Publications

The CDES team and members have a reputation for producing high quality published research in leading academic journals on a range of topics related to the centre’s mandate of sustainable development.

Abbink, Klaus, Islam, Asad, & Nguyen, Chau. (2020). Whose voice matters? An experimental examination of gender bias in intra-household decision-making. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 176, 337–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.02.003

Bajaj, Ayushi & Datt, Gaurav (2020). Financing of fiscal response to COVID-19: A pragmatic alternative. Indian Economic Review, 55(1), 149-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41775-020-00090-6

Balarama, Hemawathy, Islam, Asad, Kim, Jun Sung, & Wang, Liang Choon. (2020). Price elasticities of residential electricity demand: Estimates from household panel data in Bangladesh. Energy Economics, 92, 104937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104937

Datt, Gaurav, Rinku Murgai & Ravallion, Martin (2020). Poverty and growth in India over six decades. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 102 (1): 4-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajae/aaz043

Datt, Gaurav & Wang, Liang Choon (2020). Schooling and learning deficits: A simple unified measurement framework. Comparative Education Review, 64 (3): 470-497. https://doi.org/10.1086/709450

Datt, Gaurav, Wang, Liang Choon & Badji, Samia (2020). Is emigration of workers contributing to better schooling outcomes in Nepal? Review of International Economics, 28 (4): 1046-1075. https://doi.org/10.1111/roie.12481

Derby, Sarah Jane, Islam, Asad, & Smyth, Russell. (2020). Labour market and human capital behaviour of immigrant couples: Evidence from Australia. International Migration, 58(2), 118–142. https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12618

Emran, M. Shahe, Islam, Asad, & Shilpi, Forhad. (2020). Distributional effects of corruption when enforcement is biased: Theory and evidence from bribery in schools in Bangladesh. Economica (London), 87(348), 985–1015. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12337

Fafchamps, Marcel, Islam, Asad, Malek, Mohammad Abdul, & Pakrashi, Debayan. (2020). Can referral improve targeting? Evidence from an agricultural training experiment. Journal of Development Economics, 144, 102436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102436

Hahn, Youjin, Islam, Asad, Patacchini, Eleonora, & Zenou, Yves. (2020). Friendship and female education: Evidence from a field experiment in Bangladeshi primary schools. The Economic Journal (London), 130(627), 740–764. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uez064

Hill, C. Hal, & Jayasuriya, Sisira. (2020). Some reflections on the state of development economics in Asia. The Philippine Review of Economics, 56(1 & 2), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.37907/1erp9102jd

Islam, Asad, Leister, C. Matthew, Mahmud, Minhaj, & Raschky, A. Paul. (2020). Natural disaster and risk-sharing behavior: Evidence from rural Bangladesh. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 61(1), 67–99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-020-09334-5

Islam, Asad, & Pakrashi, Debayan. (2020). Labour market participation of women in rural Bangladesh: The role of microfinance. The Journal of Development Studies, 56(10), 1927–1946. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2020.1725482

Khalil, Umair, Oak, Mandar, & Ponnusamy, Sundar. (2021). Political favoritism by powerful politicians: Evidence from chief ministers in India. European Journal of Political Economy, Vol 66, 101949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2020.101949