Sherajum Monira Farin is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at the Georgia State University. Monira is specializing in applied microeconomics with a research focus on health and public economics.
Monira’s research delves into the multifaceted effects of policies related to reproductive health, HIV/AIDS treatment, substance use, and the Covid-19 pandemic on health outcomes, healthcare accessibility, and family dynamics. Her scholarly work has been accepted in journals such as American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and Review of Economics of the Household, and featured in media outlets including Time and The Atlanta Voice. Before starting her PhD, Monira worked as a research associate at the Centre for Policy Dialogue, CPD.
PhD in Economics, 2024 (Expected)
Georgia State University
M.A. in Economics, 2022
Georgia State University
M.S.S. in Economics, 2015
University of Dhaka
B.S.S in Economics, 2014
University of Dhaka
In this study, we consider whether abortion legalization over 1969–1973 improved women’s health, measured by maternal mortality. Our event-study results indicate that legal abortion substantially lowered non-white maternal mortality by 30–50%.
This paper analyzes how the children who gained early-life exposure to abortion legalization over 1969-1973, fare later in life in terms of health outcomes.
This paper looks into the impact of a rule change brought about by the 2006 reauthorization of the Ryan White Care Act which resulted in an exogenous shock to federal funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). ADAP provides people living with HIV (PLWH) with access to life-saving antiretroviral treatments.
Average instructor rating: 4.5/5
Instructor of record: Fall 2022. Syllabus is available here
Graduate Teaching Assistant: Fall 2020, Spring 2021