Overview
Background
Dr Shabbir Ahmad is an Economist with expertise in applied econometrics, productivity, financial regulation, educational inequalities, environment, and sustainability. He has an extensive research experience in impact evaluation and survey development. He has won many international grants and worked in many Asian and African countries, where he proposed novel methods to tackle rural poverty and economic development issues.
Shabbir has also developed benchmarking techniques to measure the performance of decision-making units, which have been applied to evaluate the performance of different sectors of economy. Shabbir’s recent research focuses on education impact evaluation of the education and social services sector. Recently, he has accomplished Try, Test, and Lean (TTL) project where he was involved in evaluating the impact of policy interventions by using large, administered data to analyse the social and economic outcomes.
Shabbir Ahmad completed his PhD in Econometrics at the UQ School of Economics in 2014.
Availability
- Dr Shabbir Ahmad is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Economics, International Islamic University
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, International Islamic University
- Masters (Research), Quaid-i-Azam University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Applied Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Applied Econometrics
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Efficiency and Productivity Analysis
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Environment and Sustainability
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Islamic Finance and Financial Sector Performance
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Socialand economic inequalities
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Resource Economics and sustainable development
Works
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2024
Journal Article
From black to green: Quantifying the impact of economic growth, resource management, and green technologies on CO2 emissions
Shahbaz, Muhammad, Patel, Nikunj, Du, Anna Min and Ahmad, Shabbir (2024). From black to green: Quantifying the impact of economic growth, resource management, and green technologies on CO2 emissions. Journal of Environmental Management, 360 121091, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121091
2023
Journal Article
Innovation and drivers of productivity: a global analysis of selected critical minerals
Ahmad, Shabbir (2023). Innovation and drivers of productivity: a global analysis of selected critical minerals. Commodities, 2 (4), 417-432. doi: 10.3390/commodities2040024
2023
Journal Article
Inter‐sectoral economic linkages in the Australian mining industry: analysis using partial hypothetical extraction method
Weldegiorgis, Scholar Fitsum S., Dietsche, Evelyn, Ahmad, Shabbir, Franks, Daniel M. and Cust, James (2023). Inter‐sectoral economic linkages in the Australian mining industry: analysis using partial hypothetical extraction method. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 68 (1), 206-226. doi: 10.1111/1467-8489.12544
2023
Journal Article
Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India
Koomson, Isaac, Orkoh, Emmanuel and Ahmad, Shabbir (2023). Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India. Energy Economics, 127 (Part A) 107118, 107118. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107118
2023
Journal Article
Financial development as a new determinant of energy diversification: the role of natural capital and structural changes in Australia
Shahbaz, Muhammad, Siddiqui, Aaliyah, Ahmad, Shabbir and Jiao, Zhilun (2023). Financial development as a new determinant of energy diversification: the role of natural capital and structural changes in Australia. Energy Economics, 126 106926, 106926. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106926
2023
Journal Article
Role of foreign direct investment in decomposing of scale and technique effects on China's energy consumption
Shahbaz, Muhammad, Sinha, Avik, Ahmad, Shabbir, Jiao, Zhilun and Wang, Zhaohua (2023). Role of foreign direct investment in decomposing of scale and technique effects on China's energy consumption. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 28 (3), 3370-3385. doi: 10.1002/ijfe.2597
2023
Journal Article
Inter-sectoral economic linkages in the mining industries of Botswana and Tanzania: analysis using partial hypothetical extraction method
Weldegiorgis, Fitsum Semere, Dietsche, Evelyn and Ahmad, Shabbir (2023). Inter-sectoral economic linkages in the mining industries of Botswana and Tanzania: analysis using partial hypothetical extraction method. Resources, 12 (7) 78, 78. doi: 10.3390/resources12070078
2023
Journal Article
Carbon-adjusted efficiency and technology gaps in gold mining
Ahmad, Shabbir, Steen, John, Ali, Saleem and Valenta, Rick (2023). Carbon-adjusted efficiency and technology gaps in gold mining. Resources Policy, 81 103327, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103327
2023
Conference Publication
Resource allocation and environmental productivity: evidence from global aluminium smelting
Ahmad, Shabbir, Steen, John, Ali, Saleem and Zajac, Tomasz (2023). Resource allocation and environmental productivity: evidence from global aluminium smelting. Australian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7-10 February 2023.
2023
Conference Publication
Resource allocation and environmental productivity: evidence from global aluminium smelting
Ahmad, Shabbir, Steen, John, ,Ali, Saleem and Zajac, Tomasz (2023). Resource allocation and environmental productivity: evidence from global aluminium smelting. AARES, Christchurch, New Zealand, 7-10 February 2023.
2022
Journal Article
Mining and linkages for economic transformation: revealing multi-stakeholder perspectives through Q-methodology
Weldegiorgis, Fitsum S., Dietsche, Evelyn, Franks, Daniel M., Cust, James and Ahmad, Shabbir (2022). Mining and linkages for economic transformation: revealing multi-stakeholder perspectives through Q-methodology. The Extractive Industries and Society, 12 101174, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2022.101174
2022
Conference Publication
Complex Ore Bodies socio-economic development, innovation, and productivity issues
Ahmad, Shabbir (2022). Complex Ore Bodies socio-economic development, innovation, and productivity issues. Complex Ore Bodies Day, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 November 2022.
2022
Other Outputs
Recent trends and a decomposition of district-level crop agriculture productivity in Pakistan
Burki, Abid A., Ahmad, Shabbir and Khan, M. Raza Mustafa (2022). Recent trends and a decomposition of district-level crop agriculture productivity in Pakistan. Washington, DC, United States: World Bank.
2022
Journal Article
Decomposition of total factor productivity into efficiency components: An empirical analysis of district level school performance
Ismail, Andleeb, Ahmad, Shabbir and Khan, Karim (2022). Decomposition of total factor productivity into efficiency components: An empirical analysis of district level school performance. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 10 (2). doi: 10.52131/pjhss.2022.1002.0251
2022
Conference Publication
Technology gaps in gold production: a mine level environmentally adjusted analysis
Ahmad, Shabbir, Steen, John, Valenta, Rick and Ali, Saleem (2022). Technology gaps in gold production: a mine level environmentally adjusted analysis. European Workshop on Efficiency and Productivity Analysis, Porto, Portugal, 27-29 June 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Technology gaps in global gold production: a mine-level carbon dioxide emissions adjusted efficiency analysis
Ahmad, Shabbir, Steen, John, Valenta, Rick and Ali, Saleem (2022). Technology gaps in global gold production: a mine-level carbon dioxide emissions adjusted efficiency analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal, 1-29. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4090750
2022
Journal Article
Does economic growth stimulate energy consumption? The role of human capital and R&D expenditures in China
Shahbaz, Muhammad, Song, Malin, Ahmad, Shabbir and Vinh Vo, Xuan (2022). Does economic growth stimulate energy consumption? The role of human capital and R&D expenditures in China. Energy Economics, 105 105662, 105662. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105662
2021
Journal Article
Does institutional quality and remittances inflow crowd-in private investment to avoid Dutch Disease? A case for emerging seven (E7) economies
Su, Chi-Wei, Sun, Tiezhu, Ahmad, Shabbir and Mirza, Nawazish (2021). Does institutional quality and remittances inflow crowd-in private investment to avoid Dutch Disease? A case for emerging seven (E7) economies. Resources Policy, 72 102111, 102111. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102111
2021
Journal Article
Knowledge spill-over and institutional quality role in controlling Dutch disease: A case of BRICS countries
Hao, Linna, Ahmad, Shabbir, Chang, Hsu-Ling and Umar, Muhammad (2021). Knowledge spill-over and institutional quality role in controlling Dutch disease: A case of BRICS countries. Resources Policy, 72 102114, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2021.102114
2021
Other Outputs
Try, Test and Learn Evaluation - Final Report. Prepared for Department of Social Service
Baxter, Janeen , Povey, Jenny , Burger, Sarah-Ann , Cook, Stephanie , Tseng, Yi-Ping , Polidano, Cain , Kalb, Guyonne , Mamun, Abdullah , Ahmad, Shabbir , O'Flaherty, Martin , Borland, Jeff , Plage, Stefanie , Bellotti, Melindy , Kennedy, Elizabeth , Tomaszewski, Wojtek and Western, Mark (2021). Try, Test and Learn Evaluation - Final Report. Prepared for Department of Social Service. Institute for Social Science Research - Publications Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland, Institute for Social Science Research.
Funding
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Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing a PESTLE-based Model for the Factors that Drive the Implementation of Synergistic Energy Solutions in Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lutfun Nahar Lata, Professor Mohsen Yahyaei
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Utilising Inter-Sectoral Linkages with the Extractive Sector for Economic Transformation in Africa and Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Daniel Franks
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
An Inquiry into the Economic Commonwealth of Mineral Resources: Does Ownership Matter?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kathryn Sturman, Honorary Professor Saleem Ali
Media
Enquiries
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- Energy Peoverty
- Net-zero Emissions
- Resources Sector and Environment
- Sustainable Development
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