Department of Economics

Faculty of Science

Mrittika  Shamsuddin

Instructor

Mrittika

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Department of Economics

Email: Mrittika.Shamsuddin@dal.ca
Phone: 902-494-2026
Mailing Address: 
Department of Economics
Dalhousie University
PO Box 15000
6214 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 4R2 CANADA
 
Research Topics:
  • Labour
  • Migration
  • Development Economics

Current Research

Safety net, Subjective well-being and Migration 

Courses

Selected Awards and Honours

  • UAEU Start-up Grant (31B045), 2016–2018
  • Graduate School Fellowship, Georgetown University, 2008–2009 and 2011–2012
  • Graduate School Assistantship, Georgetown University, 2009–2011 and 2012–2013
  • Wall Street Journal Student Achievement Award, 2008
  • Excel Research Scholar, Lafayette College, 2005–2007
  • Williamson Scholarship, Lafayette College, 2004–2008

Selected Publications

  • Weight Discrimination in the German Labor Market with Marina-Selini Katsaiti, Applied Economics, 2016, Vol 48, No. 43.
  • Do Bangladeshi Migrants Favorably Self-Select and Sort Across Destinations?, International Journal of Manpower, 2016, Vol. 37, No. 3.
  • The Causal Interaction between Financial Development and Human Development in Bangladesh with Abdulnasser Hatemi-J, Applied Economics Letters, 2016, Vol. 23, No. 14.
  • Labour Market Effects of a Female Stipend Programme in Bangladesh, Oxford Development Studies, 2015, Vol.43, No. 4.
  • The Effects of Monetary Policy Signaling on Term-Structure of Interest Rate, Proceedings of National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2008. 

Education

  • Ph.D. Economics, Georgetown University DC, USA - August 2008–July 2013
  • B.A. Economics & Mathematics, Lafayette College PA, USA - August 2004–May 2008