Israt Jahan Kakoly

Assistant Professor

Israt Jahan Kakoly is currently serving as an assistant professor at the Institute of Health Economics. She has Bachelor and Master degrees in Economics. She joined the faculty of IHE in 2015. Before 2015, she was faculty member of the Department of Economics at Jagannath University, Stamford University Bangladesh and American International University Bangladesh. During her graduate studies (2012-2014) at Carleton University, Canada, she was teaching assistant at the Department of Economics. Israt has been teaching Microeconomics, health economics, econometrics, labor economics, statistics for economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels from the beginning of her academic career which has been started since June 2009. Israt has keen interest researching in different areas of Health Economics, Labor Economics and Microeconometrics. She is currently giving effort to invest her time in studying the determinants and status of health care expenditure and institutional delivery in case of Bangladesh, and meditation and health research. Israt has been teaching Microeconomics, health economics, econometrics, labor economics, statistics for economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels from the beginning of her academic career which has been started since June 2009. Israt has keen interest researching in different areas of Health Economics, Labor Economics and Microeconometrics. She is currently giving effort to invest her time in studying the determinants and status of health care expenditure and institutional delivery in case of Bangladesh, and meditation and health research.

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Contact Details

Email: isratijk.ihe@du.ac.bd

Phone: +88 01715 323232

Web site: https://www.du.ac.bd/faculty/faculty_details/IHE/2543

Mailing address: Room # 6055, Institute of Health Economics, Faculty of Arts Building, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000.

Teaching Areas

    • Microeconomics, 
    • Health Economics, 
    • Econometrics, 
    • Labor Economics.

Research Areas

    • Health Economics, 
    • Labor Economics,
    • Microeconometrics, 
    • Mediation and Health

Selected Publications

    Jahan, N.A. & Kakoly, I.J. (2017) The Health Related Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals: Trends and Determinants of Maternal and Child Health Status in Bangladesh. Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies, Part- D) 34, 211-228.

    Kakoly, I.J., Taslim, K.N. & Hossain, M.I. (2016) Gender Wage Differentials of Bangladesh Labor Market. Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies, Part- D)33, 171-184.

    Jahan, N.A. & Kakoly, I.J. (2013) The Determinants of Incidence of Poverty in Bangladesh: Regional Dimensions. The Dhaha University Studies, 169-186.

    Hossain, N.M. & Kakoly, I.J. (2015) Determinants of Internal Migration in Bangladesh: An Analysis Using National Data from2007 to 2010. Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies, Part- D) 32, 135-150.

    Hossain, M.I., Zareen, F. & Kakoly, I.J. (2009) Role of Socio Economic Factors in the Utilization of Maternal Care in Bangladesh. Social Science Review (The Dhaka University Studies, Part- D)   26, 135-147.