Address
100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
Canada
Phone: +1 (289) 489-5520
Email: mahbubur.rahman04@gmail.com
Citizenship: Canada, Bangladesh
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Development Economics
Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Education
Ph.D., Department of Economics, McMaster University, 2019
M. A., Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, 2012
M. S. S., Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, 2006
B. S. S. (Hons), Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, 2005
Employment
Research Analyst, Statistics Canada, February, 2020 – current
Economist, Statistics Canada, October, 2019 – January, 2020
Assistant Director, Bangladesh Bank (The Central Bank of Bangladesh), 2006 -2010
Visiting Position
Visiting Scholar, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, June 3-13, 2019
Job Market Paper
"Why is Agricultural Productivity So Low in Poor Countries? The Case of India", with Oksana M. Leukhina.
Journal Publications
1. "The Rise and Fall of India's Relative Investment Price: A Tale of Policy Error and Reform'', with Alok Johri, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (Forthcoming)
2. "Baby Bonus, Anyone? Examining Heterogeneous Responses to a Policy'', with Natalie Malak & Terry Yip, Journal of Population Economics, 32 - 4 (2019): 1205-1246 (Recipient of Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award, 2016)
Work in Progress
1. "Climate Change and Labour Migration in Vietnam'', with N.T. Khuong Truong.
2. "Agricultural Mechanization and Fertility of Women in Canada'', with Terry Yip & Natalie Malak.
3. "The Inception of the Canadian Pension System and Fertility of Women in Canada'', with Terry Yip & Natalie Malak.
Working Experience
Professional Experience
Research Assistant, McMaster University
Professor Alok Johri, 2017, 2018 & 2019
Professor Pau S. Pujolas, 2016 & 2019
Teaching Experience
Instructor (PhD Fellowship), McMaster University, Intermediate Macroeconomics, 2017
Guest Lecturer, McMaster University, Monetary Economics (Graduate course), 2015
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, McMaster University, 2012 - current
Undergraduate courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International trade
Graduate courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, 2012
Honors & Awards
Research Scholarship, McMaster University, 2017-2018
Canadian Economics Association Travel Grant, 2017
Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award, 2016
Canadian Economics Association Travel Grant, 2016
Ph.D. Scholarship, McMaster University, 2012-2016
M. A. Dean Scholarship, University of Ottawa, 2012
Professional Activities
Fellow, The Global Labor Organization
Referee for the Canadian Journal of Economics
Discussant, Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Toronto, 2015
Member, The American Economic Association
Presentations
"Why is Agricultural Productivity So Low in Poor Countries? The Case of India''
- Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, Athens, Georgia, 2019
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Banff, Alberta, 2019
- Annual Meeting of Society for Economic Dynamics, Mexico City, Mexico , 2018
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Montreal, 2018
"The Rise and Fall of India's Investment Price : A Tale of Policy Error and Reform''
- 23rd International Conference Computing in Economics and Finance, New York City, 2017
"The Rise and Fall of Q - A Tale of India’s Relative Price of Investment''
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 2016
"Baby Bonus, Anyone? Examining Heterogeneous Responses to a Policy''
- Congress 2016 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Calgary, 2016
"Unleashing Growth: Quantifying the Impact of Economic Reforms in India''
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Ottawa, 2016
"Do Neighbourhood Characteristics Help to Explain Fertility? Evidence for Canada from Vital Statistics and the Census of Population''
- Canadian Population Society - Graduate Research Development Conference, Ottawa, 2015
Skills
Programming: MATLAB, STATA, SAS, LATEX, Fortran, Python
Language: English (fluent), Bengali (native)
100 Tunney's Pasture Driveway
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6
Canada
Phone: +1 (289) 489-5520
Email: mahbubur.rahman04@gmail.com
Citizenship: Canada, Bangladesh
Research Interests
Macroeconomics, Development Economics
Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Education
Ph.D., Department of Economics, McMaster University, 2019
M. A., Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, 2012
M. S. S., Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, 2006
B. S. S. (Hons), Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, 2005
Employment
Research Analyst, Statistics Canada, February, 2020 – current
Economist, Statistics Canada, October, 2019 – January, 2020
Assistant Director, Bangladesh Bank (The Central Bank of Bangladesh), 2006 -2010
Visiting Position
Visiting Scholar, Research Department, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, June 3-13, 2019
Job Market Paper
"Why is Agricultural Productivity So Low in Poor Countries? The Case of India", with Oksana M. Leukhina.
Journal Publications
1. "The Rise and Fall of India's Relative Investment Price: A Tale of Policy Error and Reform'', with Alok Johri, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (Forthcoming)
2. "Baby Bonus, Anyone? Examining Heterogeneous Responses to a Policy'', with Natalie Malak & Terry Yip, Journal of Population Economics, 32 - 4 (2019): 1205-1246 (Recipient of Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award, 2016)
Work in Progress
1. "Climate Change and Labour Migration in Vietnam'', with N.T. Khuong Truong.
2. "Agricultural Mechanization and Fertility of Women in Canada'', with Terry Yip & Natalie Malak.
3. "The Inception of the Canadian Pension System and Fertility of Women in Canada'', with Terry Yip & Natalie Malak.
Working Experience
Professional Experience
Research Assistant, McMaster University
Professor Alok Johri, 2017, 2018 & 2019
Professor Pau S. Pujolas, 2016 & 2019
Teaching Experience
Instructor (PhD Fellowship), McMaster University, Intermediate Macroeconomics, 2017
Guest Lecturer, McMaster University, Monetary Economics (Graduate course), 2015
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, McMaster University, 2012 - current
Undergraduate courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International trade
Graduate courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, 2012
Honors & Awards
Research Scholarship, McMaster University, 2017-2018
Canadian Economics Association Travel Grant, 2017
Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award, 2016
Canadian Economics Association Travel Grant, 2016
Ph.D. Scholarship, McMaster University, 2012-2016
M. A. Dean Scholarship, University of Ottawa, 2012
Professional Activities
Fellow, The Global Labor Organization
Referee for the Canadian Journal of Economics
Discussant, Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Toronto, 2015
Member, The American Economic Association
Presentations
"Why is Agricultural Productivity So Low in Poor Countries? The Case of India''
- Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings, Athens, Georgia, 2019
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Banff, Alberta, 2019
- Annual Meeting of Society for Economic Dynamics, Mexico City, Mexico , 2018
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Montreal, 2018
"The Rise and Fall of India's Investment Price : A Tale of Policy Error and Reform''
- 23rd International Conference Computing in Economics and Finance, New York City, 2017
"The Rise and Fall of Q - A Tale of India’s Relative Price of Investment''
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 2016
"Baby Bonus, Anyone? Examining Heterogeneous Responses to a Policy''
- Congress 2016 of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Calgary, 2016
"Unleashing Growth: Quantifying the Impact of Economic Reforms in India''
- Canadian Economics Association Annual Conference, Ottawa, 2016
"Do Neighbourhood Characteristics Help to Explain Fertility? Evidence for Canada from Vital Statistics and the Census of Population''
- Canadian Population Society - Graduate Research Development Conference, Ottawa, 2015
Skills
Programming: MATLAB, STATA, SAS, LATEX, Fortran, Python
Language: English (fluent), Bengali (native)
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References Alok Johri Professor of Economics McMaster University Phone : +1 (905) 525-9140, ext. 23830 Email: johria@mcmaster.ca Pau S. Pujolas Associate Professor of Economics McMaster University Phone: +1 (905) 525-9140, ext. 2382 Email: pujolasp@mcmaster.ca |
Marc-Andre Letendre Associate Professor of Economics McMaster University Phone : +1 (905) 525-9140, ext. 23810 Email: letendre@mcmaster.ca |
