Journal Publications

[25] Dasgupta, Utteeyo, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal. (in press). “Effects of Peers and Rank on Cognition, Preferences and Personality” The Review of Economics and Statistics, 104(3): 587-601. PDF

[24] Justine Hervé, Subha Mani, Jere R. Behrman, Arindam Nandi, Anjana Sankhil Lamkang, and Ramanan Laxminarayan. (2022). “Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills among Adolescents in India”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 193: 66-97. PDF

[23] Agarwal, Neha, Hans Peter Kohler and Subha Mani. (2021). “Dynamics in Physical Functional Limitations”, Journal of African Economies, ejab13. PDF

[22] Yap, Jaclyn, Vandana Chaudhry, Chandan Jha, Subha Mani and Sophie Mitra. (2020). “Are Responses to the Pandemic Inclusive? A Rapid Virtual Audit of COVID-19 Press Briefings in LMICs”, World Development, 136: 105-122. PDF

[21] Dasgupta, Utteeyo, Subha Mani, and Prakarsh Singh. (2020). “Searching for Religious Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from an Artefactual Field Experiment among Anganwadi Workers in India”, Review of Development Economics, 24 (2): 362-382. PDF

[20] Dasgupta, Utteeyo, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma, and Saurabh Singhal. (2019). “Internal and External Validity: Comparing Two Simple Risk Elicitation Tasks”, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 81: 39-46. PDF

[19] Subha Mani, Jere R. Behrman, Sheikh Galab, Prudhvikar Reddy & Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. (2019). “Impact of the NREGS on Children’s Intellectual Human Capital”, The Journal of Development Studies, DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2019.160505. PDF

[18] Majid, Farhan, Jere R. Behrman and Subha Mani. (2019). “Short- and long-term Distributional Consequences of Prenatal Malnutrition and Stress: Using Ramadan as a Natural Experiment”, BMJ Global Health, 4:e001185. PDF

[17] Dasgupta, Utteeyo, Subha Mani, Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal. (2019). “Can Gender Differences in Distributional Preferences Explain Gender Gaps in Competition”, Journal of Economic Psychology, 70: 1-11. PDF

[16] Jain, Tarun, Pushkar Maitra, and Subha Mani. (2019). “Barriers to Skill Acquisition: Evidence from English Training in India”, World Development, 114: 314-325. PDF

[15] Mani, Subha, Sophie Mitra and Usha Sambhamoorthi. (2018). “Dynamics in Health and Employment: Evidence from Indonesia”, World Development, 104: 297-309. PDF

[14] Dasgupta, Utteeyo, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra and Subha Mani. (2017). “Searching for Preference Stability in a State Dependent World”, Journal of Economic Psychology, 62: 17-32. PDF

[13] Maitra, Pushkar and Subha Mani. (2017). “Learning and Earning – Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India”, Labour Economics (Special Issue on Field Experiments in Labor Economics and Social Policies), 45: 116-130. PDF

[12] Katapally, Tarun R., Shifalika Goenka, Jasmin Bhawra, Subha Mani, Ghattu V. Krishnaveni, Sarah H. Kehoe, Anjana S. Lamkang, Manu Raj and Kathleen McNutt. (2016). “Results from the India 2016 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth”, Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 13 (Suppl 2), S176-S182. PDF

[11] Georgiadis, Andreas, Liza Benny, Benjamin T Crookston, Le Thuc Duc, Priscila Hermida, Subha Mani, Tassew Woldehanna, Aryeh D Stein, and Jere R. Behrman. (2016). “Growth Trajectories from Conception through Middle Childhood and Cognitive Achievement at Age 8 Years: Evidence from Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries”, SSM - Population Health, 2: 43-54. PDF

[10] Andersen, Christopher T., Sarah A. Reynolds, Jere R. Behrman, Benjamin T. Crookston, Kirk A. Dearden, Javier Escobal, Subha Mani, Alan Sánchez, and Aryeh D. Stein, and Lia CH. Fernald. (2015). "The Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru Is Associated with Improved Anthropometry but Not Cognitive Achievement among Children", Journal of Nutrition, 145: 396-405. PDF

[9] Dasgupta, Utteeyo, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra, Subha Mani and Samyukta Subramanian. (2015). “Choosing to be Trained: Do Behavioral Traits Matter?”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 110: 145-159. PDF

[8] Behrman, Jere R., Whitney Schott, Subha Mani, Benjamin T. Crookston, Kirk Dearden, Le Thuc Duc, Lia C. H. Fernald, and Aryeh D. Stein. (2017). “Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Inequality: Parental Resources and Schooling Attainment and Children’s Human Capital in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam”, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 65 (4): 657-697. PDF

[7] Dasgupta, Utteeyo and Subha Mani. (2015). “Only Mine or All Ours: Do Stronger Entitlements Affect Altruistic Choices in the Household?”, World Development, 67: 363-375. PDF

[6] Dasgupta, Utteeyo and Subha Mani. (2014). “An Interactive Introduction to Randomized Evaluation.” Perspectives on Economic Education Research, 8(1): 1-73. PDF

[5] Dasgupta, Utteeyo and Subha Mani. (2013). “Altruism in the Household: A Pilot Study.” Economic and Political Weekly, xlviii(33): 17-19. PDF

[4] Mani, Subha. (2014). “Socioeconomic Determinants of Child Health - Empirical Evidence from Indonesia”, Asian Economic Journal, 28(1): 81-104. PDF

[3] Mani, Subha, John Hoddinott and John Strauss. (2013). “Determinants of Schooling – Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia”, Journal of African Economies, 22(5): 693-731. PDF

[2] Mani, Subha, John Hoddinott and John Strauss. (2012). “Long-term Impact of Investments in Early Schooling — Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia”, Journal of Development Economics, 99(2): 292-299. PDF

[1] Mani, Subha. (2012). “Is there Complete, Partial, or No Recovery from Childhood Malnutrition? – Empirical Evidence from Indonesia”, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 74(5): 691-715. PDF

Working papers

[1] “Social Identity, Behavior, and Personality: Evidence from India” (with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Smriti Sharma, and Saurabh Singhal) IZA working paper no. 13515. (Revise and Resubmit)

[2] “Improving Parenting Practices and Child Health - Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone” (with Anjali Chandra, Heather Dolphin, Meredith Dyson and Yembeh Marah) IZA working paper no. 14054. (under review)

[3] “Games of Prejudice: Experiments at the Intensive and Extensive Margin” (with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Joe Vecci and Tomas Zelinsky). IZA working paper no. 13085. (under review)

[4] “Non-monetary Incentives in Education – Experimental Evidence from India” (with Aanchal Bagga, Pradyumna Bhattacharjee, Utteeyo Dasgupta, and Kumar Vivek).

Work in progress

[1] “Do Public Works Programs Have Sustained Impacts? A Critical Review of Experimental Evidence from LMICs” (with Aanchal Bagga, Marcus Holmlund, Nausheen Khan, Eric Mvukiyehe and Patrick Premand).

[2] “Are Textbooks Missing? Evidence from Audits in India” (with Sushmita Narayana Aghalaya, Pradyumna Bhattacharjee, Pranava Kadiyala and Meghna Sharma).

[3] “Finding and Lifting Up the Poor and Vulnerable: A Field Experiment on Targeting Mechanisms and Effects of a Public Works Program in Rural DRC” (with Eric Mvukiyehe). AEA RCT ID: AEARCTR-0007874.

[4] “Do Public Works Programs Work for the Poor? Evidence from Six Randomized Control Trials in the Middle East and Africa” (with Eric Mvukiyehe).

[5] “Long-term Impacts of Improving Gender Attitudes Among Children” (with Jere R. Behrman, Utteeyo Dasgupta, Ramanan Laxminarayan, and Arindam Nandi). AEA RCT ID: AEARCTR-0000518.

[6] “Carrot or Stick: How to Improve Technology Adoption in Education?” (with Pradyumna Bhattacharjee and Meghna Sharma). AEA RCT ID: AEARCTR-0008047.

[7] “Impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health” (with Deepshikha Batheja, Jere R. Behrman, Ramanan Laxminarayan and Arindam Nandi). AEA RCT ID: AEARCTR-0009419.

[8] “Spillover effects of Public Works Programs on Children – Evidence from Multicountry Field Experiments in Africa and the Middle East” (with Ana Dammert, Eric Mvukiyehe and Katherine Theiss).

[9] “Do Internships Payoff? Experiments on Actual and Perceived Returns to Internship Experience in NYC” (with Jaclyn Yap and Kirsten Anastasio).

[10] “Impact of Worker Autonomy on Performance, Job Satisfaction and Public Goods Contribution” (with Andrew Souther and Utteeyo Dasgupta).

[11] “Returns to Big Five Personality Traits” (with Justine Hervé and Helene Purcell).

[12] “Long-term Impacts of Displacement during Early Childhood – Evidence from Internally Displaced Population in Azerbaijan” (with Timothy Kell-Fien, Eric Mvukiyehe, Olga Shemyakina and Saurabh Singhal).