FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. Khadija Shams

Associate Professor

Coordinator


Department:
Economics

Email:
kshams@sbbwu.edu.pk

Name

Dr. Khadija Shams

Personal

Associate Professor, approved Supervisor by Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan

Department of Economics

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Charsadda Road, Larama, Peshawar, Pakistan Contact No.(+92) 3458595909, (+92) 3317623236

kshams@sbbwu.edu.pk kshams2008@gmail.com

Experience

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Taught Number of Courses at BS, MSc, MPhil and PhD Level.

  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Economic Data Analysis
  • Economic Growth and Development
  • Basic Econometrics
  • Basic Statistics
  • Rural Development
  • Population Economics
  • Fundamentals of Economics
  • Advanced Econometrics
  • Advanced Quantitative Research Techniques
  • Institutional Economics

 

 

    • Research Methodology
    • Human Resource Development
    • Public Sector Economics
    • Public Finance
    • Demography
    • Economics of Happiness
    • Economics of Inequality
    • Development Economics

Qualification

Degree: PhD (2012): Doctor of Philosophy (Economics)

(Subject of Specialization: Economics of Happiness & Development Economics). Institution:                   Department of Economics. University of Glasgow, UK. Division:                                    1st Div.

 

Degree: MPhil (2003): MPhil in Economics (Development Economics & Public Finance).

Institution:                   Department of Economics. University of Peshawar, PK. Division:                      1st Div.

 

Degree: M.A (2000): Masters in Economics

Institution:                   Department of Economics. University of Peshawar, PK. Division:                      1st Div.

 

Degree: B.A (1998): Bachelor of Arts.

Major Subjects:          Economics, Statistics

Institution:                   Jinnah College for Women, University of Peshawar, PK. Division:                      1st Div.

Honor and Awards

  1. Achieved Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP) Best Model Department Award for the year 2015.
  2. Higher Education Commission (HEC) Approved Supervisor.
  3. Award of Higher Education Commission (HEC) FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME Scholarship.

Memberships

International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2017.

Graduate Students Postdocs Undergraduate Students Honor Students

RESEARCH SUPERVISION:

 

COMPLETED RESEARCH SUPERVISION:

 

 

       PhD Students Supervised  

           (MPhil-PhD, Session: 2013 onwards)

    1. Hina Harram

Thesis title: Fitting-in and Multitasking: An Exploratory Study of Women Entrepreneurship and Household Wellbeing in the Context of Creative Industry, Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa Pakistan.

    1. Sonia Iqbal

Thesis title: Effects of Socio-economic Factors on Demand for Female Higher Education in Rural Khyber Pukhtunkhuwa.

 

 

 

Mphil Students Supervised  (Session: 2015-16)

  1. Jamila Begum

Thesis title: Assessing the contribution of employment and job characteristics to the subjective well-being in the labor market: Evidence from Hayatabad Industrial Estate Peshawar, Pakistan.

(Session: 2016-17)

  1. Mehwish Musharraf

Thesis title: Impact of CPEC on profitability and employability in local businesses: Evidence from Abbottabad district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

  1. Hina Farman

Thesis title: Impact of Road Infrastructure Development on Poverty Reduction in Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa: A Study of Peshawar Ring Road.

(Session: 2017-18)

  1. Farah Arif

Thesis title: The Validity of Okun’s Relationship between Unemployment and GDP Growth in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis.

  1. Amna Gul

Thesis title: Socio-Economic Analysis of the Park Visits and Self-Reported Health Outcomes: Evidence from Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa.

  1. Sakina Bibi

Thesis title: Effect of Real Exchange Rate on Per Capita Real Gross Domestic Product in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis.

 

  1. Azra Shah

Thesis title: Socio-economic Determinants of Women Empowerment through Homestead Poultry Rearing in District Charsadda of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

CO-SUPERVISION COMPLETED:

 

Masters Students Supervised (Session: 2010-2012)

  1. Hina Farman

Thesis title: Socio-economic obstacles to women economic empowerment in Peshawar. Co-supervisor: Dr Madiha Gohar

  1. Sara Masood

Thesis title: Older people and their economic contributions: a case study of Peshawar. Co-supervisor: Dr Madiha Gohar

  1. Beenish Iqbal

Thesis title: Impact of terrorism on entrepreneurship. Co-supervisor: Dr Madiha Gohar

 

UNDER-SUPERVISION:

MPhil/ PhD students in progress

 

(MPhil Students, Session: 2016-17)

  1. Rashma Shad

Thesis title: Socio-Economic Analysis of Home Based Business and Women Empowerment in District Swabi of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

(Session: 2017-18)

  1. Nazish Jabeen

Thesis title: Effect of External Debt on Economic Growth of Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis.

 (PhD Students, Session: )

Service Activity

PROJECTS:

TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS:

  • Participated in a one day Seminar on “Writing a Research Proposal” organized by Department of Economics, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar at Larama Campus, 27th September, 2022.

 

  • Participated in a one day workshop on “Effective Grant Writing” of Higher Education Development Program, Pakistan, organized by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar at Larama Campus, 16th September, 2022.

 

  • Attended 2nd International Conference of Psychology on “Women’s Mental Health Care”, at Marriott Hotel, Islamabad, 15th September 2022.

 

  • Participated in a one day workshop on “Understanding Qualitative Research Techniques”, organized by Department of Economics, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), 24rth February, 2022.

 

  • Participated in a one day workshop on “Filing of Income Tax Returns”, organized by Department of Economics, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), 23rd September, 2021.

 

  • Participated in one day seminar on “1st GRASP multi-stakeholders consultation”, Islamabad, 3rd October, 2019 .

 

  • Attended an International Conference on “CPEC: Collaboration in Higher Education & Sustainable Development”, at Pearl Continental Hotel & University of Peshawar, from 19th to 21st February 2019.

 

  • Participated in a two days workshop on “AMOS SEM”, at Psychology Department, University of Peshawar, 20th -21st December, 2018.

 

 

  • Participated in 2nd “Multi-stakeholder Consultation Forum on City Economic Vision of Peshawar”, at Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Peshawar, 14th November, 2018.

 

  • Participated in “Multi-stakeholder Consultation Forum”, at Pearl Continental Hotel, Peshawar, 18th September, 2018.

 

  • Attended International conference on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC): Opportunities and Challenges (27th February-1st March, 2018) at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, Pakistan.

 

  • Participated as a discussant in a workshop on communication strategy of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa Revenue Authority (KPRA) on 29th November 2017 at Shelton House Hotel, University Town, Peshawar, Pakistan

 

  • Participated in a three-day regular training course on “Effective Official Correspondence and Report Writing Skills” organized by Pakistan Academy for Rural Development (PARD), Peshawar, (December 06-08,2016).

 

  • Participated in a workshop on thesis writing, School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. June 2016.

 

  • Attended a video conference chaired by Ms. Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the World Bank, on the topic “What will it Take to Realize Pakistan’s Potential.” scheduled for August 04, 2015 in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, Larama Campus.
  • Participated in a two Days Workshop on “Women Leadership in Higher Education”, February 21-22, 2015, organised by Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS, Abbotabad, Pakistan.
  • Attended Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) 30thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) and Conference of the Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) in December 2-4, 2014 at Pak-China Friendship Centre, Islamabad. The theme of the conference was “Poverty, Inequality and Economic Growth”, the sub-themes of the conference are:
    1. Inclusive Growth
    2. Poverty Conflict and Development
    3. Breaking out of Poverty: Micro finance and Entrepreneurship
    4. Inequality: A Constraint to Growth?
    5. Environment, Growth and Poverty
    6. Household Vulnerability and Social Protection

 

  • Participated  as  mentor  and  discussant  in  Multidimensional  Poverty  Index (MPI) Workshop at Pearl Continental hotel, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP); organized by UNDP in collaboration with Planning and Development Department Peshawar, Pakistan. November 2014.

 

 

  • Participated in a workshop on Plagiarism at Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), Pakistan (PK). December 2012.

  • SERVICES AS EVALUATOR AND EXTERNAL EXAMINER:

      1. External Examiner for Viva Voce examination of BS 8th semester’s students of Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, (November 10, 2020).
      2. External Examiner for Public Defense/Oral Examination of Mr. Muhammad Qasim, PhD research scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, thesis title “An Assessment of Inland Destructive Fishing Practices in District Charsadda, Pakistan”, (April 15, 2019).
      3. External examiner and thesis evaluator of MPhil thesis tilted “Impact of Energy Shortfall on Economic Growth of Pakistan (1980-2016)”, submitted by Ms. Sabeen, MPhil scholar in Economics, Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology (SUIT), (March 29, 2019).
      4. External examiner and thesis Evaluator of MPhil thesis titled “Estimation of price and income elasticity of crude oil demand”, submitted by Ms. Sonia Saeed, Department of Economics, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan, (April 5, 2019).
      5. Theses evaluator and external examiner for viva voce examination in the discipline of M.SC Economics Annual/Final Examination, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, (2018).
      6. External Examiner for Viva Voce examination of BS 8th semester’s students of Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, (June 28th , 2018).
      7. Thesis evaluator in respect of Ms. Zenab Faizullah, MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Thesis title “Co-integration between exports and economic growth: A case study of Pakistan (1980-2014)”. (2016).
     

     

    University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Thesis title “Effect of branchless banking on savings of low income groups in district Peshawar”. (2016).

  • Thesis evaluator in respect of Mr. Faheem Nawaz, MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Thesis title “Transmission Mechanism of Monetary Policy and its impact on Gross Domestic Product and Inflation in Pakistan (1972-2014)”. (2016).
  • Thesis evaluator in respect of Ms. Faiza Ijaz, MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Thesis title “Impact of Small Dairy Farming on Living Standard of Farmers in Rural Peshawar”. (2016).
  • Thesis evaluator in respect of Ms. Sajida Zareen, MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Thesis title “Preferences for public sector jobs and wait unemployment: A case study of district Peshawar”. (2017).
  • Thesis evaluator in respect of Ms. Maryam Khattak, MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. Thesis title “The Impact of Public Debt Servicing on Aggregate Investment and Productivity in Pakistan (1972-2015)”. (2017).
  • Thesis evaluator in respect of Ms. Tehmina, MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan. Thesis title “Rationality of Decision about Child Labor”. (2017).
  • Thesis evaluator in respect of Ms. Munazza Ghazi Syed, MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, Hazara University Mansehra, Pakistan. Thesis title “Impact of Internationalization on Growth of Small Software Firms in Pakistan”. (2017).
  • Theses evaluator and external examiner for viva voce examination in the discipline of M.SC Economics Annual/Final Examination, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, (2017).
  • External Examiner for Viva Voce examination of BS 8th semester’s students (Session: 2013-2017) of Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, (May 25, 2017).

 

  • Attended European Economic Association (EEA), Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway. August 2011.

 

  • Participated in departmental workshop on working paper series, University of Glasgow, UK. April 2010.

 

  • Participated in departmental workshop on working paper series, University of Glasgow, UK. June 2009.

 

  • Intern at First Women Bank, Jumrud road Peshawar, Pakistan (PK). June 1999 – October 1999.

Brief Statement of Research Interest

My research interest is mainly about Economics of Development Studies and Wellbeing

Publications

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

 

  1. Shams, K. & Kadow, A. (2022). COVID-19 and Subjective Well-Being in Urban Pakistan in the Beginning of the Pandemic: A Socio-Economic Analysis. Applied Research in Quality of Life. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-022-10114-3.

 

  1. Iqbal, S., & Shams, K. (2021). Effects of Socioeconomic Factors on Demand for Female Higher Education in Rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. International Journal of Business and Management Sciences, 2(4), 88-108. Retrieved from https://www.ijbms.org/index.php/ijbms/article/view/90.

 

  1. Haram, H., Shams, K., & Gohar, M. (Summer 2021). Women Entrepreneurship and Household Wellbeing: An Exploratory Study of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 15(2), 76-95.

DOI:  http://doi.org/10.51709/19951272/Summer-2/5.

 

  1. Shams, K., & Kadow, A. (2021, 18 June). Leisure-time and subjective well-being among  park visitors in urban Pakistan: the mediating role of health satisfaction. SN Soc Sci, 1, 149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00168-9.

 

  1. Shams, K., & Kadow, A. (2020). Income inequality, remittances and economic wellbeing in rural Pakistan: linkages and empirical evidence. Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science, 4(2), 499-519. DOI: 10.1007/s41685-020-00151-x.

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41685-020-00151-x

 

  1. Shams, K., & Kadow, A. (2019). The relationship between subjective well-being and work- life balance among labourers in Pakistan. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 40(4),681-690. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-019-09631-5.

 

  1. Kadow, A., & Shams, K. (2015). Issues in European Integration and Economic Inequalities, published, Lit Verlag. Subject: Business & Economics, ISBN: 364390309X, 9783643903099. Series: Writings on international economic policy; edited by Prof. Dr. Friedrich L. Sell. Volume 10, 144 pages.
  2. Shams, K., & Kadow, A. (Summer 2018, Part I). Happiness across the life span: Evidence from urban Pakistan. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 12(1), 17-30.

 

 

  1. Shams, K. (Summer 2017). Budgetary Allocations, Literacy Rate and Number of Primary Schools in District Peshawar, Pakistan: Linkages and Empirical Evidence. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 11(1), 56-63.

 

  1. Shams, K. (2016). Developments in the Measurement of Subjective Well-Being and Poverty: An Economic Perspective. Journal of Happiness Studies, 17(6), 2213-2236.

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  1. Shams, K. (2015). Income and Health Satisfaction: Evidence from Rural Pakistan. Journal of Happiness Studies, 16(6), 1455-1474.

 

  1. Shams, K. (2015). The relationship between economic and health indicators in Rural Pakistan. Quality & Quantity, 49(3), 1121-1134.

 

  1. Shams, K. (2014). Determinants of Subjective Well-Being and Poverty in Rural Pakistan: A Micro-Level Study. Social Indicators Research, 119(3), 1755-1773.

 

  1. Shams, K. (2012). Income inequalities and well-being in rural Pakistan: An empirical analysis, Published by: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Subject: Business & Economics, ISBN-10: 9783659173462, ISBN-13: 978-3659173462, ASIN ‏ : ‎ 3659173460, Pages 176.
  2. Shams, K. (2010). Income inequality in rural Pakistan: sources and decompositions. FWU Journal of Social Sciences, 4(1), 18-38.

 

  1. Khan, H., Inamullah, E. & Shams, K. (2009). Population, environment and poverty in Pakistan: linkages and empirical evidence. Environment Development and Sustainability, 11(2), 375-392.

Research Grants and Contracts

RESEARCH GRANT:

  • Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC) research travel grant achieved for oral presentation of paper titled, “Determinants of happiness in urban Pakistan: A cultural perspective”, at the 17th ISQOLS annual conference: Happiness in a Multicultural World. University of Granada, Spain, 4rth -7th September, 2019.
  • Higher Education Commission, Pakistan (HEC) research travel grant achieved for oral presentation of paper titled, “On the causes of subjective wellbeing in labour market: Evidence from Pakistan’s industrial estates”, at the 16th ISQOLS annual conference: Promotion of quality of life in the changing world. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 14th -16th June, 2018.
  • Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar, Pakistan (SBBWUP) research travel grant achieved for oral presentation of paper titled, “Happiness across the life span: Evidence from urban Pakistan”, at the 15th ISQOLS annual conference, Innsbruck, Austria, 27-30 September, 2017.

RESEARCH JOURNAL REVIEWER:

  • Journal of Happiness Studies
  • Applied research in quality of life (ARIQ)
  • Social Indicators Research
  • Scottish Journal of Political Economy
  • Social Science Research
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
  • FWU Journal of Social Sciences
  • Central Asia
  • International Perspectives in Psychology
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Regional Science
  • Population Health

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES:

Served as a member of different statutory bodies, societies, and clubs etc.

  1. Member of Rotaract Club, Glasgow, UK, (2008-2012).
  2. Member of International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2017-present
  3. Member of Research and Development Committee, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), 2017-present
  4. Head of Economics Department SBBWUP for sessions: 2015-16, 2018-19, and 2019-20 (Achieved SBBWUP model department award for the session 2015-16).
  5. Placement Officer of Economics Department SBBWUP.
  6. In charge of Alumnae Section of Economics Department SBBWUP.
  7. In charge of Planning and Development Section of Economics Department SBBWUP.
  8. Member of Admissions Committee of Economics Department SBBWUP.
  9. Member of Board of Study of Economics Department SBBWUP and Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar.
  10. Member of Examination/Inspection Committee on several occasions on behalf of Economics Department, SBBWUP.
  11. Member of National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC), 2018.
  12. Member of Board of Faculty, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), 2019.
  13. Member of Graduate Studies Committee in the subject of Economics Shaheed -Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), 2018-2020.
  14. Member of advanced studies and research board, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), 2018-2021.
  15. Member of Monitoring and Affiliation Committee (Economics, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar (SBBWUP), 2022 till date).
  16. Member of Editorial Board, FWU Journal of Social Sciences.

Selected Professional Presentations

PRESENTATIONS IN NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES:

  • Presented orally paper titled, “The relationship between health and subjective well-being among households in urban Pakistan: The moderating role of Corona vaccination”, at the 20th ISQOLS annual in-person conference, 3-6 August 2022, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA.

 

  • Presented orally paper titled, “Leisure-time and subjective well-being among park visitors in urban Pakistan: the mediating role of health satisfaction”, at the 19th ISQOLS annual virtual conference themed as, Quality-of-life and Adaptation in a Virulent World, 24-28 AUGUST 2021, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.

 

  • Presented orally paper titled, “Validity of Okun's Law in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis”, at the 7th International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting (ITISE 2021), Gran Canaria, Spain, 19th -21st July, 2021.

 

  • Presented orally paper titled, “The socioeconomic determinants of happiness amid COVID- 19 crisis in urban Pakistan”, at the 18th ISQOLS annual virtual conference themed as, Towards a People-First Economy: A World to Win, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands, 25th – 28th August, 2020.

 

  • Presented orally paper titled, “Determinants of happiness in urban Pakistan: A cultural perspective”, at the 17th ISQOLS annual conference: Happiness in a Multicultural World. University of Granada, Spain, 4rth -7th September, 2019.

 

  • Presented orally paper titled, “On the causes of subjective wellbeing in labour market: Evidence from Pakistan’s industrial estates”, at the 16th ISQOLS annual conference: Promotion of quality of life in the changing world. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 14th -16th June, 2018.

 

  • Presented orally paper titled, “Happiness across the life span: Evidence from urban Pakistan”, at the 15th ISQOLS annual conference, Innsbruck, Austria, 27-30 September,

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  • Presented orally paper titled, “Remittances, Poverty and Income Inequality in Rural Pakistan: Linkages and Empirical Evidence”, at the 6th International Scientific Agriculture Symposium, “AgroSym 2015”, Jahorina, East Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 15-18 October.