , vol.119 , no.103424 , 2025
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Rubaiya Murshed : Are women more or less likely to vote than men? Evidence from rural Bangladesh,
World Development Perspectives , 2025
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Rubaiya Murshed : Are educated individuals more likely to be civically engaged? Evidence from rural Bangladesh,
International Journal of Educational Research , vol.131 , no.102574 Elsevier , 2025
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Murshed, R. and Uddin, M. R. : Trends in Intergenerational Education Mobility in Bangladesh.,
Journal of South Asian Development , vol.19 , no.2 Sage , pp.250-277 , 2023
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Murshed, R. and Uddin, M.R. : Parental Education and Schooling Choice: An Empirical Study from Bangladesh,
Bangladesh Development Studies (BDS) , 2020
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Murshed, R. and Uddin, M.R. : Testing the intergenerational persistence in stream of schooling: Evidence from Bangladesh,
Journal of School Choice: International Research and Reforms [Taylor & Francis] , pp.1-36 , 2020
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | Commonwealth Cambridge Trust PhD Scholarship | 2021 | United Kingdom | I was awarded a full scholarship to pursue my PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2021 and completed my studies to achieve my doctoral degree in 2024. |
| International | Commonwealth Shared Cambridge Trust Scholarship | 2016 | United Kingdom | I pursued and completed my MPhil at the University of Cambridge with this scholarship award. |