Basit Zafar is a Board Member at CERP. He is a Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on labour economics, economics of education, and household finance. Specifically, his work seeks to understand how individuals make decisions under uncertainty. Dr Basit’s research employs a disparate set of empirical methods and techniques, including the use of subjective expectations data and experimental data. He received his PhD from Northwestern University in 2008, and a BSc from the California Institute of Technology. Before joining the faculty at Michigan, Dr Basit held positions at Arizona State University and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.