Ummul Ruthbah

Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Financial Studies

EmailUmmul.Ruthbah@monash.edu

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Personal profile

Research interests

I am a development economist with specific interests in health, education and agriculture. I have extensive experience in managing large household data. I have been involved in several experimental and non-experimental projects exploring early childhood education, behavior and pattern of tobacco use among adult smokers, adoption of new agricultural technology ect. As a consultant to the World Bank I have worked with the government in improving the implementation and targeting mechanisms of several public workfare programs

External positions

Associate Professor, University of Dhaka

10 Dec 2013 → …

Consultant, World Bank Vietnam

1 Jan 2012 → 30 Jun 2017

Assistant Professor, University of Dhaka

17 Aug 2007 → 9 Dec 2013

Research area keywords

Development Economics
Applied Economics
International Economics

Network

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4 Finished

Research on the effective are superannuation tax concessions in encouraging additional savings
Ruthbah, U., Pham, N., Koo, B. & Kapur, D.
6/12/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
Research on the Relationship between voluntary savings and changes to the Superannuation Guarantee (SG)
Ruthbah, U., Pham, N., Koo, B. & Kapur, D.
6/12/19 → 30/04/20
Project: Research
SW: Investment Strategies of Self-managed Super Funds
Pham, N., Cui, B., Kapur, D. & Ruthbah, U.
1/10/18 → 30/11/20
Project: Research
Training, financing, and matching between workers and firms: Evidence from Bangladesh
Islam, A., Ruthbah, U., Fields, G. & Triyana, M.
30/03/18 → 30/12/20
Project: Research

5 Article

Does lower fertility empower women? Evidence from rural Bangladesh
Ruthbah, U., Jan 2020, In : Economics and Human Biology. 36, 10 p., 100813.
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Do extra hours of tutoring payoff? Evaluation of a community education programme in Bangladesh
Ruthbah, U., Rabbani, A., Hossain, S. & Sarwar, G., 2016, In : Journal of Development Effectiveness. 8, 2, p. 196-215 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prevalence and patterns of tobacco use in Bangladesh from 2009 to 2012: Evidence from International Tobacco Control (ITC) study
Nargis, N., Thompson, M. E., Fong, G. T., Driezen, P., Hussain, A. K. M. G., Ruthbah, U. H., Quah, A. C. K. & Abdullah, A. S., 1 Nov 2015, In : PLoS ONE. 10, 11, 16 p., e0141135.
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32 Citations (Scopus)
Patterns and predictors of smokeless tobacco use among adults in Bangladesh: Findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Bangladesh survey
Abdullah, A. S., Driezen, P., Ruthbah, U. H., Nargis, N., Quah, A. C. K. & Fong, G. T., 9 Jul 2014, In : PLoS ONE. 9, 7, 9 p., e101934.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

11 Citations (Scopus)
The price sensitivity of cigarette consumption in Bangladesh: Evidence from the international tobacco control (ITC) Bangladesh wave 1 (2009) and wave 2 (2010) surveys
Nargis, N., Ruthbah, U. H., Ghulam Hussain, A. K. M., Fong, G. T., Huq, I. & Ashiquzzaman, S. M., 1 Jan 2014, In : Tobacco control. 23, Supp 1, p. i39-i48 9 p.
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21 Citations (Scopus)