Dr. Nida Jamil is an Early Career Researcher at the School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. She received a PhD in Economics in 2023 (with distinction) for the thesis titled “Essay on firms’ productivity in Pakistan”. Her doctoral research focused on a combination of various themes under International Economics and Industrial Organization. She examined the impact of the Pakistan China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on various firm level outcomes including firm productivity and pricing decisions. Her job market paper got published in the world’s leading development journal, Journal of Development Economics. Prior to her appointment at Edinburgh, Dr. Jamil worked as an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the Lahore School of Economics, Pakistan.
Dr. Jamil teaches microeconomics for the Economics programs at Edinburgh, and supervises both undergrad and graduate theses. Her current on-going projects include i) trade and carbon emissions in Pakistan ii) exports and technology adoption in China and iii) gender barriers in e-commerce adoption in Indonesia.