Researchers
SHONCHOY Abu
Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center
Research Field:
Development Economics, Labor Economics, Public Finance and Applied Econometrics.
Education / Research Experience
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Education:
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| PhD in Economics, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia., March 2010 | |
| Master of Economic Policy, The Australian National University, Australia., 2005 | |
| Bachelor of Social Sciences in Economics (honors), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh., 2003 | |
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Professional Career:
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| Visiting professor, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Feb-Mar 2011 | |
| Casual Lecturer, School of Economics, UNSW, 2008-2010 | |
| Casual Lecturer, School of Finance and Economics, UTS, 2009-2010 | |
| Associate Lecturer. School of Economics, UNSW., 2006-2010 | |
| Lecture. Department of Economics and Social Sciences, BRAC University., 2005-2006 | |
| Winter Intern. Policy development and Review Department (PDR), International Moneytory Fund (IMF), Washington DC, USA. , 2007-2008 | |
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Other Information:
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| Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship, The Tokyo Foundation, 2009 | |
| 3rd Meetings of the Winner of the Bank of Sweden Prize of Economic Sciences by the council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings from 20th to 24th August., 2008 |
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| University International Postgraduate Scholarship (UIPA), UNSW., 2006 | |
| Australian School of Business (ASB) Supplementary Scholarship, UNSW., 2006 | |
| Neil Vousden Memorial Scholarship for Master's studies in Economics at the Australian National University., 2004 |
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| Faculty Scholarship, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh., 2003-2004 | |
Major Works
- "Ramadan School Holidays as a Natural Experiment:Impacts of Seasonality on School Dropout in Bangladesh" Discussion Papers No.295 April 2011
- "Seasonal Migration and Micro-credit in the Lean Period: Evidence from Northwest Bangladesh" Discussion Papers No.294 March 2011
- "Determinants of Government Consumption Expenditure in Developing Countries: A Panel Data Analysis" Discussion Papers No.266 December 2010
- "Seasonal Migration and Effectiveness of Micro-credit in Lean Period : Evidence from Bangladesh" The University of New South Wales. April 30, 2010
- "The Determinants of Government Consumption Expenditures: A Panel Data Study" The University of New South Wales. May 19, 2010
- "The Dynamics of Spending and Absorption of Aid: Panel Data Analysis." IDE Discussion Paper 245
- Spending and Absorption of Aid in PRGF Supported Programs (With Berndt Markus, Paolo Dudine and Jan Kees Martijn). IMF Working Paper WP/08/237. (2008)
- Seasonal Migration pattern of Labor: evidence from Kurigram district, Bangladesh (With A.Z.A Shahriar and Sakiba Zeba), ESS Working Paper Series, Paper No. 007. Department of Economics and Social Sciences, BRAC University. Dhaka, Bangladesh. (2006)
