Rafiuddin Najam
Biographic Data
| ID | 6369941 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rafiuddin Najam |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rafiuddin |
| FAMILY NAME | Najam |
| SIGNATURE | NAJAM R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Public Policy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill North Carolina USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2943-545X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The mis-education of women in Afghanistan
This study examines the private monetary rate of return to schooling in Afghanistan. We use two novel datasets—a series of nationally representative household surveys (2007, 2014, 2020) and administrative data on public employees in 2018—and apply OLS, Heckman selection correction, and instrumental-variables estimation to measure returns to education. We find that one additional year of schooling, on average, is associated with a 3 to 7 percent i…
Impacts of the Four‐Day School Week on Juvenile Crime
Schools are increasingly adopting four‐day school weeks to address financial, attendance, and teacher retention issues, a trend that the COVID‐19 pandemic has amplified. However, little is known about the nonacademic behavioral responses of juveniles to such transitions. We examine the impacts of adopting a four‐day school week on juvenile crime, focusing particularly on disparities across rurality and locale size, using a difference‐in‐differenc…
Closing the gap
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Closing the gap
The mis-education of women in Afghanistan
This study examines the private monetary rate of return to schooling in Afghanistan. We use two novel datasets—a series of nationally representative household surveys (2007, 2014, 2020) and administrative data on public employees in 2018—and apply OLS, Heckman selection correction, and instrumental-variables estimation to measure returns to education. We find that one additional year of schooling, on average, is associated with a 3 to 7 percent i…
Impacts of the Four‐Day School Week on Juvenile Crime
Schools are increasingly adopting four‐day school weeks to address financial, attendance, and teacher retention issues, a trend that the COVID‐19 pandemic has amplified. However, little is known about the nonacademic behavioral responses of juveniles to such transitions. We examine the impacts of adopting a four‐day school week on juvenile crime, focusing particularly on disparities across rurality and locale size, using a difference‐in‐differenc…
Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Agricultural risk and resilience (1 work) · Business (1 work) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 work) · Economic growth (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Enforcement (1 work)