Research

Publications

• Henry Woodyard, Tim R Sass, Ishtiaque Fazlul. (2025). "Assessing the Benefits of Education in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Pre-K Lottery in Georgia." Economic Inquiry. (Link)

• Candelaria, Christopher,  Ishtiaque Fazlul, Cory Koedel, Kenneth A. Shores. (2024). "Weighting for Progressivity? An Analysis of Implicit Tradeoffs Associated with Weighted Student Funding in Tennessee." Economics of Education Review. (Link)

• Datta, B. K., Ishtiaque Fazlul, and Mahmud Khan. (2024). "Long COVID and financial hardship: A disaggregated analysis at income and education levels." Health Services Research. (Link)

• Fazlul, Ishtiaque, Cory Koedel, and Eric Parsons. (2024). “Measuring Family Income and Student Risk in Public Schools: A Conceptual and Empirical Comparison of Options.” In Tom Downes and Kieren Killeen (Eds.) What Comes After Lunch. (pp.1-24) Information Age Publishing. (Link)

• Fazlul, Ishtiaque, Cory Koedel, and Eric Parsons. (2024). "Using Predicted Academic Performance to Identify At-Risk Students in Public Schools." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. (Link)

• Datta, B. K., Steven S Coughlin, Ishtiaque Fazlul, Ajay Pandey. (2024). "COVID-19 and health care related financial toxicity in the United States: Evidence from the 2022 National Health Interview Survey." American Journal of Infection Control . (Link)

• Fazlul, Ishtiaque, Cory Koedel, and Eric Parsons. (2023). "Free and reduced-price meal eligibility does not measure student poverty: Evidence and policy significance." Economics of Education Review. (Link)

• Fazlul, Ishtiaque, Cory Koedel, and Eric Parsons. (2023). "A Poor Poverty Measure: Look Beyond Free Lunch Data to Identify Children in Need." Education Next. (Link)

• Puneet Arora, Ishtiaque Fazlul, and Tareena Musaddiq. (2023). "Can recognition nudge for teachers and principals improve student performance? Evidence from a field experiment in India." Applied Economics Letters. (Link) 

• Datta, B. K. and Ishtiaque Fazlul. (2022). "Role of subsidized coverage on medication adherence among hypertensive and diabetic patients: Evidence from the NHIS 2011-2018." American Journal of Preventive Medicine - Focus. (Link)

• Datta, B. K., Ashwini Tiwari, and Ishtiaque Fazlul. (2022). "Child marriage and risky health behaviors: Tobacco use among child brides in adulthood in India."  BMC Women’s Health. (Link)

• Charles Courtemanche, Ishtiaque Fazlul, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert,  Aaron Yelowitz, and Daniela Zapata. (2021). "The Affordable Care Act’s Coverage Impacts in the Trump Era." INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. (Link)

• Fazlul, Ishtiaque, Cory Koedel, Eric Parsons, and Cheng Qian. (2021). "Estimating test-score growth with a gap year in the data."  AERA Open. (Link)

• Fazlul, Ishtiaque, Todd Jones, and Jonathan Smith. (2021). "College Credit on the Table? Advanced Placement Course and Exam Taking." Economics of Education Review. (Link)

• Datta, B. K., Jami Husain, and Ishtiaque Fazlul. (2020). "Tobacco control and household tobacco consumption: A tale of two educational groups." Health Economics. (Link)

• Courtemanche, Charles, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, Daniela Zapata, and Ishtiaque Fazlul. (2019). "The Three Year Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Disparities in Insurance Coverage." Health Services Research, 54(S1): 307-316. (Link)

• Courtemanche, Charles, Ishtiaque Fazlul, James Marton, Benjamin Ukert, Aaron Yelowitz, and Daniela Zapata. (2018) “The Impact of the ACA on Insurance Coverage Disparities after Four Years.”  Ch. 2 in Medicaid: Politics, Policy, and Key Issues, ed. Daniel Lanford. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-53618-133-3.  (Link)

Working Papers

• Biplab Kumar Datta and Ishtiaque Fazlul “Psychosocial wellbeing and current e-cigarette use among former cigarette smokers: An analysis by generations and socioeconomic status." under review at International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction.

• Biplab Kumar Datta and Ishtiaque Fazlul "Role of child marriage on women’s nutritional status in adulthood." Under review at International Journal of Obesity.

• Ishtiaque Fazlul, Benjamin Scafidi "The Heterogeneous and Longer-Term Effects of the Great Recession on Public School District Finances. EdWorkingPaper." Under review at Economics of Education Review. (Link)

• Fazlul, Ishtiaque “Inter-generational Effects of Education on Health: Evidence from a Secondary School Stipend Program.” (Link)

External Grants

• Co-PI (with Rachel Anderson, Alexandra Ball, Cory Koedel, and Eric Parsons). Walton Family Foundation. Measuring Student Disadvantage in the Era of the Community Eligibility Provision (18 months, $146,000).

Competitive Awards and Fellowships

• Department of International Affairs Seed Grant, University of Georgia ($2,000) 2025- 2026

• SPIA Seed Grant, University of Georgia ($6,000) 2024- 2025

• Department of International Affairs Seed Grant, University of Georgia ($2,000) 2024- 2025

• Center for Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR) Fellowship, Georgia State University ($10,000) 2018- 2020

• Dean's Fellowship, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University ($24,000) 2015- 2017

• Ramsey Chair Travel Grants, Georgia State University ($5,000) 2018- 2020

• Usery Chair Travel Grants, Georgia State University ($5,000) 2018- 2020

• Ramsey Chair Summer Research Grant, Georgia State University ($2,000) 2018

Reports and Policy Briefs

• Ishtiaque Fazlul, Cory Koedel, Eric Parsons (2024) “Predicted Academic Performance: A new approach to identifying at-risk students in public schools.” Brookings Institute. (Link)

• Henry Woodyard, Tim Sass, and Ishtiaque Fazlul. (2022). "The Efficacy of School-Based Georgia Pre-K Program Sites." Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education (MAPLE), Georgia Policy Labs. (Link)

• Ishtiaque Fazlul, Cory Koedel, Eric Parsons, and Cheng Qian. (2021). "Bridging the Covid Divide: How States Can Measure Student Achievement Growth in the Absence of 2020 Test Scores." Fordham Institute. (Link)

• Ishtiaque Fazlul, Todd Jones & Jonathan Smith. (2020). "Taking Advanced Placement Courses but Not the Exam." Metro Atlanta Policy Lab for Education (MAPLE), Georgia Policy Labs. (Link)

Conference Presentations

2018: 

• Association for Education Finance and Policy,  "Effect of Mother's Education on Child Health: Evidence from Bangladesh." March 2018. Portland, OR

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, "The Three Year Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Disparities in Insurance Coverage." November 2018. Washington, DC

• Southern Economic Association, "Effect of Mother's Education on Child Health: Evidence from Bangladesh." November 2018.  Washington, DC

2019: 

• Association for Education Finance and Policy, "The Effects of School-Based Universal Pre-K Programs." March 2019. Kansas City, MO

• American Society of Health Economists, "Effect of Mother's Education on Child Health: Evidence from Bangladesh." June 2019. Washington, DC 

• American Public Health Association, "Breastfeeding and Gender Preference in the Household." November 2019, Philadelphia, PA 

• Southern Economic Association, "Effect of Mother's Education on Child Health: Evidence from Bangladesh." November 2019, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2020:

• Association for Education Finance and Policy,  "College Credit on the Table? Advanced Placement Course and Exam Taking." March 2020, (Virtual Conference)

• American Society of Health Economists, "ACA Coverage Impacts in the Trump Era." June 2020, St. Louis, MO (Virtual Conference)

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, "College Credit on the Table? Advanced Placement Course and Exam Taking." November 2020 (Virtual Conference)

• Southern Economic Association, "ACA Coverage Impacts in the Trump Era" November 2020 (Virtual Conference)

2021

• Association for Education Finance and Policy,  "Estimating test-score growth with a gap year in the data." March 2021. Denver, CO

2022

• Southern Economic Association, "Using Predicted Academic Performance to Identify At-Risk Students in Public Schools." November 2022, Fort Lauderdale, FL

• Association for Education Finance and Policy,  "Free and reduced-price meal eligibility does not measure student poverty: Evidence and policy significance." March 2022. Denver, CO

2023

• Association for Education Finance and Policy,  "The Heterogeneous and Longer-Term Effects of the Great Recession (GR) on Public School District Finances." March 2023. Denver, CO

• American Society of Health Economists, "Role of subsidized insurance coverage on medication adherence among hypertensive and diabetic patients: Evidence from the NHIS 2011-2018." June 2023. St. Louis, MO. Declined. 

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, "Role of spousal age difference on adolescent childbearing among women married as children in South Asia." Nov. 2023, New Orleans, LA

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, "The Heterogeneous and Longer-Term Effects of the Great Recession (GR) on Public School District Finances." Nov. 2023, New Orleans, LA

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, "Does higher tax on carbonated drinks impact body mass index? Evidence from India." Nov. 2023, New Orleans, LA

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, "The Heterogeneous and Longer-Term Effects of the Great Recession (GR) on Public School District Finances." Nov. 2023, Atlanta, GA 

• American Public Health Association Annual Conference, "Role of spousal age difference on adolescent childbearing among women married as children in South Asia." Nov. 2023, Atlanta, GA

2024

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, "Long COVID and financial hardship: A disaggregated analysis at income and education levels." Nov. 2024, Washington, DC

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, "Weighting for Progressivity? An Analysis of Implicit Tradeoffs Associated with Weighted Student Funding in Tennessee." Nov. 2024, Washington, DC

Chair, Discussant, and Panel Organizer at Conferences

2018: 

• American Society of Health Economists Annual Conference

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference

2019:

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting

• Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

2020

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference

• American Society of Health Economists Annual Conference

• Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

2022

• Association for Education Finance and Policy Annual Conference

2023

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

• Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference, Atlanta, GA

2024

• Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC

Journal Review Responsibility

• Health Affairs, Southern Economic Journal, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Public Administration Review, Preventive Medicine Report, Public Budgeting and Finance, Contemporary Economic Policy, Review of Economics of the  Household, Economics Letters