Rana Saeed
Saeed Rana
Contract and Sessional Faculty
Department of Economics
Area(s) of Interest:
Biography
Fields of Specialization
Primary: Population Economics, Applied Econometrics
Secondary: Monetary Economics, Public Economics
Dissertation
Title: Three Essays on the Dynamics of the Ontario Social Welfare Programs Benefit Receipt"
Committee: Professor Byron Spencer, Professor Arthur Sweetman, Professor Emile Tompa, Professor Katherine Cuff
Education
Ph.D. Economics, McMaster University, Expected April 2018
M.A. Business Economics (Co-op Option), Brock University, 2011
Ontario College Graduate Certificate (Honours) - College Teachers Training for Internationally Educated Professionals, George Brown College, 2008
Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education, Institute for the Advancement of Teaching in Higher Education, 2008
M.Phil Economics, Quaid-I-Azam University, 1996
M.A. Economics, Bhauid-Din Zakaria University, 1993
Teaching
- Present - Instructor, Department of Economics, McMaster University
- 2011-2016 - Teaching Assistant, McMaster University
- 2009-2010 - Teaching Assistant, Brock University
- 2008 - Instructor, George Brown College
- 1995-2006 - Assistant Professor, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University & Punjab College of Commerce
Research
Research Experience
- ‘On the Dynamics of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Benefit Receipt’, Job Market Paper
- ‘Length of Stay on the Ontario Disability Support Program: A Duration Analysis’
- ‘The Exit Rate of Immigrants in Ontario from Disability Support: A Flexible Parametric Duration Model’, work in progress
- ‘The Demand for Ontario Social Assistance: A Decomposition Analysis of Social Assistance Expenditures Growth’, work in progress