Dr Nahid Farnaz
Lecturer

Profile

Biography

Nahid is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics and Related Studies at the University of York. She holds a PhD in Development Economics and an MSc in Economics, both from the University of Manchester, and is a Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.  Her research focuses on development economics, particularly on topics related to poverty and inequality.

Departmental roles

Discover Economics Student Champion Programme Lead

Research

Overview

Nahid’s main area of research is development economics, particularly on topics related to poverty, inequality, financial development, microfinance, and inequalities in health care.

Publications

Selected publications

Working papers:

Farnaz, N. (2023). Does Financial Development Relieve or Exacerbate Income Inequality? A Quantile Regression Approach. Economics Discussion Paper Series, The University of Manchester.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Economics Dissertation

Development Economics

Economics of Social Policy

Postgraduate

Module 2: Health Economics: Concepts & Analysis

Module 4: Economics of Health Care Systems