Research

Although an applied growth and development theorist by training, my research interest is eclectic, often blurring the cliched distinction between 'macro' and 'micro'. I feed my intellectual curiosity by working on ideas that appeal to me as interesting and have policy implications. My published research so far, can be broadly categorized in the Five themes - Health Behavior, Macroeconomics/Growth, Development, Experimental Economics, and Miscellaneous. 

Health Behavior
Empirical Studies

1. Title: Do parental preferences predict engagement in child health programs?
   Authors: T Beatton, CJ Moores, D Sarkar, J Sarkar, J Silva Goncalves, HA Vidgen
   Journal: Health Economics 30 (11), 2686-2700
   Year: 2021
   Preprint: Do parental preferences predict engagement in child health programs? | QUT ePrints 

2. Title: What does attending early childhood program mean for child health in India?
   Authors: D Sarkar, J Sarkar
   Journal: Health Economics
   Year: 2017
   Preprint: What does attending early childhood program mean for child health in India? | QUT ePrints 

3. Title: Do disease prevalence and severity drive COVID-19 vaccine demand?
   Authors: J Sarkar
   Journal: Economic Analysis and Policy 75, 310-319
   Year: 2022
   Preprint: Do disease prevalence and severity drive COVID-19 vaccine demand? | QUT ePrints 

4. Title: Occupational variation in the relationship between child health and family size
   Authors: J Sarkar
   Journal: Health Economics 29 (1), 98-103
   Year: 2020
   Preprint: Occupational variation in the relationship between child health and family size | QUT ePrints 

Theoretical Studies

1. Title: To test or not to test? A new behavioral epidemiology framework for COVID-19

Authors: J Sarkar

Journal: PloS one 19 (12), e0309423

Year: 2024 

Media coverage: 2020: Article in AHES newsletter: “ ’Tis time to integrate behavioural economics in epidemiological modelling of COVID-19” 

Macro/Growth

Empirical Studies

1. Title: Growth consequences of foreign direct investment: some results for Turkey
   Authors: A Darrat, J Sarkar
   Journal: Journal of Economic Development 34 (2), 85-96
   Year: 2009
   Preprint: Growth consequences of foreign direct investment: Some results for Turkey | QUT ePrints
   
   

2. Title: Inflation and relative price variability: new evidence from survey-based measures of inflation expectations in Australia
   Authors: HK Nath, J Sarkar
   Journal: Empirical Economics 56, 2001-2024
   Year: 2019
   
   

3. Title: Unbiased Estimation of the Half‐Life to Price Index Convergence among US Cities
   Authors: HK Nath, J Sarkar
   Journal: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 41 (5), 1041-1046
   Year: 2009
   Preprint: Unbiased estimation of the half-life to price index convergence among U.S. cities | QUT ePrints 

4. Title: City relative price dynamics in Australia: Are structural breaks important?
   Authors: HK Nath, J Sarkar
   Journal: Economic Record 90 (288), 33-48
   Year: 2014
   Preprint: City relative price dynamics in Australia: Are structural breaks important? | QUT ePrints 

Theoretical Studies

1. Title: Growth dynamics in a model of endogenous time preference
   Authors: J Sarkar
   Journal: International Review of Economics & Finance 16 (4), 528-542
   Year: 2007
   Preprint: Growth dynamics in a model of endogenous time preference | QUT ePrints 

2. Title: Endogenous mortality, human capital and economic growth
   Authors: T Osang, J Sarkar
   Journal: Journal of Macroeconomics 30 (4), 1423-1445
   Year: 2008
   Preprint: Endogenous mortality, human capital and economic growth | QUT ePrints 

3. Title: Diminishing marginal impatience: its promises for asset pricing
   Authors: HK Nath, J Sarkar
   Journal: Applied Financial Economics Letters 2 (1), 61-64
   Year: 2006
   Preprint: Diminishing Marginal Impatience: Its Promises for Asset Pricing by Jayanta Sarkar, Hiranya K. Nath :: SSRN 

4. Title: Essays on endogenous lifetime, economic growth and income inequality

Authors: J Sarkar

Thesis: Southern Methodist University

Year: 2006
Preprint: Essays on endogenous lifetime, economic growth and income inequality: A macroeconomic analysis of longevity, education and economic development | QUT ePrints 

Development

Empirical Studies

1. Title: Women's labor force participation and marriage: The case of Korea
   Authors: BS Lee, S Jang, J Sarkar
   Journal: Journal of Asian Economics 19 (2), 138-154
   Year: 2008
   Preprint: Women's labor force participation and marriage: The case of Korea | QUT ePrints 

2. Title: Persistence of income inequality: does child mortality matter?
   Authors: D Sarkar, J Sarkar
   Journal: The Journal of Developing Areas 46 (2), 105-123
   Year: 2012
   Preprint: Persistence of income inequality: does child mortality matter? | QUT ePrints 

3. Title: Mortality, fertility, and persistent income inequality
   Authors: J Sarkar
   Journal: Southern Economic Journal 75 (2), 332-350
   Year: 2008

Theoretical Studies

1. Title: Occupational Variation in Quantity–Quality Trade-off in a Brawn-Based Economy

Authors: J Sarkar

Journal: The Journal of Development Studies 57 (5), 824-841

Year: 2021
Preprint: Occupational variation in quantity-quality trade-off in a brawn-based economy | QUT ePrints 

2. Title: Why does child labour persist with declining poverty?
   Authors: J Sarkar, D Sarkar
   Journal: Economic Inquiry 54 (1), 139-158
   Year: 2016
   Media coverage: 2015: QUT Media release for the article; extensively covered by all leading newspapers in India, international science magazines, as well as UNICEF, World Bank, and the IMF. It is estimated to have reached a few million readers. An example: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150917110011.htm 

Experimental Economics

1. Title: The effects of private and social incentives on students’ test-taking effort

Authors: D Sarkar, J Sarkar, U Dulleck

Journal: Economic Modelling 135

Year: 2024 

Media coverage:
1. 2024: Article in The Conversation: What happens when you pay Year 7 students to do better on NAPLAN? We found out

  2. 2024: Article in The Educator: Small rewards for effort achieve better NAPLAN results – study 

  3. 2024: ABC Far North Queensland (Drive): Incentives and student performance in NAPLAN.  

2. Title: The implications of daylight saving time: A quasi-natural experiment on cognitive performance and risk taking behaviour

Authors: M Schaffner, J Sarkar

Journal: Economic Modelling 70, 390-400

Year: 2018 

Media coverage: 

1. 2018: Article in The Conversation: “Daylight saving is not something for economists to lose sleep over”
        2.  2024: Panel session on ABC National Radio (The Money): The Economics of Daylight Saving: It’s All In The Timing 

   3. 2024: Interview on ABC national news: A 7-minute interview on the effects of Daylight Saving Time change, broadcast nationally in ABC News 

      Tonight.

  4. 2022: Interview on ABC Triple Jazz: On daylight saving 

  5. 2018: Interview on ABC Canberra: On daylight saving;  Radio Adelaide: On daylight saving; 2SER Sydney: On daylight saving 

  7.  2014: Interview on ABC Radio: “Will a half-hour shift solve the daylight-saving issues?” 

Miscellaneous

Empirical Studies

1. Title: Recognition and longevity: An examination of award timing and lifespan in Nobel laureates
   Authors: HF Chan, FG Mixon Jr, J Sarkar, B Torgler
   Journal: Scientometrics 127 (6), 3629-3659
   Year: 2022
   
   

2. Title: Business in troubled waters: Does adverse attitude affect firm value?
   Authors: JC Park, D Sarkar, J Sarkar, K Yost
   Journal: Journal of Corporate Finance
   Year: 2013
   Preprint: Business in troubled waters: Does adverse attitude affect firm value? | QUT ePrints