Papers Submitted/Work in Progress:

 

School Dropouts and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis. (Joint with Kausik Chaudhuri, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research).

 

Early Childbirth, Health Inputs and Child Mortality: Recent Evidence from Bangladesh (Joint with Sarmistha Pal, Brunel University).

 

Birth Spacing and Child Survival: Comparative Evidence from India and Pakistan (Joint with Sarmistha Pal, Brunel University).

 

Household Expenditure Patterns and Gender Bias: Evidence from India. (Joint with Geoff Lancaster and Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania).

 

Household Resources, Expenditure Patterns and Resource Pooling: Evidence from South Africa. (Joint with Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania).

 

Social Pension and Child Schooling in Extended Families: Evidence from South Africa. (Joint with Katy Cornwell and Brett Inder, Monash University and Anu Rammohan, University of Sydney).

 

Group Size and Risk Sharing: An Experimental Analysis. (Joint with Ananish Chaudhuri, University of Auckland and Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne).

 

Communication, Advice and Beliefs in an Experimental Public Goods Game. (Joint with Ananish Chaudhuri, University of Auckland and Susan Skeath, Wellesley College).

 

‘Arranged’ Marriage, Co-Residence and Female Schooling: A Model with Evidence from India (Joint with Indraneel Dasgupta, University of Nottingham and Diganta Mukherjee, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata).

 

Social Pensions, Migration and Household Composition: Evidence from South Africa. (Joint with Brett Inder and Mark Harris, Monash University).

 

Parental Bargaining and Demand for Immunization in Rural India.

 

Peer Monitoring and Moral Hazard in a Laboratory Microfinance Experiment (Joint with Tim Cason, Purdue University and Lata Gangadharan, University of Melbourne).