Muzafar is a Professor at the Putra Business School and a Senior Economist at the Centre for Future Labour Market Studies (EU-ERA). He holds a Ph.D in Economics from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. He is a former Head of Economics Department and Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He works with UPM for 33 years until his retirement in 2018. Throughout his career, he has published more than 500 documents including journal articles, books, edited books, chapters in books, and chapters in proceedings. For his excellent research works, he has been awarded several awards which includes Anugerah Karyawan Putra Cemerlang 2002; Anugerah Fellowship Naib Canselor 2007; EUREKA Medal for the Award of Excellence in Research 2008; and Anugerah Penyelidikan dan Innovasi 2009; apart from several best paper awards in conferences and seminars.