As of
May 2011
Refereed
Journal Publications:
¨
Health Shocks and Consumption Smoothing in Rural
Households: Does Microcredit have a Role to Play?
(Joint with Asadul Islam, Monash University). Journal of Development Economics. Forthcoming.
¨
The Link
Between Infant Mortality and Child Nutrition in India: Is There any Evidence of
a Gender Bias? (Joint with Anu Rammohan, University of
Western Australia). Journal of the
Asia-Pacific Economy, 16(1),
2011, 81 – 110.
¨
Gender Wage
Discrimination in Rural and Urban Labour Markets of Bangladesh (Joint with
Salma Ahmed, Monash University). Oxford Development
Studies. 38(1), 2010, 83 - 112.
¨
Is
There Gender Bias in the Household's Time Allocation in a Developing Country?
The Indian Experience (Joint with Ranjan Ray, Monash University). Journal of Quantitative Economics. New
Series, 6(1-2), 2008, 81 - 100.
¨
Gender Bias in
Nutrient Intake: Evidence from Selected Indian States (Joint with Geoff
Lancaster and Ranjan Ray, University of Tasmania). South Asian Economic Journal. 7(2), 2006, 255 - 299.
¨
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.
¨
Effect of Socioeconomic Characteristics on Age at Marriage
and Total Fertility in Nepal. Journal of Health, Population
and Nutrition. 22(1), 2005, 84 - 96.
¨
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.
¨
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 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.