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Profile
College / Department
Teaching areas
Development Economics, International Trade, Conflicts, Behavioral Economics
Research areas
international trade, political economy of conflicts and security, health choices, energy, behavioral economics
Education
PhD, Economics: International Economics, Development Economics, Applied Econometrics, West Virginia University, United States, 2007
MA, Economics, Kansas State University, United States, 2005
Professional experience
Editorial Board Member, Defence & Peace Economics, 2019 - Present
Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2018 - Present
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan, 2013 - Present
Associate Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2013 - 2018
Aman Research Fellow, Harvard University, 2015 - 2016
Assistant Professor, Economics, American University of Sharjah, 2009 - 2013
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2011 - 2011
Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University, 2007 - 2009
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2008 - 2008
Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2007 - 2007
Memberships
Pennsylvania Economic Association, International, 2019
Middle East Economic Association, International, 2012
American Economic Association, International, 2007
Contact
+971 6 515 2612
Dr. Javed Younas
Professor
PhD, West Virginia University, United States
Javed Younas is a Professor of Economics at the American University of Sharjah. He has also been affiliated with the Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan as a Research Fellow. In his previous academic/research positions, he has been a Research Fellow at Harvard University, a Short-term Visiting Scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and a faculty member at Central Michigan University. His research is focused on the areas of international trade, the political economy of conflicts and security, health, and behavioral economics. His current research incorporates experimental methods to evaluate the effectiveness of various public programs.
Publications
Ahmad Mustafid, Junaid Younas, Paul Lukowicz And Sheraz Ahmed. IAMonSense: multi-level handwriting classification using spatiotemporal information, 1 September 2023
Javed Younas. Civil services reforms: Breaking the status quo, Dawn, April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2023
Javed Younas. Why Pakistan must do better for its better half, Dawn, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Junaid Younas, Shilpa Narayan And Paul Lukowicz. Air-Writing Segmentation using a single IMU-based system, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Does property ownership by women reduce domestic violence? A case of Latin America, International Review Of Applied Economics, 2022
Javed Younas And Ayesha Ali. Why Pakistan must replace electricity subsidies with a voucher and rebate system, The Dawn, 2022
Junaid Younas And Paul Lukowicz. Cognitive Ability Classification using On-body Sensors, 11 September 2022
Julia Jose And Javed Younas. Financial inclusion and women’s bargaining power: evidence from India, International Review Of Applied Economics, 6 March 2022
Junaid Younas, Hector Margarito And Paul Lukowicz. FAirWrite - Movement Reconstruction and Recognition Using a Low-cost IMU, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Ajith Thomas, Hazem Hussein, Vaishnavi Bose, Sana Junaid And Nadeem Younas. A Rare Case of Enteric Fever with Multiple Splenic Abscesses: Case Report, New Emirates Medical Journal, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2022
Javed Younas And Akbar Khan. Can an effective local body system counter violent extremism and terrorism in Pakistan?, 2021
Junaid Younas, Muhammad Malik, Sheraz Ahmed, Faisal Shafait And Paul Lukowicz. Sense the pen: Classification of online handwritten sequences (text, mathematical expression, plot/graph), Expert Systems With Applications, 15 June 2021
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Women’s type of property ownership and domestic violence: a theoretical note, Review Of Economics Of The Household, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2021
Javed Younas, Todd Sandler And Subhayu Bandyopadhyay. Terms of trade and counterterrorism externalities, Oxford Economic Papers, 2020
Junaid Younas, Hector Margarito, Shizen Bian And Paul Lukowicz. Finger air writing - Movement reconstruction with low-cost IMU sensor, 7 December 2020
Junaid Younas, Shoaib Siddiqui, Mohsin Munir, Muhammad Malik, Faisal Shafait, Paul Lukowicz And Sheraz Ahmed. Fi-fo detector: Figure and formula detection using deformable networks, Applied Sciences (switzerland), 1 September 2020
Emin Gahramanov, Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Parental Transfers, Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decision, The Be Journal Of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2019
Khusrav Gaibulloev, Gerel Oyun And Javed Younas. Terrorism and subjective financial well-being: micro-level evidence from Pakistan, Public Choice, 2019
Junaid Younas, Syed Rizvi, Muhammad Malik, Faisal Shafait, Paul Lukowicz And Sheraz Ahmed. FFD: Figure and Formula Detection from Document Images, 1 December 2019
Sizhen Bian, Vitor Rey, Junaid Younas And Paul Lukowicz. Wrist-Worn Capacitive Sensor for Activity and Physical Collaboration Recognition, 1 March 2019
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Todd Sandler And Javed Younas. Trade and terrorism: A disaggregated approach, Journal Of Peace Research, 1 September 2018
Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Todd Sandler And Javed Younas. Trade and terrorism: A disaggregated approach, Journal Of Peace Research, 17 April (2nd Quarter/Spring) 2018
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Untying motives of giving grants vs. loans, European Journal Of Political Economy, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Untying the motives of giving grants vs. loans, European Journal Of Political Economy, 1 January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2018
Javed Younas. “Gender imbalance and terrorism in developing countries, Journal Of Conflict Resolution, 2017
Khusrav Gaibulloev And Javed Younas. Conflicts and domestic bank lending, Public Choice, 2016
Javed Younas. Does globalization mitigate the adverse effects of terrorism on growth?, Oxford Economic Papers, 2015
Javed Younas. Financing growth through foreign aid and private foreign loans: Nonlinearities and complementarities, Journal Of International Money And Finance, 2015
Javed Younas. Terrorism, openness, and the Feldstein-Horioka Paradox, European Journal Of Political Economy, 2015
Conference Presentations
Passivity of Parents: An experimental Study of Polio Vaccination in Pakistan, Prague Conference On Behavioral Sciences 2023, 19 May 2023
The Economic and Environmental Effects of Infrastructure Improvements: Evidence from Pakistan’s Electricity Sector, Economic Policy And Research In The Uae And Beyond, February 2023
Developing healthy eating habits in children: An experimental study among UAE school children, 2nd “economic Policy And Research In The Uae And Beyond” Conference, 23 February 2023
The Economic and Environmental Effects of Infrastructure Improvements: Evidence from Pakistan’s Electricity Sector, Pathway2development Conference, December 2022
The economic and environmental effects of infrastructure improvements: evidence from Pakistan's electricity sector., 2022
The economic and environmental effects of infrastructure improvements: evidence from Pakistan's electricity sector., Behavioral Sciences Conference, 2022
The economic and environmental effects of infrastructure improvements: evidence from Pakistan's electricity sector., Energy Policy Conference, University Of Chicago, 2022
Breaking the culture of non-payment: a qualitative analysis of utility intervention project in Pakistan, The New York Conference On Asian Studies, 7 October 2022
Developing Healthy Eating Behavior at Early Age, Prague Conference On Behavioral Sciences 2022, 20 May 2022
Woes of Pakistan's Electricity Sector, Maxwell School, 2021
Terrorism and child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, Economics And The Behaviour Of Agents Webinar, 21 May 2021
Developing healthy eating habits in children: Experimental evidence, 40th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2020
Women’s inheritance rights and fertility, Middle East Economic Association, January 2020
Developing healthy eating habits in children: Experimental evidence, Economics Seminar Series, 19 November 2019
Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, Pennsylvania Economic Association, May 2019
Do Reward and Reprimand Policies Reduce Electricity Distribution Losses?, Aea Poster Session, Assa Annual Meeting, January 2019
Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, Meea Session “terrorism In The Middle East And North Africa – Drivers And Consequences”, Assa Annual Meeting, January 2019
Impact of terrorism on child sex at birth: Evidence from Pakistan, University Of Amsterdam, January 2019
Political stress and birth outcomes, University Of Amsterdam, January 2019
Ownership of immovable property and domestic violence, American University Of Sharjah, 2018
Ownership of immovable property and domestic violence, Punjab Economic Research Institute, May 2018
Terrorism and subjective financial well-being: micro-level evidence from Pakistan, University Of Texas At Dallas, May 2018
Parental Transfers and Fertility: Does the Recipient's Gender Matter?, Royal Economic Society Conference At The University Of Sussex, 28 March 2018
Parental Transfers, Intra-household Bargaining and Fertility Decision, 38th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2018
Conflict and Domestic Bank Lending, Second Annual Uae Quantitative Research Symposium, March 2016
Conflicts, Terrorism and International Financial Flows, 36th Meea Annual Meeting, January 2016
Conflict and Domestic Bank Lending, 10th Defence And Security Economics Workshop, November 2015
Aid Allocation and Poverty: Are Grants and Loans Different?, 1st Annual International Conference On Social Sciences, May 2015
Grants and sponsorships
Grant, Behavioral Interventions in Reducing T & D Losses in Energy Market, JPAL-MIT
Grant, Food Labeling and Demand for Healthy Food: An Experimental Evidence from the UAE, American University of Sharjah, June 2020 - May 2022
Grant, Parental Beliefs and Health Outcomes: An Experimental Study in Pakistan, American University of Sharjah, 1 June 2018 - 30 May 2020
Grant, The effect of air pollution on economic preferences: Experimental evidence, International Growth Center
Grant, Early Age Health Literacy and Dietary Choices as Investment in Human Capital: An Experimental Study among UAE School Children, American University of Sharjah, June 2017 - December 2019
Sponsored Research, SBA Summer Research Grant, “Aid and Poverty: Are Grants and Loans Allocated Differently? ”, American University of Sharjah, 2 March 2015 - 2 March 2015
Awards and Honors
Faculty Research Grant - Large, American University of Sharjah, March 2020
Enhanced Faculty Research Grant, AUS, June 2018
ISSR Seed Grant, Arizona State University, My PI applied for this grant. I am a Co-I on this proposal., May 2018
Faculty Research Grant, AUS, I am Co-I on this grant, May 2017
ISER/Essex University Pilot Research Grant, University of Essex, I am a Co-I on this grant., October 2016
Judge for the Undergraduate Global Research Award, Undergraduate Research Award - Dublin, June 2016
