Refereed Journal Publications:

 

§         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. Forthcoming.

§         Gender Bias in Nutrient Intake: Evidence from Selected Indian States (Joint with Geoff Lancaster and Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). South Asian Economic Journal. Forthcoming.

§         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. Forthcoming.

§         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), 193 – 203.

§         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), 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:

 

§         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 & 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), http://www.eolss.net, Oxford, UK, 2002.

§         Growth and the Environment, in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net, 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), http://www.eolss.net, Oxford, UK, 2002. (Joint with Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne)

§         Environmental Regulation, International Trade and Transboundary Pollution in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net, Oxford, UK, 2002.

§         Environmental Policy in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), http://www.eolss.net, Oxford, UK, 2002.

 

 

Refereed Conference Publications:

 

§         Idiosyncratic hocks and Efficient Risk Sharing: An Investigation of Rural Malawi. Australian Conference of Economists (2004), University of Sydney, edited by Jeff Sheen and Don Wright.

§         Social Pensions, Migration and Household Composition: Evidence from South Africa. Australian Conference of Economists (2004), University of Sydney, edited by Jeff Sheen and Don Wright.

§         Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from China. Institutional Challenges for the Global China Conference Proceedings (2003), edited by Russell Smyth, On-Kit Tam and Cherrie Zhu, Monash University.

§         Endogenous Power, Household Expenditure Patterns and New Tests of Gender Bias: Evidence from India. Australasian Econometric Society Meeting, Conference Proceedings (2003), edited by Bill Schworm and Denzil Feibig, University of New South Wales.

§         Parental Bargaining, Health Inputs and Child Mortality in India. Australasian Econometric Society Meeting, Conference Proceedings (2003), edited by Bill Schworm and Denzil Feibig, University of New South Wales.

§         Intra Household Resource Allocation And Their Impact On Expenditure Patterns: Comparative Evidence From South Africa And Pakistan. Australasian Econometric Society Meeting, Conference Proceedings (2001), edited by Peter C. B. Phillips and Bryce Hool, University of Auckland.

§         Investment in Child Schooling: Theory and Evidence from South Africa. Australasian Econometric Society Meeting, Conference Proceedings (1999) edited by T. Hall, University of Technology Sydney.

§         Growth in the Presence of Inter-linkages across Sectors: Australasian Econometric Society Meeting, Conference Proceedings (1999) edited by T. Hall, University of Technology Sydney.

§         Two Aspects of Fertility Behaviour in South Africa: Australasian Econometric Society Meeting, Conference Proceedings (1999) edited by T. Hall, University of Technology Sydney.

§         Determinants of Land Tenure Contracts: Theory and Evidence from Rural India. Australasian Econometric Society Meeting, Conference Proceedings (1998), edited by S. Grant & C. Skeels, Australian National University.

 

 

Other Conference Publications:

 

§         Does Child Mortality Reflect Gender Bias? Evidence from Pakistan: Conference Proceedings, Australasian Population Association Meetings, Melbourne, November 2000.

 

 

Other Publications:

 

§         Book Review of “Development Microeconomics” by Pranab Bardhan and Chris Udry, Economic Record, Sep 2000, 76(234), 305 – 306.

§         Book Review of “Negotiating Poverty: new Directions, Renewed Debate”; Neil Middleton, Phil O’Keefe and Rob Visser (eds.). South Asia.