Prior to joining the Africa Business School, Bilal was based in San Francisco and worked at Lyft, Inc. doing transportation and economic policy research. This involved economic modeling and statistical analyses related to labor economics and flexible work arrangements, marketplace dynamics and competition, and sustainability and electrification. As well as supporting the economic modeling of the impact of regulatory efforts at different levels of governments.
Bilal has also been involved in previous projects with US household financial data from FinTech providers. Specifically, Bilal has worked with large retail banking and credit bureau datasets spanning millions of US households.
Islah, B. (2022). Essays in household finance [Dissertation]. Stanford University. Islah, B. (2021). Household Expense Shocks and Consumption Smoothing—Evidence from Automobile Expenses. UEA 2021 North America.
