Malik Altaf Hussain

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Contact Information

Department of Economics
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
Email: mhussa5@gmu.edu

Employment

I am on the 2024-25 academic job market.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University, Expected May 2025
    Primary Fields: Political Economy, Economic History
    Secondary Fields: Development Economics, Applied Econometrics
Dissertation Committee:

• Chair: Prof. Noel D. Johnson
• Prof. Alex T. Tabarrok
• Prof. Mark Koyama
• Prof. Vincent Geloso

M.Phil. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2017
M.A. in Development Economics, South Asian University, 2012
B.A. in Economics, Aligarh Muslim University, 2010
Minor: Psychology

Research Fields

Primary: Political Economy, Economic History
Secondary: Development Economics, Applied Econometrics

Publications

1. “Political Connections and Access to Credit: Evidence from Micro-enterprises in India” (with M. Tyagi)
   Small Business Economics, 2024
   Paper

2. “Political Connections of Firms and Access to Credit: Evidence from the Indian Corporate Sector” (with M. Tyagi)
   Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2024
   Paper

3. “Addressing the Challenges of Death Registration in India: A Path Forward” (with Md Azharuddin Akhtar)
   Economic and Political Weekly, Forthcoming 2024

4. “Flushed with Success: How Participation in Social Schemes Influence Toilet Adoption in Rural India” (with M. Tyagi, D. Kumar, and Md T. Khan)
   Journal of Biosocial Science, Forthcoming

5. “Role of Political Connections in Land Investment: Evidence from Rural India” (with M. Tyagi)
   Constitutional Political Economy, 2020
   Paper

Working Papers

1. “Pox, Piety, and Paradox: The Economics of Vaccination in British India” (Job Market Paper)
   Draft available upon request

2. “Mistrust and Vaccination in Colonial India: 1870 - 1926” (with Noel D. Johnson)
   Slides Available

3. “Colonization in a Network of Allies” (with Benhur Ruqsana)
   First Draft Available

4. “Religion and Consumption of Drugs in Colonial India” (with Noel D. Johnson and Shruti Rajagopalan)

5. “Language and Market Integration in Colonial India: A Network Economics Approach” (with Benhur Ruqsana)

Papers Under Review

1. “Money and Muscle in India’s Democracy” (with F. Ansari Faiz, A. Akhtar, and M. Tyagi)

2. “STEMming the Dowry Tradition: Empowering Girls in India” (with M. Tyagi and D. Kumar)

Fellowships and Awards

• Emergent Ventures India Fellowship, Mercatus Center (2024-25)
• Public Choice Fellow, George Mason University (2023-25)
• Bradley Fellow, George Mason University (2021-24)
• Mercatus Center PhD Fellowship (2020-23)
• Junior Research Fellowship, UGC India (2015)
• South Asian University Merit Fellowship (2010-12)

Teaching Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant to Prof. Noel D. Johnson, GMU (2020-23)
• Assistant Professor, Kamala Nehru College, University of Delhi (2018-19)

Conference Presentations

2025 (Scheduled)

• ASREC Conference on Economics of Religion
• ASREC Graduate Workshop on Economics of Religion
• Stellenbosch University Economic History Seminar (Invited)

2024

• Markets and Society Conference, Mercatus Center, GMU

2023

• Indian Business and Economic History Conference, IIM Ahmedabad
• ACES Political Economy Summer School, UC Berkeley
• CAGE Summer School: Culture, History, and Development, University of Warwick
• PPE Summer School, Chapman University

2022

• International Institute of Public Finance Annual Congress, University of Linz
• ASREC Graduate Workshop on Economics of Religion, Chapman University

Skills

• Statistical Software: Stata, R
• GIS: QGIS
• Other: LaTeX

References