Ghulam Mustafa is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Derby and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science.  He holds a PhD in Economics from Middlesex University, UK. Before joining the University of Derby, he gained extensive academic experience through research and teaching at several UK higher education institutions, including Queen Mary University of London and Middlesex University, as well as at leading universities in Pakistan. His research focuses on the intersections of education, inequality, and economic growth.

His current research agenda aims to examine the effects of minimum wage policies on gender inequality; spatial income inequality and economic growth; the gender dimensions of food insecurity; workplace harassment; and the influence of macroeconomic conditions on firm-level productivity.

Selected Publications

The role of the COVID-19 pandemic in US market volatility: Evidence from the VIX index (with Nicholas Apergis and Shafaq Malik), 2023, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. Link

COVID-19 pandemic, stock returns, and volatility: the role of the vaccination program in Canada (with Nicholas Apergis and Shafaq Malik), 2022, Applied Economics. Link

Governance thresholds and the human capital–growth nexus (with Nicholas Apergis and Muhammad Khan, 2021), Journal of Economic Studies. Link

An analysis of the impact of unconventional oil and gas activities on public health: New evidence across Oklahoma counties, (with Nicholas Apergis and Sayantan Ghosh Dastidar, 2021), Energy Economics, Link

Fracking and Asset Prices: The Role of Health Indicators for House Prices Across Oklahoma’s Counties, (with Nicholas Apergis and Sayantan Ghosh Dastidar), 2020, Social Indicators Research. Link

Growth in emerging economies: Is there a role for education? ( with Balint Lenkei and Michela Vecchi), 2018, Economic Modelling. Link

Growth, human development, and trade: The Asian experience (with Marjan Rizov and David Kernohan), 2017. Link