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Zunia Saif Tirmazee

Zunia Saif Tirmazee  is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore School of Economics (LSE) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB). Her primary field of expertise is applied microeconomics and development economics, with a strong focus on labour markets. 
Her central research interest lies in understanding the complex dynamics of gender and education as they relate to labour force participation. Specifically, her work investigates constraints to female labour force entry, examining both the supply-side (factors affecting women's decision to seek work) and demand-side (firm or market barriers to hiring women) constraints.
Her research has been published in top academic journals like Economic Development and Cultural Change and Journal of Labour Economics.
Zunia is a highly collaborative researcher, serving as a Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) on several projects with both local and international partners. Her research has earned support through competitive international grants from prestigious organizations, including Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries (PEDL), International Growth Centre (IGC) and IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Courses taught

 Graduate level courses:

  • Applied Development Economics, Seminar: Economic Development I, Seminar: Economic Development II

 Undergraduate courses:

  •  Behavioural Economics, Development Economics, Monetary Economics, International Economics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Resource Economics, Computing for Business and Economics, International Finance, International Trade
CV

  1. Gentile, E. Kohli, N., Subramanian, N., Tirmazee, Z. S. & Vyborny, K. (2025). Barriers to Entry: Decomposing the gender gap in job search in urban Pakistan. Journal of Labour Economics. (Forthcoming)
  2. Ahmed, H., Mahmud, M., Said, F., & Tirmazee, Z. (2024). Encouraging female graduates to enter the labor force: Evidence from a role model intervention in pakistan. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 72(2), 919-957. (Full paper)
  3. Tirmazee, Z. S. (2023). Unequal pay for equal education! A case of gender wage gap from Punjab, Pakistan. Argumenta Oeconomica, 1(50), 67-94.
  4. Chaudhry, T., Tirmazee, Z., & Ayaz, U. (2022). Experimental Evidence on Group-based Attendance Bonuses in Team Production. Journal of South Asian Development, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09731741221129350 
  5.  Tirmazee, Z. S. (2025). Too much of a good thing? Increasing gender wage disparity in face of rapidly expanding post-secondary female education in Punjab, Pakistan. Journal of Economic Inequality. Second revision.