Nazanin Khazra

Research

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Khazra Research Lab

The Khazra Research Lab (K.R.L.) for Applied Economics and Data Science is a research lab at the University of Toronto where undergraduate, MA, and PhD students work as research assistants on applied projects and present their findings at the lab's monthly seminars. Current projects include homelessness in Toronto, using City of Toronto shelter data, and the pass-through of taxes on menstrual products, supported by a SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2026–2028).

Working Papers

Does Airbnb Reduce Matching Frictions in the Housing Market?

with Abdollah Farhoodi and Peter Christensen

Draft: 2023

Heterogeneities in the House Price Elasticity of Consumption

Draft: November 2019

The Economic Impact of Menstrual Hygiene Products on Household Expenditures: An Analysis of Costs and Financial Burden

In progress

Menstrual Health Policy Implementation: A Review of Tax, Access, and Infrastructure Across Contexts

with students in the Khazra Research Lab

In progress

Pedagogy

Generative AI in Action: Using AI to Scaffold Economic Writing Skill Development

with Victoria Sheldon

Working Paper 809, Department of Economics, University of Toronto, December 2025

Facilitating Scaffolding and Team Projects in Non-Computer Science Courses with GitHub Classroom

Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository, University of Central Florida, 2023

Beyond Apprenticeship: A Co-Authored Research Community Model for Undergraduate Economics Education

In progress

Open-Source Book

Learning Microeconomics with Python (MicPy)

with Mathew Laad

Draft available on request

Student Research Symposia

2021–
Tech-Econference, the annual undergraduate research symposium of the Department of Economics, University of Toronto. Organizer of all six editions. Coverage: 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026
2026
Masters in Economics Student Research Symposium (MERS), co-organized with Courtney Ward. Proceedings · Faculty of Arts & Science story