Publications

Refereed Journal Publications:


Exogenous Shocks and Electoral Oucomes (Joint with Kaustav Das, University of Leicester and Atisha Ghosh, University of Warwick). Public Choice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-024-01162-4. Open Access.

Decentralized Targeting of Agricultural Credit Programs: Private versus Political Intermediaries (Joint with Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University, Sujata Visaria, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Sandip Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata). Journal of the European Economic Association. (Forthcoming). Open Access.

Labour Supply Responses to Rainfall Shocks (joint with Anirudh Tagat, Monk Pragyashala and IIT (Mumbai)). Review of Development Economics. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.13079. Open Access. 

Household Welfare Effects of ROSCAs (Joint with Ray Miller, Colorado State University and Ashish Sedai, University of Texas at Arlington). World Development. 169. 106287. 2023. 

Impact of Pollution from Coal on the Anemic Status of Children and Women: Evidence from India (Joint with Gaurav Datt, Monash University, Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University and Ranjan Ray (Monash University). Journal of Development Studies. 59(4), 2023.

Time in Office and the Changing Gender Gap in Dishonesty: Evidence from Local Politics in India (Joint with Ananish Chaudhuri, University of Auckland, Vegard Iversen, Middlesex University and Francesca Refsum Jensenius, University of Oslo). American Journal of Political Science. 68(1), 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12733. Open Access. 

Evaluating the Distributive Effects of a Micro-Credit Intervention  (Joint with Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University, Sujata Visaria, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Sandip Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata). Journal of Development Economics. 158, 102896. 2022

The Role of Risk and Negotiation in Explaining the Gender Wage Gap (Joint with Ananta Neelim, University of Tasmania and Chau Tran, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 191, 1 - 27, 2021.

The Winter's Tale:  Season of Birth Impacts on Children in China (Joint with Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University and Chau Tran, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam). Economic Development and Cultural Change. 72(2), 671 - 726, 2022. 

Lab-in-the-Field Experiments: Perspectives from Research on Gender (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, Monash University, Tarun Jain, Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) and Joe Vecci, Gothenburg University).  Japanese Economic Review . 2021. DOI 10.1007/s42973-021-00088-6 

Upstream Effects of Female Political Reservations (Joint with Daniel Rosenblum, Dalhousie University). European Journal of Political Economy, 102061. 2021.

Health Spillover Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program: the Case of Familias en Acción Program in Colombia (Joint with Diana Contreras, University of Melbourne). Journal of Population Economics, 34, 893 - 928. 2021.

Intra-household Bargaining Power and Household Expenditure Allocation: Evidence from Iran (Joint with Bharati Basu, Central Michigan University). Review of Development Economics, 24(2), 606 – 626, 2020.

Women Leaders and their Response to the Social Environment (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, Monash University, Tarun Jain, Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) and Joe Vecci, Gothenburg University). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 164, 256 - 272, 2019.

Labor Market Engagement and the Body Mass Index of Working Adults: Evidence from India (Joint with Archana Dang, Delhi School of Economics and Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University). Economics and Human Biology, 33, 58 – 77, 2019. 

Barriers to Skill Acquisition: Evidence from English Training in India (Joint with Tarun Jain, Indian School of Business and Subha Mani, Fordham University). World Development, 114, 314 – 325, 2019.

Portliness Amidst Poverty: Evidence from India (Joint with Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University). Arthaniti - Journal of Economic Theory and Practice 18(2), 111 – 137. 2019. Invited Article. 

Large Stakes and Little Honesty? Experimental Evidence from a Developing Country (Joint with Andreas Leibbrandt, Monash University and Ananta Neelim, RMIT University). Economics Letters, 169, 76 - 79, 2018. 

Financial Education via Television Comedy (Joint with Paul Lagbcygier, Monash University and Andrew Crawford, Monash University and University of Hamburg). Applied Economic Letters (Forthcoming).

Religion, Minority Status and Trust: Evidence from a Field Experiment (Joint with Ananta Neelim, RMIT University, Minhaj Mahmud, BIDS, Dhaka, Gautam Gupta, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Santanu Mitra, Women’s Polytechnic, Kolkata). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 146, 180 - 205, 2018.

Searching for Preference Stability in a State Dependent World (Joint with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Wagner College, Lata Gangadharan, Monash University and Subha Mani, Fordham University). Journal of Economic Psychology,  62, 17 – 32. 2017.

Financing SmallholderAgriculture: An Experiment with Agent-Intermediated Microloans in India (Joint with Dilip Mookherjee, Boston University, Sujata Visaria, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Alberto Motta, University of New South Wales and Sandip Mitra, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata).  Journal of Development Economics, 127, 306 – 337. 2017.

Repayment and Exclusion in a Microfinance Experiment (Joint with Jean-Marie Baland, University of Namur, Lata Gangadharan, Monash University and Rohini Somanathan, Delhi School of Economics). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 137, 176 – 190. 2017.

Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India (Joint with Subha Mani, Fordham University). Labour Economics,  45, 116 – 130. 2017.

Social Identity and Governance: The Behavioral Response to Female Leaders (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, Monash University, Tarun Jain, Indian School of Business and Joseph Vecci, Monash University). European Economic Review, 90, 302 – 325. 2016.

Absence of Altruism? Female Disadvantage in Private School Enrolment in India (Joint with Sarmistha Pal, University of Surrey and Anurag Sharma, Monash University). World Development, 85, 105 - 125, 2016.

A Distributional Analysis of the Gender Wage Gap in Bangladesh (Joint with Salma Ahmed, Deakin University). Journal of Development Studies, 51(11), 1444 - 1458, 2015.

On the Redistribution of Wealth in a Developing Country: Experimental Evidence on Stake and Framing Effects (Joint with Andreas Leibbrandt, Monash University and Ananta Neelim, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 118, 360 - 371, 2015.

Choosing to be Trained: Do Behavioral Traits Matter (Joint with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Wagner College, Lata Gangadharan, Monash University, Subha Mani, Fordham University and Samyukta Subramanian, Pratham, Delhi). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 110, 145 - 159, 2015.

A Latent Class Model for Obesity (Joint with William Greene, New York University, Mark Harris, Curtin University and Bruce Hollingsworth, Lancaster University). Economics Letters, 123(1), 1 – 5, 2014. 

Child Health in West Bengal: Comparison with Other Regions (Joint with Ranjan Ray, Monash University). Economic and Political Weekly, XLVIII(49), 2013.

Wives Rule: Preferences and Fertility in Australian Households (Joint with Elliot Fan, National Taiwan University). BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 14(1), 2013, 1 – 30.

Food Consumption Patterns and Malnourished Indian Children: Is there a Link? (Joint with Anu Rammohan, University of Western Australia, Ranjan Ray, Monash University and Marie-Claire Robitaille-Blanchett, University of Western Australia). Food Policy, 38, 2013, 70 – 81.

Peer Monitoring and Moral Hazard in a Laboratory Microfinance Experiment. (Joint with Tim Cason, Purdue University and Lata Gangadharan, Monash University). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 82(1), 2012, 192 – 209.

Health Shocks and Consumption Smoothing in Rural Households: Does Microcredit have a Role to Play? (Joint with Asadul Islam, Monash University). Journal of Development Economics, 97(2), 2012, 232 – 243.

The Link Between Infant Mortality and Child Nutrition in India: Is There any Evidence of a Gender Bias?  (Joint with Anu Rammohan, University of Western Australia). Journal of the Asia-Pacific Economy, 16(1), 2011, 81 – 110.

Gender Wage Discrimination in Rural and Urban Labour Markets of Bangladesh (Joint with Salma Ahmed, Monash University). Oxford Development Studies, 38(1), 2010, 83 – 112.

Is There Gender Bias in the Household's Time Allocation in a Developing Country? The Indian Experience (Joint with Ranjan Ray, Monash University). Journal of Quantitative Economics. New Series, 6(1-2), 2008, 81 – 100.

School Attainment, Completion and Economic Development: A Cross Country Analysis (Joint with Kausik Chaudhuri, Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research). Review of Development Economics, 12(1), 2008, 90 – 105. Lead Article.

Birth Spacing, Fertility Selection and Child Survival: Analysis using a Correlated Hazard Model (Joint with Sarmistha Pal, Brunel University). Journal of Health Economics, 27(3), 2008, 690 – 705.

Household Expenditure Patterns and Gender Bias: Evidence from Selected Indian States (Joint with Geoff Lancaster and Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Oxford Development Studies, 36(2), 2008, 133 – 157. Lead Article.

Firm Compliance with Social Insurance Obligations Where There is a Weak Surveillance and Enforcement Mechanism: Empirical Evidence from Shanghai (Joint with Russell Smyth, Ingrid Nielsen, Chris Nyland and Cherrie Zhu, Monash University). Pacific Economic Review, 12(5), 2007, 577 – 596.

The Effect of Household Characteristics on Living Standards in South Africa 1993 - 98: A Quantile Regression Analysis with Sample Attrition. (Joint with Farshid Vahid, Australian National University). Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21, 2006, 999 – 1018.

Household Expenditure Patterns and Resource Pooling: Evidence of Changes in Post Apartheid South Africa (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Review of Economics of the Household, 4(4), 2006, 325 – 347.

Gender Bias in Nutrient Intake: Evidence from Selected Indian States (Joint with Geoff Lancaster and Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). South Asian Economic Journal, 7(2), 2006, 255 – 299.

Endogenous Intra Household Balance of Power and its Impact on Expenditure Patterns: Evidence from India. (Joint with Geoff Lancaster and Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Economica, 73(291), 2006, 435 – 460.

Social Learning and Norms in a Public Goods Experiment with Inter-generational Advice. (Joint with Ananish Chaudhuri, University of Auckland and Sara Graziano, Charles River Associates). Review of Economic Studies, 73(2), 2006, 357 – 380.

Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from China (Joint with Xiujian Peng, University of Adelaide and Yaer Zhuang, China Population Information and Research Centre). Asian Economic Journal, 20(1), 2006, 47 – 74.

Rural-Urban Migration, Social Protection and Informal Networks in Cape Town, South Africa. (Joint with Ana Deumert and Brett Inder, Monash University). Global Social Policy, 5(3), 2005, 303 – 328.

Determinants of Retirement on the High Court of Australia. (Joint with Russell Smyth, Monash University). Economic Record, 81(254), 2005, 193 – 203. Lead Article.

The Impact of Intra Household Balance of Power on Expenditure Pattern: The Australian Evidence. (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Australian Economic Papers, 44(1), 2005, 15 – 29.

Effect of Socioeconomic Characteristics on Age at Marriage and Total Fertility in Nepal. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 22(1), 2005, 84 – 96.

The Impact of Resource Inflows on Child Health: Evidence from South Africa. (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Journal of Development Studies, 40(4), 2004, 78 – 114.

Judicial Independence, Judicial Promotion and the Enforcement of Legislative Wealth Transfers - An Empirical Study of the New Zealand High Court. (Joint with Russell Smyth, Monash University). European Journal of Law and Economics, 17, 2004, 209 – 235.

Parental Bargaining, Health Inputs and Child Mortality in India. Journal of Health Economics, 23(2), 2004, 259 – 291.

Resource Inflows and Household Composition: Evidence from South African Panel Data. (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Journal of International Development, 15(8), 2003, 1037 – 1047.

Testing for Son Preference in South Africa. (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne). Journal of African Economies. 12(3), 2003, 371 – 416.

The Effect of Education on the Timing of Marriage and First Birth in Pakistan (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne). Journal of Quantitative Economics. New Series, 1(1), 2003, 114 – 133.

Schooling and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Bangladesh. Education Economics, 11(2), 2003, 129 – 153.

The Effect of Transfers and Pensions on Household Expenditure Patterns and Poverty in South Africa. (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Journal of Development Economics, 71(1), 2003, 23 – 49.

The Effect of Household Characteristics on Poverty and Living Standards in South Africa. Journal of Economic Development, 27(1), 2002, 75 – 96.

On Choice of Agricultural Contracts in Rural India. (Joint with Ananish Chaudhuri, Washington State University). Economica, 69, 2002, 445 – 459.

The Joint Estimation of Child Participation in Schooling and Employment: Comparative Evidence from Three Continents (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Oxford Development Studies, 30(1), 2002, 41 – 62.

Two Aspects of Fertility Behaviour in South Africa (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne). Economic Development and Cultural Change, 50(1), 2001, 183 – 200.

A Quantitative Analysis of Employment Guarantee Programs with an Application to Rural India. Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 10(2), 2001, 211 – 228.

Tenant Characteristics and the Choice of Tenurial Contracts in Rural India. (Joint with Ananish Chaudhuri, Washington State University). Journal of International Development, 13(2), 2001, 169 – 181.

Is Consumption Smooth at the Cost of Volatile Leisure? An Investigation of Rural India. Applied Economics, 33(6), 2001, 727 – 734.

Does Child Mortality Reflect Gender Bias? Evidence from Pakistan (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne). Indian Economic Review, XXXV(2), 2000, 113 – 131.

A Note on the Terms of Sharecropping Contracts (Joint with Ananish Chaudhuri, Washington State University). Journal of Contemporary Asia, 30(1), 2000, 99 – 107.

Consumption Smoothing in Rural Punjab in the Green Revolution Years. Indian Economic Review, XXXIII(2), 1999, 185 – 196.

 

Refereed Book Chapters:

"Excess Weight in India" in India’s Social and Economic Transformation in the 21st Century, Pallavi Choudhuri, Sonalde Desai, Amaresh Dubey (ed). (Joint with Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University). Routledge.

"Does the Growing Private Sector Deliver Schooling for All? Role of Gender, Parental Altruism and Family Wealth" in India’s Social and Economic Transformation in the 21st Century, Pallavi Choudhuri, Sonalde Desai, Amaresh Dubey (ed). (Joint with Sarmistha Pal, University of Surrey and Anurag Sharma, University of New South Wales). Routledge.

"Behavioral Characteristics, Stability of Preferences and Entrepreneurial Success" in Research Agenda in Experimental Economics, A. Chaudhuri (ed). (Joint with Ananta Neelim, RMIT University). Elgar Research Agenda Series, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 

"The Geography of Excess Weight in Urban India: Regional Patterns and Dietary Correlates", in Disease, Human Health and Regional Growth and Development in Asia, A. Batabyal, Y. Higano and P. Nijkamp (eds). (Joint with Archana Dang, Delhi School of Economics and Nidhiya Menon, Brandeis University). Springer Nature, 2019. 

"Equity Implications of Reforms on Living Standards and Child Health in Post-Apartheid Africa" in "Trade, Growth and Inequality in the Era of Globalization", K Sharma and O. Morrissey (eds). (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Routledge, 2006.

"Household Characteristics and Living Standards" in "South Asia in the Era of Globalisation: Trade, Industrialization and Welfare", M. Bhattacharya, R. Smyth and M. Vicziany (eds). (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). New York: Nova Science, 2004.

"Are the Poor More Vulnerable to Income Shocks? An Analysis of Consumption Insurance in Rural India" in "Indian Economic Reforms", Raghabendra Jha (ed). Palgrave, Macmillan, 2003.

"Analysis of Resource Inflows and Their Impact on Household Behaviour: Evidence From South Africa" in "Household Behaviour, Equivalence Scales, Welfare and Poverty", Camilo Dagum and Guido Ferari (ed). (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). Springer, 2003.

"Sustainable Development, Environmental Regulation and International Trade - An Overview", in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, UK, 2002.

"Growth and the Environment", in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, UK, 2002. (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne).

"The Property Rights Paradigm and the Nature of Institutional and Market Interconnections Driving the Global Dispersal of Environmental Damage" in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). UK, 2002. (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne).

"Environmental Regulation, International Trade and Transboundary Pollution" in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, UK, 2002.

"Environmental Policy" in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, UK, 2002.