{"id":1697,"date":"2024-12-29T10:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T15:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T04:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:34:03","slug":"moshi-alam","status":"publish","type":"cu_faculty","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/","title":{"rendered":"Moshi Alam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moshi Alam is a labor economist who examines the economics of discrimination and inequality, as well as policies that address these issues. His current research focuses on assessing equity based labor market policies, optimal redistribution of resources across different locations, and improving the design of school-choice mechanisms to enhance welfare. He earned his doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison and holds a master\u2019s from the Indian Statistical Institute and bachelor\u2019s from Jadavpur University, India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":38707,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"cu_faculty_f180_userid":"C70321915","cu_faculty_first_name":"Moshi","cu_faculty_last_name":"Alam","cu_faculty_employment_status":"Full Time","cu_faculty_rank":"Assistant Professor","cu_faculty_position":"Assistant Professor","cu_faculty_phone":"","cu_faculty_email":"MdAlam@clarku.edu","cu_faculty_location":"","cu_faculty_about":"<p>Moshi Alam is a labor economist who examines the economics of discrimination and inequality, as well as policies that address these issues. His current research focuses on assessing equity based labor market policies, optimal redistribution of resources across different locations, and improving the design of school-choice mechanisms to enhance welfare. He earned his doctorate in economics from the University of Wisconsin\u2013Madison and holds a master\u2019s from the Indian Statistical Institute and bachelor\u2019s from Jadavpur University, India.<\/p>","cu_faculty_degrees":"<span>Ph.D. in Economics,<\/span> University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2021","cu_faculty_cv":"https:\/\/faculty180.interfolio.com\/public\/download.php?key=SDRwNCtxSUpsamxBQ213WS9ucHFuNnMwT0hzQU11b2RPQkJ2cWc3amxyUmNRdVVXTkF4MU1qN1RxWmlkSFdxeks4b3J3ajVxakhLbHduNGNMVGxKbTZ1ZnpCbmFDSlNNSytRMHkxZUZoUk1TNEE2Ui9Gc1pPQT09","cu_faculty_links":"{\"Professional Website URL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/moshialam.github.io\"}","cu_faculty_scholarly_interests":"","cu_faculty_scholarly_works":"[{\"activityid\":12842,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"The Unintended Benefits of Women's Empowerment on Household Sanitation\",\"Journal Title\":\"Available at SSRN 4992568\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2024,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"BibTeX\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70321915\",\"status\":[{\"id\":12842,\"status\":\"Submitted\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":2,\"completionorder\":2}],\"userid\":\"C70321915\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Monica Agarwal\",\"Md Moshi Ul Alam\"],\"sort_date\":\"2024-01-01\"},{\"activityid\":12839,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"Labor Market Consequences of Pay-equity Laws\",\"Journal Title\":\"\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2023,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"BibTeX\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70321915\",\"status\":[{\"id\":12839,\"status\":\"Submitted\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":2,\"completionorder\":2}],\"userid\":\"C70321915\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Md Moshi Ul Alam\",\"Steven F Lehrer\",\"Nuno Sousa Pereira\"],\"sort_date\":\"2023-01-01\"},{\"activityid\":12841,\"fields\":{\"Type\":\"Articles in Refereed Journals\",\"Title\":\"Worker-Side Discrimination: Beliefs and Preferences\",\"Journal Title\":\"\",\"Series Title\":\"\",\"Month \\\/ Season\":\"\",\"Year\":2022,\"Publisher\":\"\",\"Publisher City and State\":\"\",\"Publisher Country\":\"\",\"Volume\":\"\",\"Issue Number \\\/ Edition\":\"\",\"Page Number(s) or Number of Pages\":\"\",\"ISSN\":\"\",\"DOI\":\"\",\"CoAuthor\":null,\"URL\":\"\",\"Description\":\"\",\"Include description in output citation\":0,\"Origin\":\"BibTeX\"},\"facultyid\":\"C70321915\",\"status\":[{\"id\":12841,\"status\":\"Revise &amp; Resubmit\",\"term\":\"Spring\",\"year\":2025,\"termid\":\"2024\\\/03\",\"listingorder\":3,\"completionorder\":3}],\"userid\":\"C70321915\",\"attachments\":[],\"coauthors_list\":[\"Md Moshi Ul Alam\",\"Mehreen Mookerjee\",\"Sanket Roy\"],\"sort_date\":\"2022-01-01\"}]","cu_faculty_awards_and_grants":"","cu_faculty_title":"Assistant Professor, Economics","cu_faculty_department":"Economics","cu_faculty_affiliated_departments":"Economics","footnotes":""},"cu_faculty_group":[45],"cu_faculty_department":[5],"cu_faculty_position":[],"class_list":["post-1697","cu_faculty","type-cu_faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_faculty_group-ces-economics","cu_faculty_department-economics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Moshi Alam | Faculty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Moshi Alam\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moshi Alam is a labor economist who examines the economics of discrimination and inequality, as well as policies that address these issues. His current research focuses on assessing equity based labor market policies, optimal redistribution of resources across different locations, and improving the design of school-choice mechanisms to enhance welfare. He earned his doctorate in [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Faculty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-06T08:34:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-7.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1706\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/moshi-alam\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/moshi-alam\\\/\",\"name\":\"Moshi Alam | Faculty\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/moshi-alam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/moshi-alam\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/photo-7-scaled.avif\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-29T15:32:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-06T08:34:03+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/moshi-alam\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/profiles\\\/moshi-alam\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/photo-7-scaled.avif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/5\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/photo-7-scaled.avif\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1706},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/cu_faculty\\\/1697#breadcrumbs\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":0,\"name\":\"ClarkU\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Faculty\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":5,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/cu_faculty\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":6,\"name\":\"Profiles\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/cu_faculty\\\/1697\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/\",\"name\":\"Faculty\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.clarku.edu\\\/faculty\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Moshi Alam | Faculty","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Moshi Alam","og_description":"Moshi Alam is a labor economist who examines the economics of discrimination and inequality, as well as policies that address these issues. His current research focuses on assessing equity based labor market policies, optimal redistribution of resources across different locations, and improving the design of school-choice mechanisms to enhance welfare. He earned his doctorate in [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/","og_site_name":"Faculty","article_modified_time":"2026-04-06T08:34:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1706,"url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-7.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/","name":"Moshi Alam | Faculty","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-7-scaled.avif","datePublished":"2024-12-29T15:32:29+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-06T08:34:03+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/moshi-alam\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-7-scaled.avif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/12\/photo-7-scaled.avif","width":2560,"height":1706},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1697#breadcrumbs","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":0,"name":"ClarkU","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Faculty","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":6,"name":"Profiles","item":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1697"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/","name":"Faculty","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_faculty"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1753,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty\/1697\/revisions\/1753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_faculty_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty_group?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"cu_faculty_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty_department?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"cu_faculty_position","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_faculty_position?post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}