Dr Salma Ahmed

Gender and violence

Wage inequality

Maternal and child health

Determinants of education

Labour market policies

Development Finance

Global Labor Organisation Fellow, Germany

American Economic Association (member)

Economic Society of Australia (member)

Association for Economic and Development Studies on Bangladesh (member)

Economics of Labour Markets

Economics of Developing Countries

International Development

ADS733 The Economic Development Record

Master of International and Community Development, School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Development Economics

Labour Economics

International Development

1. Australian Development Studies Association Conference (virtual, Sydney), 2022
2. Australian Health Economics Conference (virtual, Hobart), 2021
3. 23rd Biennial Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference, Melbourne, July 2020
4. Australian Health Economics Conference, Melbourne, September 2019
5. Singapore Economic Review Conference, Singapore, August 2019
6. Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW), Melbourne, Februrary 2019
7. Aii-SASAA First Annual ECR "South Asia as Practice" Conference Workship, Melbourne, November 2018
8. Australian Health Economics Conference, Hobart, September 2018
9. Australian Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW), Perth, Februrary 2018
10. Asian and Australian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) Inaugural Conference, Canberra, December 2017
11. 6th Annual Conference on Economic Research, Economic Research Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2016
12. Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Brown University, USA, November 2015
13.  44th Australian Conference of Economists, Queensland University of Technology, July 2015
14. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (invited), Australia, July 2015
15. E-conference on Abortion Research (invited), LSE, UK, June 2015
16. Econometric Society Australasian Meeting (invited session), University of Tasmania, Hobart, July 2014
17. Australasian Development Economics Workshop, University of Western Australia, June 2014
18. Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, May 2014
19. Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, University of Sydney, July 2013
20. Australasian Development Economics Workshop, The Australian National University, June 2013
21. Applied Microeconometrics Brown Bag, Monash University, April 2012
22. 24th  PhD  Conference  in  Economics  and  Business,  University  of  Queensland, November 2011
23. 33rd Australian Conference for Health Economists, Melbourne, September 2011
24. Econometric Society Australasian Meeting, University of Adelaide, July 2011
25. 40th Australian Conference of Economists, The Australian National University, July 2011
26. Australasian Development Economics Workshop, University of Western Australia, June 2011
27. 39th Australian Conference of Economists, Sydney, September 2010

1. Member, PhD confirmation panel (Deakin Business School)
2. Course Co-ordination (Economic Development Record, School of Humanities and Social Sciences)
3. Examiner of MPhil and PhD theses (external)
4. Survey Reviewer (Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network–post survey 2015, OPHI, University of Oxford, UK)
5. Invited discussant
6. Journal Referee

1. S Ahmed "Abortion rates don’t go down when the procedure is criminalised”, Deakin Research Communications, 14 (August), 2019.
https://disruptr.deakin.edu.au/health/abortion-rates-dont-go-down-when-the-procedure-is-criminalised/
2. S Ahmed, R Ranjan, A Dasgupta “Comparison between Bangladesh and India on Child Health, Fertility, and Sex Ratio”, Ideas for India, 22 (November), 2018. http://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/human-development/child-health-fertility-and-sex-ratio-india-vs-bangaldesh.html
3. S Ahmed “The demographic impact of extended paid maternity-leave in Bangladesh”, International Growth Centre, LSE, London, 19 (May) 2017. https://www.theigc.org/blog/demographic-impact-extended-paid-maternity-leave-bangladesh/
4. Reprint “The demographic impact of extended paid maternity-leave in Bangladesh”, Ideas for India, 14 (June), 2017. http://www.ideasforindia.in/article.aspx?article=The-demographic-impact-of-extended-paid-maternity-leave-in-Bangladesh-
5. S Ahmed, R Ranjan “Quality of governance and welfare outcomes”, Ideas for India, 27 (April), 2016. http://www.ideasforindia.in/article.aspx?article_id=1619

1. Governance, Development and Peace
2. Gender and Sexuality Studies Network

1. Alfred Deakin Institute Publication Excellence Scheme, October 2018
2. Royal Economic Society (UK) Conference Award Scheme, September 2015
3. Postgraduate Publications Award, Monash Institute of Graduate Research, Monash University, August–October 30, 2012
4. MPhil Thesis Award (High Distinction), Monash Institute of Graduate Research, 2008

Current Projects 

1. S Ahmed “Women’s employment, mental health and the risk of domestic violence in Australia,” In progress

2. S Ahmed “Expansions in paid maternity leave coverage and women’s labour market outcomes in Bangladesh.” In progress

3. S Ahmed “Employment, mental health, and divorce: Are there reciprocal effects?” In progress

4. S Ahmed “Labour market effects of maternity leave length in low- and middle-income countries”. In progress

5. M McGillivray, S Ahmed, D Lowe “Changing times, changing priorities: Determinants of the geographic allocation of Australian bilateral aid 1960-2015.” Under review

6. S Ahmed “The impact of China’s official finance: The aid-growth nexus revisited” Under review

7. S Ahmed “Hindu-Muslim earnings differentials in changing economic and political events: Evidence for Bangladesh” R&R