Associate Professor Ph.D (Berkeley, 2011), B.A. (New York University, 2005) Office: Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, 315 Bloor Street West, 210. Phone: 416-946-8825. Email address: Personal website: http://sharieli.ca Research fields: Economic history, Health economics

Selected research

• Shari Eli, Joshua Hausman, Paul Rhode, "Transportation Revolution: The Car in the 1920s", American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 112 (2022), 219–223.
• Shari Eli, Laura Salisbury, Allison Shertzer, "Ideology and Migration after the American Civil War", Journal of Economic History 78 (3) (2018), 822–861.
• A. Aizer, Shari Eli, Joseph Ferrie, A. Lleras Muney, "The Long Run Impact of Cash Transfers to Poor Families", American Economic Review 106 (4) (2016), 935–971. (Freely available.)
• Shari Eli and Laura Salisbury, "Patronage Politics and the Development of the Welfare State: Confederate Pensions in the American South", NBER Working Paper #20829, 2015.
• Shari Eli and Trevon Logan, "The Enduring Effects of Racial Discrimination on Income and Health", Journal of Economic Literature, forthcoming.

Honors and awards

• Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2018.
• Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Health Economics, 2017.
• Dean's Excellence Award, University of Toronto, 2015.
• U of T Department of Economics Faculty Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, 2013.

Courses taught 2024–2025

• Fall

• ECO306H1F, section L0101 (St. George) • American Economic History • R2-5

• Fall/Winter

• ECO5700H1Y, section L0101 (St. George) • Development, Political Economy, and Economic History Workshop ( Shari Eli and Arthur Blouin )