He received his PhD from Simon Fraser University in 2012, and his Master’s degree from UBC Vancouver in 2006. Dr. Javdani’s research interests are varied, spanning labour economics, applied econometrics, economics of education, and public economics. Most of Dr. Javdani’s research is concerned with studying the outcomes of disadvantaged groups in society, with an eye to policy interventions that could improve these outcomes. He is engaged in research on gender inequality in the labour market, performance of immigrants in the labour market, relative income and worker satisfaction, the effect of job satisfaction on labour turn-over, the effect of public release of test-based school achievement measures on parents’ school choice decisions and competition among schools, and the reliability of these measures.