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August 3, 2010
Global Health Research Fellowship in Economics (Tobacco Control): Centre for Global Health Research
Location: New Delhi, India (with
possible short-term travel to Chicago and/or Toronto)
Start Date:
Immediate
Duration: 1 year; extension possible up to 3 years
Educational
Qualifications: PhD in Economics or related discipline
Application deadline: August 3, 2010
The Centre for Global Health Research (CGHR) http://www.cghr.org was established in 2002 to conduct large scale epidemiological studies in developing countries. CGHR is a non-profit, non-partisan academic research institution dedicated to better health. The mission of CGHR is to conduct high quality research that advances global health, with a focus on the major causes of premature mortality worldwide. It has offices in Toronto, New Delhi and Bangalore.
Description:
The primary responsibility of the successful candidate will be to provide technical analyses of specific issues on demand and supply side of tobacco control. This will involve:
- Identification, statistical organization and development of a basic analytic approach to approx. 6 large data sets (covering either household or individual data) on demand and determinants of use of tobacco products.
- Working with a senior agricultural economist on a structured analysis of the cigarette/bidi/chewing tobacco industry (labour, employment, industrial organization and regulation) in various regions of India.
- Working with a senior tax economist on an analysis of options for taxation at various stages of tobacco cultivation and manufacturing and sales, including experience with tax enforcement in the unorganized sector.
Required Skills:
The successful candidate will have the proven ability to:
- Locate and acquire raw data or relevant reports from the literature or grey literature
- Organize and manipulate raw data, create data dictionaries, and analyze findings in either STATA, SAS or SPSS.
- Rapidly absorb advanced training in economic analyses (including selected econometrics)and to apply them to data sets.
- Work effectively in a team and exhibit clear communication skills (written and verbal), towards co-authorship on scholarly publications.
The candidate will be expected to have read and critiqued the existing literature as part of the application process (including but not limited to the following: http://www.usaid.gov/policy/ads/200/tobacco.pdf.
Remuneration: Commensurate with experience and market rates
Please submit: Curriculum Vitae, 3 references (names and email addresses/phone numbers), an example of advanced data analysis (code/methods description) and a brief cover letter explaining your suitability for this position, within 15 days (from the date of advertisement) to Prabha Sati, CGHR at satip@smh.ca.
Person to contact: Prabha Sati
Email address: satip@smh.ca
Phone number:
1 (416) 864-6060 Ext. 3303
Fax number: 1 (416) 864-5256
