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Research Interests:
Panel Data and Cross-Section Econometrics, Time-Series Econometrics
Secondary: Empirical Development Economics, Poverty, Education, and Health
Courses Taught:
SELECTED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
BOOK CHAPTERS [REFEREED]:
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“On the dynamics of
household living standards in rural China” (with M. Ravallion) in S. Dercon
(ed.) Insurance Against Risk and Poverty, WIDER, Helsinki, 2004
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“Determinants of transient
and chronic poverty: Evidence from rural China” (with M. Ravallion) in B.
Baluch and J. Hoddinott (ed.) Economic Mobility and Poverty Dynamics in
Developing Countries, Frank Cass Publishers, U.K., 2001
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“Adjustment and social
sectors in India” (with K. Subbarao), in R. Cassen and V. Joshi (ed.)
India: The Future of Economic Reforms, Oxford University Press, New
Delhi, 1995
JOURNAL
PUBLICATIONS [REFEREED]:
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“Estimating the benefit
incidence of an antipoverty program by propensity score matching” (with M.
Ravallion), Journal of Business Economics and Statistics, February
2003
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“Does piped water improve
child health for poor families in rural India?” (with M. Ravallion)
Journal of Econometrics, 112:153-173, February 2003
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“Geographic poverty traps”
(with M. Ravallion), Journal of Applied Econometrics, 17(4): 329-346
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“Behavioral responses to
risk in rural China” (with M. Ravallion), Journal of Development
Economics, 14-30, October 2001
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“Determinants of transient
and chronic poverty: Evidence from rural China” (with M. Ravallion) The
Journal of Development Studies, 36(6), 82-99, August 2000
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“Gender disparity in human
resource development: Cross‑country patterns”, Journal of Quantitative
Economics, January 2000
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“A less poor world, but a
hotter one? Carbon emissions, economic growth and income inequality” (with
M. Ravallion and M. Heil), Oxford Economic Papers, 52, 651-699, 2000
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“China’s lagging poor
areas” (with M. Ravallion), American Economic Review, 89(2), 301-305,
May 1999
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“Are the poor less well
insured? Evidence on vulnerability to income risk in rural China”, (with M.
Ravallion) Journal of Development Economics, 58, 61-81, 1999
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“Transient poverty in
post-reform rural China” (with M. Ravallion), Journal of Comparative
Economics, 26, 337-358, 1998
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“Are there dynamic gains
from a poor area development program?” (with M. Ravallion), Journal of
Public Economics, 67(1), 65-83, 1997
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“Growth divergence due to
spatial externalities” (with M. Ravallion), Economic Letters, 53(2):
227-232, 1996
WORKING PAPERS AND OTHER
ARTICLES:
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“Antenatal care: an
important way to improve India’s poor child and maternal health indicators”
mimeo, (with Stephen Howes, AusAid and Rinku Murgai, The World Bank)
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“An effective “targeting
shortcut”? Analysis of the BPL scheme in reaching the poor” (with Rinku
Murgai, The World Bank), mimeo, The World Bank: New Delhi
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“The Changing Structure of
Non-formal Jobs in India” (with Elena Glinskaya), mimeo, The World
Bank, Washington DC, September, 2005
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“Awareness and Demand for
Environmental Quality: Experimental evidence on the Importance of Being
Informed” (with E. Somanathan), mimeo, Indian Statistical Institute,
September 2004
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“Awareness and Demand for
Environmental Quality: Survey evidence on drinking water in urban India”
(with E. Somanathan and Saraswata Chaudhuri), mimeo, Indian
Statistical Institute, September 2003
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"Small Bang for Big bucks?
An evaluation of a primary school intervention in India " (with Elena
Glinskaya), mimeo, The World Bank, August 2002
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