After earning his Ph.D. in Economics from Texas Tech University in 2010 and before joining SQU, he worked at the USAID-funded Fiscal Reform Project in Jordan, providing consultancy and building capacity at various government offices, including the Customs Department and the Ministry of Finance. His research interests are mainly in applied microeconomics and labour economics. In particular, his research focus currently is on wage structures, labour force participation decisions, earnings inequality and discrimination across various demographic groups, including gender discrimination in developing countries and earnings differentials among migrant groups in the GCC.