Farah Said

Farah Said is an Assistant Professor at the Lahore School of Economics and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Economics and Business. As a development economist, her research has focused on the dynamics of poverty and gender in LMICs. Her current research investigates the effectiveness of community engagement and inclusive education in improving learning outcomes and psychosocial skills of students; the role of that peer pressure and agency in the household can have on individual decision making; and the role of aspirations in motivating female labor force participation. She is also involved in studies that test if behavioral interventions can increase the sustainability of alternative energy sources in rural settings, and the behavioral biases that influence demand for credit and saving in low income households.