Theresa Thompson Chaudhry
Dr. Theresa Chaudhry is Professor of Economics, Co-Director of the Lahore School of Economics Innovation and Technology Center (ITC) and a fellow of the Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB) at the Lahore School of Economics. She is also a research affiliate with the International Growth Centre (IGC) in the UK. She received a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1996, and a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005. Prior to teaching at the Lahore School, Dr. Chaudhry worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. on issues of public finance and public sector governance.
Dr. Chaudhry teaches microeconomics for the BSc Economics, MPhil Economics, and PhD Economics programs, and has supervised both BSc and MPhil theses. She also serves as an editor of the Lahore Journal of Economics, a bi-annual scholarly journal cited in the JEL. Her current on-going projects include survey-based and experimental research in Punjab, Pakistan on i) consanguineous marriage, ii) firm-level productivity, iii) child health, and iv) conditional cash transfers for girls’ secondary schooling.
Her published research includes:
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
“Trading Textiles along the New Silk Route: the impact on Pakistani firms of gaining market access to China,” with Nida Jamil and Azam Chaudhry in Journal of Development Economics, forthcoming.
"The Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Ramadan on Child Anthropomorphic Outcomes in Pakistan, " (with Azka Mir), Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03154-y
"Son-biased fertility stopping, birth spacing, and child nutritional status in Pakistan, " (with Maha Khan and Azka Mir), Review of Development Economics, 25(2), 2021, pp 712-36. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12748
"Effects of birth order and son preference on utilization of pre- and post-natal health inputs in Punjab, " (with Maha Khan), Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 70(1), 2020, pp 110-115.
"Estimating the Health and Socioeconomic Effects of Cousin Marriage in South Asia, " (with A. Mushfiq Mobarak and others), Journal of Biosocial Science, 51(3), 2019, pp 418-435. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932018000275
"Economic Geography and Misallocation in Pakistan’s Manufacturing Hub, " with Muhammad Haseeb and Maryiam Haroon, The Annals of Regional Science, 59(1), 2017. doi:10.1007/s00168-017-0824-7
"Collective Branding by Clusters through Export Consortia, " published as: "Los clusters y el uso de marcas colectivas en consorcios de exportacion, " Trimestre Economico, Vol 53, No. 1, 2013.
"Prospects for Cooperative Marketing among Surgical Instrument Producers in Pakistan, " The Lahore Journal of Economics, 16(1), 2011
“Contracting and Efficiency in the Surgical Goods Cluster of Sialkot, Pakistan, ” South Asia Economic Journal, 12(1), 2011. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/139156141001200105/a>
““Relational Contracting in Pakistan’s Surgical Instrument Cluster: An Empirical Study, ” Pakistan Development Review, 49(3): Autumn 2010.
“Industrial Clusters in Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature, ” The Lahore Journal of Economics, 10 (2), Winter 2005.
“The impact of decentralization on service delivery, corruption, fiscal management and growth in developing and emerging market economies: A synthesis of empirical evidence, ” (with Anwar Shah and Heng-Fu Zou), CESifo DICE Report: Journal for Institutional Comparisons 2004: 1.
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan,” (with Azam Chaudhry, Muhammad Haseeb, and Uzma Afzal), in Rashid Amjad and Shahid Javed Burki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Cambridge University Press, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316271711
An earlier version (available online):
"Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan,” (with Azam Chaudhry, Muhammad Haseeb, and Uzma Afzal), in Rashid Amjad and Shahid Javed Burki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward , Lahore School of Economics Press, 2013.
“Implementing Decentralized Local Governance: A Treacherous Road with Potholes, Detours, and Road Closures,” (with Anwar Shah), in Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (ed.) Reforming Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and the Rebuilding of Indonesia, Edward Elgar Press, 2004.
BOOKS EDITED
Chaudhry, A. and T. T. Chaudhry, (2019) Economic Challenges Facing Pakistan in a Regional and Global Environment, Lahore: Lahore School of Economics.
PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS:
"Pakistan's Experience with the Pak-China Free Trade Agreement: Lessons for CPEC, " (with Azam Chaudhry and Nida Jamil), The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2017.
"Same Jeans, Same Stitch? A Comparison of Denim Production across Three Factories in Punjab,Pakistan, " (with Mahvish Faran), The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2016.
"Organization, Management and Wage Practices in Pakistan’s Electrical Fan and Ready-Made Garment Sectors, " (with Mahvish Faran), The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2015.
"Exporters in Pakistan and Firms Who Do Not Export: What's the Big Difference?, " (with Muhammad Haseeb), The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2014.
"Microinsurance in Pakistan: Progress, Problems, and Prospects, " (with Fazilda Nabeel), The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2013.
"Norms of Cooperation, Trust, Altruism, and Fairness: Evidence from Lab Experiments on Pakistani Students, " (with Misha Saleem), The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2011.
“Estimating Residential Electricity Demand Responses in Pakistan's Punjab, ” The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2010.
“Microeconomic Flexibility in India and Pakistan: Employment Adjustment at the Firm Level, ” The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2009.
“The Effects of Rising Food and Fuel Costs on Poverty in Pakistan, ” (with Azam Chaudhry), The Lahore Journal of Economics, Special Edition, Sept. 2008.
PERMANENT WORKING PAPERS:
Haseeb, Muhammad and Theresa Chaudhry, “Resource Misallocation and Aggregate Productivity in Punjab, ” CREB Working paper No 01-14, 2014.
Theresa M. Thompson and Anwar Shah, “Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index: Whose Perceptions Are They Anyway?, ” Discussion Draft (background paper for OED evaluation of anti-corruption programs), World Bank, 2005. mentioned in the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/01/27/how-do-you-measure-corruption-transparency-international-does-its-best-and-thats-useful/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a24106368e75/a>
SShah, Anwar and Theresa M. Thompson, “Implementing Decentralized Local Governance: A Treacherous Road with Potholes, Detoturs, and Road Closures, ” Policy Research Working Paper #3353, Washington DC: The World Bank, 2004.
RESEARCH REPORTS
“Understanding Productivity in the Pakistani Garment Sector, ” report for the IGC, (with Azam Chaudhry, Rocco MacChiavello, and Chris Woodruff), 2016.
“Incentives and Productivity: Work Groups vs. Production Lines, ” report for the IGC, (with Chris Woodruff), 2013.
CONSULTANCY WORK:
Co-author of: "Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption in World Bank Assistance: A Review of Progress Since 1997, ” a major report to the World Bank Executive Board, (with Anwar Shah and others), 2004.
“Corruption and the Economic Rate of Return on World Bank Projects, ” background paper for Operations Evaluation Department, World Bank, 1999.
Her detailed C.V is available here .