Mesbah Sharaf, PhD

Education

PhD (Concordia University)

Fields of specialization

Health Economics, Labor Economics and Applied Econometrics.

Research interests

Economic Integration of Immigrants, Tobacco Control Policies and Health Risk Behaviors.

Professional experience

    •    Limited Term Appointment (Assistant Professor), Department of Economics, Concordia University, August 2012-present.
    •    Part Time Faculty, Department of Economics, Concordia University, Winter 2011-2012.
    •    T.A & R.A, Department of Economics, Concordia University, 2008-2012.
    •    Full Time Lecturer, Department of Economics, Alexandria University, 2001-2007.

Selected publications

    •    The Earnings of Immigrants and the Quality Adjustment of Immigrant Human Capital, IZA Journal of Migration, 2013, 2(13).
    •    Job-Education Mismatch and its Impact on the Earnings of Immigrants: Evidence from Recent Arrivals to Canada, ISRN Economics, 2013.
    •    The effect of graphic cigarette warning labels on smoking behavior: Evidence from the Canadian experience (with S. Azagba), Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2013, 15(3), 708-717.
    •    Disparities in Health Care Utilization by Smoking Status in Canada, (with S. Azagba & L.X. Christina) International Journal of Public Health, 2013, 1-13.
    •    The relationship between job stress and body mass index using longitudinal data from Canada (with S. Azagba), International Journal of Public Health, 2012. doi: 10.1007/s00038-012-0348-y.
    •    The association between workplace smoking bans and self-perceived, work-related stress among smoking workers (with S. Azagba), BMC Public Health, 2012, 12:123.
    •    The effect of job stress on smoking and alcohol consumption (with S. Azagba), Health Economics Review, 2011, 1:15.