HomeCollegesCollegesCollege of BusinessResearchResearch Seminar SeriesFaculty ProfilesWifag Adnan
Assistant Professor of Economics
  • B.Sc.   Duke University, 2006
  • Ph.D.   Princeton University, 2012
Bio

Wifag Adnan has joined Zayed University in the fall of 2013 as an Assistant professor of Economics at the College of Business. She received her Ph.D. in 2012 from Princeton University, where she was the recipient of the President’s Award. Her research interests lie at the intersection of Labor and Development Economics and the topics she has worked on thus far include labor mobility, job search, unemployment, wage differentials, female labor force participation and education. Her doctoral dissertation covered major challenges faced by the Palestinian Labor Market during the period of 2000-2010. She has presented her dissertation chapters at several major academic conferences such as the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), and the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)/World Bank Conference.

Currently, Wifag Adnan received a three year grant from the London School of Economics (with Dr. Gina Poncini and Dr. Berkay Ozcan) to uncover the determinants of female labor force participation and entrepreneurship in the UAE. She also received a two year Research Incentive Fund (RIF) grant from Zayed University to contribute to pedagogical research and to enhance Economics education in the UAE.

 
Office

Abu Dhabi - Khalifa City, FF1-2-55

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Teaching Areas

Introduction to Microeconomics & Macroeconomics; Intermediate/Managerial Microeconomics; Introduction to Econometrics; Statistics

Research and Professional Activities

Adnan W. 2015. “Can the U-Shaped Hypothesis Explain Trends in Female Labor Force Participation using Micro-level Data? Evidence from the Palestinian Citizens of Israel”

Adnan, W. 2014. "The Impact of Labor Mobility Restrictions on Social Welfare: the Case of the Blockade on Gaza"

Adnan, W. 2014. “The Impact of Politically-Determined Barriers on Labor Flows: The Case of West Bank Residents”

Adnan, W. (2014) "Examining Industry Wage Differentials in the Palestinian Territories". Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 10(2): 123-150.

 
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