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Dr Rasheda Khanam

Name :	Dr Rasheda Khanam
Position :	Lecturer (Economics)
Section :	Faculty of Business School of Accounting, Economics and Finance
Office :	T359
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	61 7 4631 1256
Extension :	1256
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BSocSc, MSocSc Chittagong PhD Sydney

Professional Memberships

Member of Australasian Health and Research Data Managers Association

Research Interests

PROFILE: Dr Khanam comes to the University of Southern Queensland (USQ) from the University of Queensland (UQ) where she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Health Economics at the Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health (ACERH). She gained a PhD in Economics from the University of Sydney. Prior to coming to Australia for her PhD research she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. In addition to her teaching commitments at the USQ, the UQ, the University of Sydney and the University of Chittagong over a period of 10 years, Dr Khanam has been actively involved with research in the areas of Health Economics, Development Economics and Labour Economics. She has published in prestigious economics journals including the Journal of Health Economics and the Journal of Economic Issues. Dr Khanam is also a Conjoint Research Fellow at ACERH, the University of Queensland. She received invitations from different universities to present her research in their seminar series.
Her specific research interests include:

HEALTH ECONOMICS:
Inequality in Health
Child and Maternal Health
Health, Socioeconomic Status and Lifestyle factors
Economic Evaluation and Health

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS:
The Economics of Child Labour and Schooling
Health, Nutrition, Fertility and Mortality in Developing countries
Poverty and Welfare issues in Developing countries
Social Policy Issues

LABOUR ECONOMICS:
Maternity Leave and Female Labour Force Participation
Impact of Health on Labour market outcome

Applied Econometrics

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Khanam, Rasheda, and Hong Son Nghiem(2009).“The Impact of Child Health on Schooling: Evidence from Bangladesh”, Proceedings of the 38th Australian Conference of Economists, Adelaide, Sep. 28-Sep. 30, 2009.

Khanam, Rasheda, Hong Son Nghiem and Luke B. Connelly (2009). “Child Health and Chronic Conditions: Does Income Mediate?” Proceedings of the 38th Australian Conference of Economists, Adelaide, Sep. 28-Sep. 30, 2009.

Khanam, Rasheda, Hong Son Nghiem, and Luke B. Connelly (2009) "Does Maternity Leave Affect Child Health? Evidence from Parental Leave in Australia Survey, The 31th Australian Conference of Health Economists, Tasmania, Oct. 1 – Oct. 2, 2009.

Khanam, Rasheda, Hong Son Nghiem and Luke B. Connelly (2009). "Child Health and the Income Gradient in Australia: The Role of Chronic Condition", iHEA 7th World Congress on Health Economics, International Health Economic Association, Beijing, China.

Khanam, Rasheda and Mohammad Mafizur Rahman (2008). "Child Labour in Developing Countries: The Role of Education, Poverty and Birth-Order.", Journal of Social and Economic Development, July-December.

Khanam, Rasheda (2008). "Child Labour and School Attendance: Evidence from Bangladesh." International Journal of Social Economics, Vol, 35, No 1.

Most notable :

Khanam, Rasheda, Hong Son Nghiem and Luke B. Connelly (2009). "Child Health and the Income Gradient: Evidence from Australia." The Journal of Health Economics, Vol. 28, No 4.

Khanam, Rasheda and Mohammad Mafizur Rahman (2007). "Child Work and Schooling in Bangladesh: The Role of Birth-Order". Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 39, No 5.

Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Khanam, Rasheda and Nur Uddin Absar (1999). "Child Labor in Bangladesh: A Critical Appraisal of the Harkin Bill and the MOU type Schooling Program." The Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. XXXIII, No.4.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs

ECO5000: Economics for Managers

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 10 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Member, Learning and Teaching Committee, School of Accounting, Economics and Finance.