Mehtabul Azam's primary research interests are in the area of development and labor.
Specific topics that he has examined include teacher quality, returns to language
skills, wage inequality, intra-household allocation, and intergenerational mobility.
He also has worked on numerous policy issues for The World Bank, International Labor
Organization (ILO), and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). His
research has been published or accepted for publication in scholarly journals including
Journal of Development Economics, Demography, Economic Development and Cultural Change,
World Development, and Journal of Development Studies.
