Research Profile

Ongoing project

Intergenerational effects of the labor market in Bangladesh

Migration and labor shortage in Japan

Labor market effects of large scale refugee influx

Publications

Journal articles

Akram, T. and Pervin, S. (2025). What Factors Influence Chinese Government Bond Yields? PSL Quarterly Review, 78(313), 247-282. Working Paper at Levy Institute
Pervin, S. (2024). Effects of Government Jobs on the Labour Market in Bangladesh. The Journal of Development Studies, 60(10), 1609–1630. Newspaper article
Pervin, S., Khan, Md. A., & Shah, Md. M. H. (2014). Household-level Analysis of Women’s Power Practice in Old Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Journal of Comparative Asian Development, 13(1), 174–203.
Pervin, S. (n.d.). Multinational stakeholders-led safety enforcement: Response, employment, and factories in Bangladesh’s export-oriented apparel sector.

Books

Khatun, F., Pervin, S., and Rahman, Md. M. (2018). Bangladesh’s pursuit of the 2030 Agenda Will it facilitate smooth transition after LDC graduation? In Bhattacharya, D. (ed.) Bangladesh's Graduation from the Least Developed Countries Group Pitfalls and Promises. 1st Edition, Routledge.
Khatun, F., Khan, T. I., Pervin, S., and Jahan H. (2015). Estimating Women`s Contribution to the Economy: The Case of Bangladesh. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and Manusher Jonno Foundation, Dhaka. Newspaper article

Working papers

Akram, T. and Pervin, S. (2024). Empirical Models of Chinese Government Bond Yields . Working Paper No. 1044, Levy Economics Institute.
Pervin, S. (2014). Assessment of Fruits and Vegetables Market Structure to Ensure Safe Food Supply. Independent Research Project, under the auspices of Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh. [Research Report]}

Conference/Seminar/Talk

2025

"Migration to Address Labor Shortage in Japan" (with Lei Lei) presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network, SOAS University of London, 27-28 August 2025. Program.
"Fellow" at the Levy Institute Summer Seminar on Money, Finance, and Public Policy Bard College, New York, 16-20 June, 2025.
“What Factors Influence Chinese Government Bond Yields?” (with Tanweer Akram) presented at the IDE-JETRO APL regular seminar, Chiba, Japan, 27 March 2025. Announcement
“What Factors Influence Chinese Government Bond Yields?” (With Tanweer Akram) presented (online) at the 8th SANEM Annual Economists’ Conference (SAEC) 2025, Dhaka, Bangladesh , 21-22 February 2025.
"Discussant" at the ASSA 2025 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, 2-5 January 2025.

2024

"Migration to Address Labor Shortage in Japan: Evidence from Immigration Policy" (with Lei Lei) presented (online) at the 3rd International Conference on Japan−Bangladesh Research and Practice, 29-30 November 2024. Proceedings.
“Labor Market Effects of Public Sector Hiring Policies and International Apparel Sector Monitoring in Bangladesh” presented at CPD in-house dialogue, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 February 2024.

2023

“Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh” delivered a talk (online) at ReForm, Bangladesh Institute Governance and Management (BIGM), 3 September 2023. ReForm video
"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh" presented at the 2nd Asian Economic Development Conference, University of Tokyo, Japan, 15-16 July 2023. Program
"Effects of Safety Law Enforcement on the Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from a Multinational Involvement in the Apparel Sector of Bangladesh" presented (online) at GRIPS Policy Analysis Seminar, 11 May 2023.
"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh" presented (online) at the 6th SANEM Annual Economists' Conference (SAEC) 2023, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 4-5 February 2023. Conference site
"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh".Presented (online) at GRIPS Policy Analysis Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 12 January 2023.

2022

"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh" presented at the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) 2022 Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 8-10 December 2022. Conference site
"Effects of Safety Law Enforcement on the Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from a Multinational Involvement in the Apparel Sector of Bangladesh" presented (online) at the Western Economic Association International 97th Annual Conference, 29 June-3 July, 2022. Program

2021

"Are attractive government jobs distorting the labor market? Evidence from Bangladesh" presented (online) at the 77th Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, 18-20 August 2021. Congress site
"Effects of Safety Law Enforcement on the Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from a Multinational Involvement in the Apparel Sector of Bangladesh" presented (online) at the LDC Future Forum: Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries – Towards LDC5, Helsinki, Finland, 5-7 October 2021. Event site

2017

“Women`s Contribution to the Economy: The Case of Bangladesh” participated as a Young Global Changer at the Think20 Summit Global Solutions mandated by the 2017 German presidency of G20, Berlin, Germany, 28-31 May 2017. Summit program

2015

“Dynamics of Labour Force Participation in Bangladesh with Special Reference to Women” presented in-person at the Young Scholar Seminar Series (YSSS), Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 23 July 2015. Event page

2013

“Towards Bangladesh-at-50 Food Security in Bangladesh: Issues and Challenges” presented in-person at Dhaka School of Economics, Bangladesh Economic Association Auditorium, Eskaton, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 20 March 2013.

Training, workshop, etc. as participant

# "Oxford EMI training" by the team of Oxford EMI trainers, 2-6 September 2024, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
# Workshop on “Cutting Edge Research on Economic Growth”, South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) and Department of International Development (DFID), 19 February 2016, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
# Workshop for Empirical Trade Analysis “Impact of trade facilitation and aid for trade” , WTO/ESCAP, 21-24 December 2015, Bangkok, Thailand.
# Training on “Labour Economics: Theories, Methodologies and Research Issues”, South Asia Research Network on Employment and Social Protection for Inclusive Growth (SARNET), Institute for Human Development (IHD), UN ESCAP, ILO, Internal Development Research Centre (IDRC), 24 October – 7 November, 2015, New Delhi, India.
# Workshop on “Universal Health Care, Anti-Microbial Resistance & Access to Medicines”, Third World Network and Commonwealth Foundation, 6-7 April, 2015, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
# Training on “CGE Modeling” organized by South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE), SANEM, and Centre for WTO Studies (CWS), 20-24 November, 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal.
# Training on “System of National Accounts” organized by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), 16 - 20 February, 2014, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
# Workshop on "Green Banking and Green Economy" organized by Bangladesh Economic Association, 5 October, 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh.