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Theresa Thompson Chaudhry

Theresa Thompson Chaudhry is an applied microeconomist whose research focuses on development issues, particularly child health and firm-level productivity. She is a Professor of Economics at the Lahore School of Economics, where she teaches microeconomics at the BSc, MPhil, and PhD levels and supervises graduate research. She also serves as Co-Director of the Innovation & Technology Centre (ITC), a Fellow at the Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB), and a Managing Editor of the Lahore Journal of Economics, a bi-annual scholarly journal cited in the JEL.

Dr. Chaudhry’s research has been published in the Journal of Development Economics, Population and Development Review, Review of Development Economics, and the Journal of Biosocial Science. She is also a Research Affiliate with the International Growth Centre (IGC) in the UK.

She received her PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2005, and her BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1996. Prior to joining the Lahore School, she worked at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., focusing on public finance and public sector governance.

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SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Jamil, N., Chaudhry, T., and A. Chaudhry (n.d.) “Measuring Precise TFP Growth Under Trade Liberalization: Stripping Away Omitted Price Bias and Demand Shocks, accepted for publication in The World Economy.
  2. Shenk, M., Naz, S., and T. Chaudhry (2024). “Intensive Kinship, Development, and Demography: Why Pakistan Has the Highest Rates of Cousin Marriage in the World,” Population and Development Review. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padr.12678.
  3. Jamil, N., Chaudhry, T., and A. Chaudhry (2022). "Trading textiles along the new silk route: The impact on Pakistani firms of gaining market access to China," Journal of Development Economics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102935
  4. Chaudhry, T., Khan, M., and Mir, A. (2021). "Son-biased Fertility Stopping, Birth Spacing, and Child Nutritional Status in Pakistan," Review of Development Economics, 25(2). https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12748
  5. Mobarak, M., Chaudhry, T., Brown, J., Zelenska, T., Khan, M. N., Chaudry, S, Wajid, R., Bittles, A. (2019). “Estimating the Health and Socioeconomic Effects of Cousin Marriage in South Asia,” Journal of Biosocial Science, 51(3). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932018000275

 

OTHER JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Jamil, N., Chaudhry, T., and A. Chaudhry (2023). “Adjustments in markups after a Free Trade Agreement: An analysis of Pakistani firms gaining increased access to China,” Journal
  2. of International Trade and Economic Development, June, https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2023.2222419.
  3. Chaudhry, T., Ayaz, U., and Tirmazee, Z. (2023). "Experimental Evidence on Group-based Attendance Bonuses in Team Production," Journal of South Asian Development, Vol. 18(1): 90-110. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09731741221129350
  4. Arif, R. Chaudhry, T. (2023). “Heterogeneous Effects of Emigration on Labor Market Activity and Investment Decisions in Punjab, Pakistan,” Advances in Life Course Research, Vol. 56 (June), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.alcr.2023.100547
  5. Chaudhry, T. and R. Arif (2023). “The Impact of Consanguineous Marriage on Children's Human Capital in Pakistan,” Journal of South Asian Development, November, https://doi.org/10.1177/09731741231200380.
  6. Arif, R. Chaudhry, T., and Chaudhry, A. (2023). “Empowered Mothers and Co-Resident Grandmothers: Two Fundamental Roles of Women Impacting Child Health Outcomes in Punjab, Pakistan, PLOS One, November, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285995.
  7. Arif, R. Chaudhry, T., and Chaudhry, A. (2023). “Emigration’s Heterogeneous Impact on Children’s Wellbeing in Punjab, Pakistan,” Child Indicators Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-023-10014-4
  8. Chaudhry, T. (2022). “Impact of prenatal exposure to Ramadan on disability in Pakistan among adults age 18–64,” Dialogues in Health, Volume 1, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dialog.2022.100062.
  9. Chaudhry, T. and Mir, A. (2021). ”The Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Ramadan on Child Anthropomorphic Outcomes in Pakistan Maternal and Child Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03154-y
  10. Chaudhry, T., and Khan, M. (2020). "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(2). https://www.jpma.org.pk/article-details/9546
  11. Chaudhry, T., Khan, M., and Mir, A. (2020). "Gender Gaps in Child Nutritional Status in Punjab, Pakistan," Pakistan Development Review, 59(2). doi:10.30541/v59i2pp.275-300 https://www.pide.org.pk/pdfpdr/2020/275-300.pdf
  12. Chaudhry, T., Haseeb, M., and M. Haroon (2017). "Economic Geography and Misallocation in Pakistan’s Manufacturing Hub," The Annals of Regional Science, 59(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-017-0824-7
  13. Chaudhry, T. (2013). “Los Clusters y el Uso de Marcas Colectivas en Consorcios de Exportación,” Trimestre Económico, 50(1): Jan-Mar. https://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/ete/v80n317/2448-718X-ete-80-317-00043.pdf
  14. Chaudhry, T. (2011). “Contracting and Efficiency in the Surgical Goods Cluster of Sialkot, Pakistan,” South Asia Economic Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, March. https://doi.org/10.1177/1391561410012001
  15. Chaudhry, T. (2011). “Prospects for Cooperative Marketing among Surgical Instrument Producers in Pakistan,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, 16(1).
  16. Chaudhry, T. (2010). “Relational Contracting in Pakistan’s Surgical Instrument Cluster: An Empirical Study,” Pakistan Development Review, 49(3): Autumn. https://www.pide.org.pk/pdf/PDR/2010/Volume3/213-237.pdf
  17. Chaudhry, T. (2005). “Industrial Clusters in Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, 10 (2), Winter.
  18. Shah, A., Thompson, T., and Zou, H. (2004) “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. https://www.ifo.de/DocDL/dicereport104-forum2.pdf

 

MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION OR UNDER REVIEW

  • Chaudhry, T., “Intention-to-Treat Estimates of Prenatal Ramadan Exposure on Child Height- for-Age in the Demographic and Health Surveys.”
  • Jamil, N., Chaudhry, T. and A. Chaudhry, “Self-Selection versus Destination-based Learning- by-Exporting: Firm-Level Evidence from Pakistan.”
  • Jamil, N., Chaudhry, T. and A. Chaudhry, “Trade Liberalization and Carbon Emissions: Firm- Level Evidence from Pakistan.”
  • Liaqat, Z., Hussain, K., and T. Chaudhry, “More for Less: Price Discrimination and Import Bundling.”

 

FUNDED RESEARCH

  1. “Promoting investment in solar energy across SMEs in Pakistan: the role of information provision,” (with Nikita Grabher-Meyer, Azam Chaudhry, and Phillip Garner), funding of ~GBP 38,000 from International Growth Centre (UK), 2023.
  2. “Pilot Benchmarking Productivity in the Pakistani Garments Sector” (with Chris Woodruff, Rocco MacChiavello, and Azam Chaudhry), funding of ~GBP 15,000 from International Growth Centre (UK), 2014.
  3. “Incentives and Productivity: Work Groups vs. Production Lines in Pakistani Electric Fan Production,” (with Chris Woodruff), funding of ~GBP 10,000 from International Growth Centre (UK), 2011.
  4. BOOKS EDITED AND BOOK CHAPTERS
  5. Chaudhry, A., Chaudhry, T., and M. Mehmood, eds. (2025). Policy Challenges for Macroeconomic Management and Growth in Pakistan: Proceedings of the 2024 Conference on The Management of the Pakistan Economy, Lahore: Lahore School of Economics.
  6. Chaudhry, A., Chaudhry, T., and M. Mehmood, eds. (2024). Policy Challenges for Macroeconomic Management and Growth in Pakistan: Proceedings of the 2023 Conference on The Management of the Pakistan Economy, Lahore: Lahore School of Economics.
  7. Chaudhry, A. and T. Chaudhry, eds. (2019). Economic Challenges Facing Pakistan in a Regional and Global Environment, Lahore: Lahore School of Economics.
  8. Chaudhry, A. and T. Chaudhry, Haseeb, M., and Afzal, U. (2015) “Beyond the Poverty Line: A Multi-dimensional Analysis of Poverty in Pakistan,” in Rashid Amjad and Shahid Javed Burki (ed.) Pakistan: Moving the Economy Forward, Cambridge University Press, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316271711.014
  9. Shah, A., Thompson, T. (2004) “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.https://doi.org/10.4337/9781845421656.00023

 

REPORTS

  1. Chaudhry, A., Chaudhry, T., Garner, P., & Grabher-Meyer, N. (2023). “Promoting Investment in Solar Energy Across SMEs in Pakistan,” Innovation and Technology Center (ITC) Report No. 03-2023, Lahore School of Economics.
  2. Chaudhry, T., and H. Ahmad (2023) “The Global Gig Economy: Pakistan’s Opportunity to Become a Leader in Service Exports?” ITC Working Paper No. 13-2023, Lahore School of Economics.
  3. Chaudhry, A., MacChiavello, R., Chaudhry, T., Woodruff, C. (2016). “Understanding Productivity in the Pakistani Garment Sector,” report for the International Growth Centre-UK, https://www.theigc.org/publications/understanding-productivity- pakistani-garment-sector
  4. Chaudhry T., Woodruff, C. (2013) “Incentives and Productivity: Work Groups vs. Production Lines,” report for the International Growth Centre-UK, (with Chris Woodruff), https://www.theigc.org/publications/incentives-and-productivity-work-groups-vs- production-lines-working-paper
  5. Shah, A., Thompson, T., et al. (2004). “Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption in World Bank Assistance: A Review of Progress Since 1997,” https://ieg.worldbankgroup.org/sites/default/files/Data/reports/anti_corruption.pdf
  6. PAPERS IN PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
  7. Chaudhry, T., and Jamil, N. (2025). “Firms, International Trade, and the Environment in Pakistan,” in Policy Challenges for Macroeconomic Management and Growth in Pakistan, Lahore: Lahore School of Economics.
  8. Chaudhry, T., and H. Ahmad (2024). “The Global Gig Economy: Pakistan’s Opportunity to Become a Leader in Service Exports?” in Policy Challenges for Macroeconomic Management and Growth in Pakistan, Lahore: Lahore School of Economics.
  9. Jamil, N., Chaudhry, T. and A. Chaudhry (2024). “Access to Foreign Markets: An Analysis of the Pak-China FTA,” in Policy Challenges for Macroeconomic Management and Growth in Pakistan, Lahore: Lahore School of Economics.
  10. Jamil, N., Chaudhry, T., and A. Chaudhry (2017). “Pakistan’s Experience with the Pak-China Free Trade Agreement: Lessons for CPEC,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE, Sept.
  11. Chaudhry T., and M. Faran (2016). "Same Jeans Same Stitch? A Comparison of Denim Production across Three Factories in Punjab, Pakistan," (with Mahvish Faran), The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE.
  12. Chaudhry T., and M. Faran (2015). “Organization, Management, and Wage Practices in Pakistan’s Electrical Fan and Ready-Made Garment Sectors,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE.
  13. Chaudhry, T. and M. Haseeb (2014). “Exporters in Pakistan and Firms Who Do Not Export: What’s the Big Difference?” The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE.
  14. Chaudhry, T. and Nabeel, F. (2013). “Microinsurance in Pakistan: Progress, Problems, and Prospects,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE.
  15. Chaudhry, T. and Saleem, M. (2011). "Norms of Cooperation, Trust, Altruism, and Fairness: Evidence from Lab Experiments on Pakistani Students," The Lahore Journal of Economics,SE.
  16. Chaudhry, T. (2010). “Estimating Residential Electricity Demand Responses in Pakistan's Punjab,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE.
  17. Chaudhry, T. (2009). “Microeconomic Flexibility in India and Pakistan: Employment Adjustment at the Firm Level,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE.
  18. Chaudhry, T. and A. Chaudhry (2008). “The Effects of Rising Food and Fuel Costs in Pakistan,” The Lahore Journal of Economics, SE.