Md. Al-Hasan is a Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. He joined IFPRI in 2021 under the Agricultural Policy Activity Project. As a quantitative researcher with expertise in Stata and Python for econometric modeling, he is interested in investigating poverty and inequality, sustainable economic growth and development, women’s empowerment, labor economics, and applied econometrics. His peer-reviewed publications emphasize different aspects of the labor market in Bangladesh including causes and consequences of informal employment, wage inequality and the gender pay gap, the nexus between employment and poverty, and returns to schooling. Prior to joining IFPRI, Al-Hasan was a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue. As a graduate student, he also worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the East West University, Bangladesh, where he received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Economics.