Rubayyat Hashmi

Publications

Published research and working papers in applied economics.

Selected publications

Health and mental health first, followed by labour and disability, then energy.

  1. Health & mental health · Journal article

    Socioeconomic mental health disparities and income mobility in Australia: A longitudinal factor decomposition analysis

    Hashmi, R., Alam, K., & Gow, J. (2024). Economic Analysis and Policy, 82, 290–302.

    Decomposes socioeconomic mental-health inequality over time and examines the roles of health and income mobility in observed disparities.

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  2. Labour & disability · Journal article

    An investigation of the longitudinal trajectory patterns of health-related quality of life among Australians with disabilities: Explaining disability types and properties

    Hashmi, R., Keating, B. W., Ali, M. A., & Keramat, S. A. (2024). Quality of Life Research, 33(8), 2207–2217.

    Examines longitudinal health-related quality-of-life trajectories among Australians with disability and their relationship with disability and socioeconomic characteristics.

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  3. Energy & environment · Journal article

    Unpacking the mental health effects of energy poverty: Implications of energy poverty metric choice for research and policy

    Hashmi, R., Clair, A., & Baker, E. (2025). Energy Research & Social Science, 125, 104115.

    Shows why the measurement of energy poverty matters for estimating mental-health effects, including the consequences of cumulative exposure.

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Active research

Working papers & research in progress

Current manuscripts and developing research.

Working paper

Hashmi, R., & Keating, B. W. “The Long Tail of Disability Employment Disadvantage.” Working paper in progress.

Working paper

Hashmi, R., Clair, A., & Baker, E. “Understanding the Drivers of Residential Energy Expenditure: A Novel Household-Level Analysis Using Panel Regression Models.” SSRN Working Paper 5175407.

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Working paper

Hashmi, R., Clair, A., & Baker, E. “Energy Poverty and Mental Health-Related Quality-of-Life Dimensions.” SSRN Working Paper 5175411.

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Research in progress

Hashmi, R.. “Causal Inference with Longitudinal Data: A Theoretical Framework for Dynamic Selection and State Dependence.” Research in progress (working title).

Research in progress

Hashmi, R.. “Mental Health Care Markets, Access, and Inequality in Australia.” Research in progress (working title).

Full publication list

Google Scholar profile

2026

  1. Sagar, M. M. H., Keramat, S. A., Hasan, M. M., Hashmi, R., & Al Mamun, A. (2026). Effects of personal and work-related stressful life events on mental health among middle-aged and older Australians: Longitudinal evidence from 16 waves of cohort data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. Published Online First, 4 August 2026.

    DOI: 10.1136/jech-2026-226256

  2. Ahmad, K., Khanam, R., Keating, B., Keramat, S. A., Hashmi, R., Kabir, E., & Jürges, H. (2026). The excess Medicare costs of long-term medical condition or disability: A longitudinal population-based study of Australian children. Disability and Health Journal, 19(2).

    DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2025.101971

  3. Ali, M. A., Keramat, S. A., Hashmi, R., & Lu, C. Y. (2026). Workplace productivity losses due to cancer: Findings from an Australian longitudinal population survey (2009–2021). Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 26(1), 97–106.

    DOI: 10.1080/14737167.2025.2586650

2025

  1. Hashmi, R., Clair, A., & Baker, E. (2025). Unpacking the mental health effects of energy poverty: Implications of energy poverty metric choice for research and policy. Energy Research & Social Science, 125, 104115.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104115

  2. Keramat, S. A., Comans, T., Pearce, A., Basri, R., Hashmi, R., & Dissanayaka, N. N. (2025). Psychological distress and productivity loss: A longitudinal analysis of Australian working adults. The European Journal of Health Economics, 26(8), 1503–1524.

    DOI: 10.1007/s10198-025-01764-9

  3. Keramat, S. A., Nguyen, N., Kenny, D., Hashmi, R., & Comans, T. (2025). Trajectories of health-related quality of life and their association with disability in older Australians. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 135, 105864.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2025.105864

2024

  1. Hashmi, R., Keating, B. W., Ali, M. A., & Keramat, S. A. (2024). An investigation of the longitudinal trajectory patterns of health-related quality of life among Australians with disabilities: Explaining disability types and properties. Quality of Life Research, 33(8), 2207–2217.

    DOI: 10.1007/s11136-024-03683-3

  2. Hashmi, R., Alam, K., & Gow, J. (2024). Socioeconomic mental health disparities and income mobility in Australia: A longitudinal factor decomposition analysis. Economic Analysis and Policy, 82, 290–302.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2024.03.010

  3. Gautam, N., Rahman, M. M., Hashmi, R., Lim, A., & Khanam, R. (2024). Socioeconomic inequalities in child and adolescent mental health in Australia: The role of parenting style and parents' relationships. Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 18(1), 28.

    DOI: 10.1186/s13034-024-00719-x

  4. Keramat, S. A., Perales, F., Alam, K., Rashid, R., Haque, R., Monasi, N., Hashmi, R., Siddika, F., Siddiqui, Z. H., Ali, M. A., Gebremariam, N. D., & Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S. (2024). Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life amongst Indigenous Australians: A longitudinal analysis. Quality of Life Research, 33(1), 195–206.

    DOI: 10.1007/s11136-023-03500-3

2023

  1. Hashmi, R., Alam, K., Gow, J., & March, S. (2023). Inequity in psychiatric healthcare use in Australia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 58(4), 605–616.

    DOI: 10.1007/s00127-022-02310-1

  2. Shanto, H. H., Al-Zubayer, M. A., Ahammed, B., Sarder, M. A., Keramat, S. A., Hashmi, R., Haque, R., & Alam, K. (2023). Maternal healthcare services utilisation and its associated risk factors: A pooled study of 37 low- and middle-income countries. International Journal of Public Health, 68, 1606288.

    DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606288

  3. Keramat, S. A., Lee, V., Patel, R., Hashmi, R., & Comans, T. (2023). Cognitive impairment and health-related quality of life amongst older Australians: Evidence from a longitudinal investigation. Quality of Life Research, 32(10), 2911–2924.

    DOI: 10.1007/s11136-023-03449-3

  4. Keramat, S. A., Hashmi, R., Aregbeshola, B. S., & Comans, T. (2023). Informal caregiving provision for disabled or elderly in the families and work productivity: Evidence from 11 waves of an Australian population-based cohort. PharmacoEconomics, 41(9), 1117–1136.

    DOI: 10.1007/s40273-023-01283-6

  5. Sarder, M. A., Lee, K. Y., Keramat, S. A., Hashmi, R., & Ahammed, B. (2023). A multilevel analysis of individual- and community-level factors associated with childhood immunisation in Bangladesh: Evidence from a pooled cross-sectional survey. Vaccine: X, 14, 100285.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2023.100285

  6. Ahmad, K., Beatson, A., Campbell, M., Hashmi, R., Keating, B. W., Mulcahy, R., Riedel, A., & Wang, S. (2023). The impact of gender and age on bullying role, self-harm and suicide: Evidence from a cohort study of Australian children. PLOS ONE, 18(1), e0278446.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278446

2022

  1. Hashmi, R., Alam, K., Gow, J., & March, S. (2022). Do family and maternal background matter? A multilevel approach to modelling mental health status of Australian youth using longitudinal data. PLOS ONE, 17(4), e0267191.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267191

  2. Sathi, N. J., Ahammed, B., Alam, K., Hashmi, R., Lee, K. Y., & Keramat, S. A. (2022). Socioeconomic inequalities in low birth weight in South Asia: A comparative analysis using Demographic and Health Surveys. SSM – Population Health, 20, 101248.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101248

  3. Keating, B. W., Keramat, S. A., Waller, I., & Hashmi, R. (2022). Job satisfaction dynamics: How do they impact employment mode choice for people with a disability? Heliyon, 8(10), e11076.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11076

  4. Haque, R., Alam, K., Rahman, S. M., Mustafa, M. U. R., Ahammed, B., Ahmad, K., Hashmi, R., Wubishet, B. L., & Keramat, S. A. (2022). Nexus between maternal underweight and child anthropometric status in South and South-East Asian countries. Nutrition, 98, 111628.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2022.111628

  5. Ahmed, M. U., Pulok, M. H., Hashmi, R., Hajizadeh, M., & Nargis, N. (2022). Price and income elasticities of cigarette smoking demand in Bangladesh: Evidence from urban adolescents and young adults. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24(6), 826–833.

    DOI: 10.1093/ntr/ntab270

  6. Keramat, S. A., Ahammed, B., Mohammed, A., Seidu, A. A., Farjana, F., Hashmi, R., Kabir, A., Haque, R., Ahmed, S., Ali, M. A., & Ahinkorah, B. O. (2022). Disability, physical activity, and health-related quality of life in Australian adults: An investigation using 19 waves of a longitudinal cohort. PLOS ONE, 17(5), e0268304.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268304

2021

  1. Keramat, S. A., Sathi, N. J., Haque, R., Ahammed, B., Chowdhury, R., Hashmi, R., & Ahmad, K. (2021). Neighbourhood socioeconomic circumstances, place of residence and obesity amongst Australian adults: A longitudinal regression analysis using 14 annual waves of the HILDA cohort. Obesities, 1(3), 178–188.

    DOI: 10.3390/obesities1030016

  2. Keramat, S. A., Alam, K., Rana, R. H., Chowdhury, R., Farjana, F., Hashmi, R., Gow, J., & Biddle, S. J. H. (2021). Obesity and the risk of developing chronic diseases in middle-aged and older adults: Findings from an Australian longitudinal population survey, 2009–2017. PLOS ONE, 16(11), e0260158.

    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260158

  3. Keramat, S. A., Alam, K., Al-Hanawi, M. K., Gow, J., Biddle, S. J. H., & Hashmi, R. (2021). Trends in the prevalence of adult overweight and obesity in Australia, and its association with geographic remoteness. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1–9.

    DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-90750-1

  4. Sabgul, A. A., Qattan, A. M. N., Hashmi, R., & Al-Hanawi, M. K. (2021). Husbands' knowledge of breast cancer and their wives' attitudes and practices related to breast cancer screening in Saudi Arabia: Cross-sectional online survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23(2), e25404.

    DOI: 10.2196/25404

  5. Hashmi, R., Alam, K., Gow, J., & March, S. (2021). Prevalence of mental disorders by socioeconomic status in Australia: A cross-sectional epidemiological study. American Journal of Health Promotion, 35(4), 533–542.

    DOI: 10.1177/0890117120968656

2020

  1. Islam, A., Rashid, M. H. U., Hossain, S. Z., & Hashmi, R. (2020). Public policies and tax evasion: Evidence from SAARC countries. Heliyon, 6(11), e05449.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05449

  2. Al-Hanawi, M. K., Hashmi, R., Almubark, S., Qattan, A. M. N., & Pulok, M. H. (2020). Socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of breast cancer screening among Saudi women: A cross-sectional analysis of a national survey. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(6), 2056.

    DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17062056

  3. Hashmi, R., Alam, K., & Gow, J. (2020). Socioeconomic inequalities in mental health in Australia: Explaining life shock exposure. Health Policy, 124(1), 97–105.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.10.011

2019

  1. Hashmi, R., & Alam, K. (2019). Dynamic relationship among environmental regulation, innovation, CO2 emissions, population, and economic growth in OECD countries: A panel investigation. Journal of Cleaner Production, 231, 1100–1109.

    DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.325

2015

  1. Rana, R. H., & Hashmi, R. (2015). The determinants of worker remittance in terms of foreign factors: The case of Bangladesh. Studies in Business and Economics, 10(3), 81–93.

    DOI: 10.1515/sbe-2015-0038

  2. Hashmi, R., Pulok, M. H., & Ahmed, M. U. (2015). Knowledge, attitude and practice of tax system in Bangladesh: Towards tax justice. AIUB Journal of Business and Economics, 12(1), 1–20.

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