Working Papers / Papers Under Review
Impact of soft skills training on employment outcomes for youth in Bangladesh, with Iman Sen (University of Maryland). Under Review. Working paper. Policy Note.
International labor migration and economic development: Evidence from Bangladesh. Link to working paper.
Publications
Khan, Mahreen, Jimmy Donaghey, and Juliane Reinecke. “Relative Autonomy beyond the State: Private Transnational Regulation and the Politics of Labour Governance in Bangladesh.” Journal of Management Studies, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.70150.
Donaghey, Jimmy, Mahreen Khan, and Juliane Reinecke. “Legitimacy Dynamics in Transnational Labor Governance: Interactions between Joint, Private and Public Governance in the Bangladesh RMG Sector (2013–2024).” ILR Review, forthcoming.
Khan, Mahreen. “More Voice, More Violations? Worker Representation and Compliance Detection in Global Supply Chains.” Work, Labor, and Governance in Global Supply Chains, edited by Chunyun Li, Mark S. Anner, and Xiangmin Liu, Cornell UP / Labor and Employment Relations Association, 2026, pp. 71–95, cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9780913447338/work-labor-and-governance-in-global-supply-chains/. Link to chapter.
Khan, Mahreen, Reshad Ahsan, Kazi Iqbal, Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, and Abu S. Shonchoy. “Using International Migration Links for Early Detection of COVID-19 Risk Exposure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, vol. 45, no. 4, 2023, pp. 1780–1800, https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13387.
Khan, Mahreen. Worker Voice and Labor Standards: Study of Participation Committees in Supply Chains. Better Work, 30 June 2021, betterwork.org/wp-content/uploads/Discussion-Paper-41.pdf. Better Work Discussion Paper 41. Available at: https://betterwork.org/wp-content/uploads/Discussion-Paper-41.pdf
Kochan, Thomas A., Christine A. Riordan, Alexander M. Kowalski, Mahreen Khan, and Duanyi Yang. “The Changing Nature of Employee and Labor-Management Relationships.” Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, vol. 6, 2019, pp. 195–219, https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012218-015335.
Khan, Mahreen, and Helen Dempster. Sharing Responsibility for the Rohingya Crisis: What Role Can Labor Mobility Agreements Play? Center for Global Development, 10 Dec. 2019, cgdev.org/publication/sharing-responsibility-rohingya-crisis. CGD Working Paper.
Blogs/Reports
Andrews Fearon, Patricia, and Mahreen Khan. “In Search of the ‘Magic’ Ingredients of Coaching.” The Agency Fund, 16 Sept. 2026, https://theagencyfund.substack.com/p/in-search-of-the-magic-ingredients.
Khan, Mahreen, and Patricia Andrews-Fearon. Coaching in Ultra-Poor Graduation: What Implementation Choices Reveal About Why Coaching Might Work. The Agency Fund, forthcoming.
From poverty to prosperity: How scaling ultra-poor graduation programmes drive sustainable change