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Mesbah Sharaf, MA., Ph.D.

Full Teaching Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
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Full Teaching Professor, Faculty of Arts - Economics Dept
Email
sharaf@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Development Economics Economic Policies Health Economics Applied Econometrics

About

Education

•   PhD. in Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Fall 2012.

Employment History

• Full Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, August 2019 – Present.

• Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, July 2018 – July 2019.

• Assistant Teaching Professor, Department of Economics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 2014 – 2018.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2012 – 2014.

Courses

ECON 101 - Introduction to Microeconomics

How markets and governments determine which products are produced and how income is distributed in the Canadian economy. Not open to students with credit in ECON 204.

Fall Term 2025 Winter Term 2026

ECON 102 - Introduction to Macroeconomics

Employment, inflation, international payments, monetary policy, and fiscal policy, all in the Canadian economy. Prerequisite: ECON 101 or consent of Department. Not open to students with credit in ECON 204.

Winter Term 2026

ECON 281 - Intermediate Microeconomic Theory I

The theory of consumer behavior; theory of production and cost; price and output determination under competition, monopoly and other market structures. Prerequisite: ECON 101 or equivalent.

Winter Term 2026

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Featured Publications

From the ballot to the bond market: the impact of Donald Trump's return on US treasury yields and inflation expectations

Mesbah Fathy Sharaf, Abdelhalem Mahmoud Shahen, El-Hussien Ibrahim Mansour

Journal of Economic Studies. 2025 November; 10.1108/JES-04-2025-0252

Job Satisfaction in Post-Arab Spring Egypt and Tunisia: Between Hope and Hardship

Abdelhalem Mahmoud Shahen, Mesbah Fathy Sharaf

Sage Open. 2025 October; 10.1177/21582440251396015

From crisis to recovery: COVID-19, macroeconomic shocks, and the resilience of Kuwait’s real estate market

Mesbah Fathy Sharaf, Abdelhalem Mahmoud Shahen

International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis. 2025 May; 10.1108/ijhma-03-2025-0060

Estimating the causal relationship between external debt and inflation in Jordan: evidence from an ARDL and Toda–Yamamoto approaches

Mesbah Fathy Sharaf, Abdelhalem Mahmoud Shahen, Badr Abdulaziz Binzaid

Journal of Financial Economic Policy. 2025 January; 10.1108/jfep-06-2023-0148

Gender, work, and satisfaction: a decomposition approach to job satisfaction gaps in Egypt and Tunisia

FRONTIERS IN SOCIOLOGY. 2025 January; 10.3389/FSOC.2025.1573489

Asymmetric and Nonlinear Foreign Debt–Inflation Nexus in Brazil: Evidence from NARDL and Markov Regime Switching Approaches

Mesbah Fathy Sharaf, Abdelhalem Mahmoud Shahen, Badr Abdulaziz Binzaid

Economies. 2024 January; 10.3390/economies12010018

Does precarious employment ruin youth health and marriage? Evidence from Egypt using longitudinal data

International Journal of Development Issues. 2020 January; 10.1108/IJDI-01-2020-0005

Does maternal employment affect child nutrition status? New evidence from Egypt

Oxford Development Studies. 2019 January; 10.1080/13600818.2018.1497589

Does Income Inequality Increase Violence Against Women? An Instrumental Variable Approach

European Journal of Development Research. 2019 January; 10.1057/s41287-018-0187-7

Son Preference and Child Under nutrition in the Arab Countries: Is There a Gender Bias against Girls?

Middle East Development Journal. 2019 January; 10.1080/17938120.2019.1664837

CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS in EGYPT: A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS of SOCIOECONOMIC DETERMINANTS USING A QUANTILE REGRESSION APPROACH

Journal of Biosocial Science. 2019 January; 10.1017/S0021932017000633

Does Public Health Insurance Increase Maternal Health Care Utilization in Egypt?

Journal of International Development. 2019 January; 10.1002/jid.3414

Economic Growth and Child Malnutrition in Egypt: New Evidence from National Demographic and Health Survey

Social Indicators Research. 2018 January; 10.1007/s11205-016-1515-y

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Infant Mortality in Egypt: Analyzing Trends Between 1995 and 2014

Social Indicators Research. 2018 January; 10.1007/s11205-017-1631-3

Socioeconomic Inequalities in Maternity Care Utilization: Evidence From Egypt, Jordan and Yemen

Journal of International Development. 2017 January; 10.1002/jid.3295

Who benefits from public healthcare subsidies in Egypt?

Social Sciences. 2015 January; 10.3390/socsci4041162

Association Between Contraband Tobacco and Illicit Drug Use Among High School Students in Canada

Journal of Primary Prevention. 2015 January; 10.1007/s10935-014-0377-9

Catastrophic economic consequences of healthcare payments: Effects on poverty estimates in egypt, jordan, and palestine

Economies. 2015 January; 10.3390/economies3040216

Inflation and inflation uncertainty revisited: Evidence from egypt

Economies. 2015 January; 10.3390/economies3030128

Regional inequalities in child malnutrition in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis

Health Economics Review. 2015 January; 10.1186/s13561-016-0097-3

Physical inactivity among older Canadian adults

Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2014 January; 10.1123/jpah.2011-0305

Smoking intensity and intent to continue smoking among menthol and non-menthol adolescent smokers in Canada

Cancer Causes and Control. 2014 January; 10.1007/s10552-014-0410-6

Is alcohol mixed with energy drinks consumption associated with susceptibility to smoking?

Preventive Medicine. 2014 January; 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.01.013

Binge drinking and marijuana use among menthol and non-menthol adolescent smokers: Findings from the Youth Smoking Survey

Addictive Behaviors. 2014 January; 10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.12.005

Disparities in health care utilization by smoking status in Canada

International Journal of Public Health. 2013 January; 10.1007/s00038-013-0452-7

The earnings of immigrants and the quality adjustment of immigrant human capital

IZA Journal of Migration. 2013 January; 10.1186/2193-9039-2-13

The effect of graphic cigarette warning labels on smoking behavior: Evidence from the canadian experience

Nicotine and Tobacco Research. 2013 January; 10.1093/ntr/nts194

Eating Behavior and Obesity in Canada: Evidence From Panel Data

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 2012 January; 10.1177/2150131911417445

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Body Mass Index: A Quantile Regression Approach

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2012 January; 10.1177/2150131911434206

The association between workplace smoking bans and self-perceived, work-related stress among smoking workers

BMC Public Health. 2012 January; 10.1186/1471-2458-12-123

The relationship between job stress and body mass index using longitudinal data from Canada

International Journal of Public Health. 2012 January; 10.1007/s00038-012-0348-y

Cigarette taxes and smoking participation: Evidence from recent tax increases in Canada

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2011 January; 10.3390/ijerph8051583

Disparities in the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption by socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics in Canada

Nutrition Journal. 2011 January; 10.1186/1475-2891-10-118

Psychosocial working conditions and the utilization of health care services

BMC Public Health. 2011 January; 10.1186/1471-2458-11-642

The effect of job stress on smoking and alcohol consumption

Health Economics Review. 2011 January; 10.1186/2191-1991-1-15

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