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Ms. Humaira Husain (On Study Leave)

Full Time FacultySenior Lecturer (On Leave) M. Sc., in Applied Economics & Financial Economics University of Nottingham, UKM.S.S., in Economics University of Dhaka, Bangladesh B.S.S., (Honours) in Economics University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext: 6117 Email: humaira.husain@northsouth.edu Office: NAC819 Curriculum Vitae  

Faculty Name: Humaira Husain ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3958-7991 Scopus Author ID: 5719041451 Total No. of Citations: 124 (Researchgate) Total No. of citations: 140 (Google Scholar) h Index : 6 Researchgate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Humaira-Husain Google scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o2a9b3cAAAAJ&hl=en        Humaira Husain joined NSU as a Lecturer in Dept. of Economics in 2009  and was promoted to the rank of senior lecturer in 2016. Prior to joining NSU she used to work as a Lecturer  in Economics and Social Sciences department at BRAC University. Sha has taught introductory Macroeconmics , introductory Microeconomics , Financial Markets and instituions , Applied mathematics and applied statistics courses at Undergraduate level . She has  published single authored and co authord  research articles in peer reviewed and indexed journals including Scopus and SSCI Indexed Journal. Her research publications have been cited in SSCI/SCOPUS and IMPACT FACTOR Journals; World Development (2019), Review of Development Economics (2019) , The Journal of Economic Studies (2019), Sustainability (2020) , Science of the total Environment (2020), Environmental Science and pollution Research (2021) , Environmental Science and policy (2021),  Journal of Economic Integration (2021), Journal of Environmental Management (2022), Bioresource Technology ( 2022) ,Finance Research letters (2023) Energy Economics (2023), World Economy (2023). Sha has also acted as a referee in ABDC -A rank Journals (publisher: Elsevier): 1. World Development (2020) (As 2nd reviewer) 2. International Review of Financial Analysis (2021) (As 3rd Reviewer)Her areas of interest for research in Economics  include Applied macroeconomics , Environmental Economics, Development Studies, Macro Finance, Agricultural Economics. She has attended Reserach workshops (Summer School) online offered from Ural Federal University, Russia (Dept. of Management and Economics) on Advanced Econometric methods in Time -series and Panel Econometrics in April 2020 and June 2021.

16. Husain Humaira. "The dynamics of asymmetry among fertility , income inequality and financial development in Bangladesh. World Development Sustainability. Vol :1 , 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2022.100014. (Elsevier) 15. Istiak  M. Khandoker , Tiwari K. Aviral , Husain Humaira , Sohag Kazi. " The spillover of inflation among the G7 countries". Journal of Risk and Financial management , 14 (3) : 392 ( Special Issue: Applied Financial Econometrics), August (2021) (link) (Scopus/ESCI)  14. Husain Humaira , MR Shaibur , Muzahid Al Md. " Economic efficiency of Benapole port and socio-economic profiles in sourrounding areas ." Journal of  Advances in Humanities and social sciences. Vol: 7, Issue:1 . pp: 28-37. (March 2021.) (link)  13. MR Shaibur , Husain Humaira , Arpon H.uda Shamsul. 'Utilization of cow-dung residues of biogas plants for sustainability of a rural community. " Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. Vol:3 (Feb 2021) (link)  (Scopus) 12.   Hummoudeh  S ,  Sohag K ,  Husain Shaiara ,  Husain Humaira ,  Said Jamaliah .  "Non linear relationship between Economic growth and nuances of globalization with income stratification: Roles of financial development and Governance.".  Economic Systems , Vol: 44 (3). September 2020. (ISI /Scopus indexed: Q1 Journal )  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2020.100761 11. MR Shaibur  , Husain Humaira, Akter , Arifa . " the impact of floriculture on socio-economic profile of farmers: Evidence from Gadkhali , Jashore, Bangladesh." Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural research. . Vol:45 (1) .March 2020. (link)  10. MR Shaibur , Husain Humaira , Md Molla Ibrahim ,  Akter  Sharna ( 2019)."   Socio-economic impacts of mixed crop cultivation :in Gopalganj district  of Bangladesh" . Development Review . Vol 28 ( Ministry of Planning, Government of Bangladesh)  9. MR Shaibur, Husain Humaira ,Shamim A.H. MD,  Shamsunnahar , Nowshin Sadia (2018).  " Reconstruction of drainage system and  impact on the socio economic urban life in Jashore municipality , Bangladesh".Vol:3, (2). Journal of Jashore University of Science and Technology. (link)   8.. Husain, Humaira , Alom , Khairul , Tarique, KM (2018). " Nexus between frim level investment and financing constraint measures ,  A critical Review."  Review of Economics and Finance, Vol:12 (2) , 88 -101.  (SCOPUS) 7.Husain , Humaira,(2016) "Economic Development , Women empoerment and U shaped labor force function: Time series evidence for Bangladesh" Asian Economic and Financial Review , (SCOPUS) Vol:6 , (12) ,719-728. October 2016. View Publication 6. Husain, Humaira (2016)" Determinants of Environmental degradation and Empirical investigation of Kuznets curve: A comparative study of India and Bangladesh" Asian Journal of empirical research, Vol: 6 (:5), 131-141. View Publication 5.Husain,Humaira (2015)" Internal Finance and growth: Comparison between firms in Indonesia and Bangladesh"International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues  .  Vol:5 (4) 1038-1042. View Publication     Other Publications : 4. Husain, H (2015) " The extent of Wage discrimination for women  in the UK labour market : Evidence from British household panel survey" International journal of Social development and Information System . Vol: 6 , (3) , 1-7. View Publication"3. Husain, H (2015). "A search for a stable long run money demand function for the US" , Asian journal of business studies, Vol:5( 3).1-12. View Publication2. Husain, H (2014) " The effects of financial constraints on firms Investment: A panel study of Indonesian Firms" North South Business Review .  Vol:5, (1) 83-104, View Publication1. Husain, H (2006)" Estimating Inflation - tax revenue for developing nations: A case study for Bangladesh"Journal of Socioeconomic research and development. Vol:3  (1), 50-58.  View Publication  

1.Dhaka University Merit Scholarship2. Nottingham International tuition fee scholarship 3. Certificate awarded from the editors of World Development for Elsevier reviewer recognition on July 2019. 4. Certificate awarded from the editors of International Review of Financial Analysis for Elsevier reviewer recognition on February 2021. 5. Certificate awarded from Ural Federal University (Russia) for completion of training on "Advanced Econometrics: Theory and Application". Ekaterinburg , July 20 - 30 , 2021. 6. Certificate awarded on August 2021 for completion of Online course on Wavelets  and Quantile method from M & S Research Hub, Germany.  

BSS Hons in Economics, University of Dhaka (First class , 4th)MSS in Economics, University of Dhaka (First class , 6th )MSC in Applied Economics and Financial Economics, University of Nottingham, UK.  (Merit in British grading system)

Full- Time Appoinments 1.Senior Lecturer , Dept. of Economics , North South School of Business and Economics , North South University  Dhaka, Bangladesh (Feb 2016 -till date) 2. Lecturer , Dept. of Economics, North South School of Business and Economics , North South University (2009-Feb 2016) 3. Lecturer , Dept of Economics & Social Sciences, BRAC University , Dhaka, Bangladesh (2005-2007) 4. Lecturer , School of Business , Northern University Bangladesh, Dhaka. (2004-2005) Part- Time Appointment Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh : Foundation course in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. (2001-2002)  

Undegraduate levelECO101 (Introduction to Microeconomics)ECO104 (Introduction to Macroeconomics)ECO134 (Applied Mathematics -I)ECO244 ( Applied Mathematics -II) ECO204 (Intermediate MacroeconomicTheory -I ) ECO172 (Introduction to Statistics)ECO173 ( Applied Statistics-II)BUS173 (Applied statistics)ECO317 ( Money , Banking and Financial Markets)    

Professional Activities: 1. I attended online workshops on Basic and advanced Econometric methodologies in April 2020, July 2021 and August 7th and 8th , 2021. These workshops provided formal lectures and conducted lab demonstrations via STATA -17.0 , Eviews - 10 and  Microfit 5.5 , R Studio1. 4.1 , MATLAB - R2021a  on following ADVANCED Econometric Topics on Secondary Data: Time Series Economterics: Year 2020: Unit root testing (ADF , Philips -Peron, DF-GLS , KPSS ) , Standard ARDL Bounds test, Dynamic OLS , Fully modified OLS,  Asymmetric ARDL Bounds test, Quantile ARDL, SLM U test, Threshold Regression , Quantile OLS regression , Zivot - Andrewes  unit root testing under structural break, Gregory Hansen co-integration under structural break. Year 2021: Wavelet (Mortlet based) Coherence analysis , Quantile on Quantile regression , Quantile Granger causality , Non parametric causality in quantiles. Panel Econometrics: First generation panel unit root tests, Pooled OLS,  Fixed effects, Random Effects , Mean Group, Pooled Mean Group, Dynamic fixed effects.  Second generation panel unit root tests (In the presence of cross sectional dependency), Panel Analysis of non stationary ideocyncratic common component (CA -PANIC),  CS-ARDL, CS-DL , Static & Dynamic Common Correlation effects, DCCE GMM, Dynamic threshold regression. One step panel GMM & two step system GMM . Primary Data: Propensity Score matching (PSM Method) , DID Model, Double difference Model. Professional Membership: Member of Nottingham University Alumni  Completed Research Works: 1. Economic empowerment of Women in Bangladesh : Do social and political globalization , financial development and  governance quality matter? . (With M. Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury & Zunaidah Sulong) (Under Review) Ongoing research works: (with other co-authors) 1. Does EKC  exist for informal economy in Bangladesh? 2. Hidden economy and its long run dynamics with government effectiveness, fiscal policies and political stability in Bangladesh.      

1. Applied Macroeconomics2. Environmental Economics 3. Development Studies 4. Development Economics