SUBHA MANI


http://faculty.fordham.edu/smani/smani/Welcome.html



Contact Details

Department of Economics

441 East Fordham Road

Dealy Hall, E 520

Bronx, New York 10458

Email: smani@fordham.edu

Cell: 215-450-4000


Personal: Citizen of India (U.S. Permanent Resident); Married


Employment:

2014-: Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Economics, Fordham University

2008-2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Fordham University


Other positions/service:

2014-: Research Fellow, IZA, Bonn, Germany

2014-: Editorial Board, International Journal on Biodiversity Watch

2014-: Director, Social Justice and Policy Unit, Center for International Policy Studies, Fordham University

2014-: Editorial Board, American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

2012-: Research Affiliate, Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania

2011-: Research Associate, Center for International Policy Studies, Fordham University


Education:

2002-2008: Ph.D. Economics, University of Southern California

2002-2003: M.A. Economics, University of Southern California

2000-2002: M.A. Economics, Mumbai University, India

1997-2000: B.A. Economics (Honors), University of Delhi, India


Areas of Specialization:

Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Labor Economics, Program Evaluation, Field Experiments, Health, Education, Demography


Peer Reviewed Journal Articles


[11] Georgiadis, Andreas, Liza Benny, Benjamin T Crookston, Le Thuc Duc, Priscila Hermida, Subha Mani, Tassew Woldehanna, Aryeh D Stein, and Jere R. Behrman. 2016. “Growth Trajectories from Conception through Middle Childhood and Cognitive Achievement at Age 8 Years: Evidence from Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries”, SSM -Population Health, 2 (2016): 43-54. PDF


[10] Andersen, Christopher T., Sarah A. Reynolds, Jere R. Behrman, Benjamin T. Crookston, Kirk A. Dearden, Javier Escobal, Subha Mani, Alan Sánchez, and Aryeh D. Stein, and Lia CH. Fernald. 2015. "The Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru Is Associated with Improved Anthropometry but Not Cognitive Achievement among Children." Journal of Nutrition, 145: 2396-405. doi:10.3945/jn.115.213546. PDF


[9] Dasgupta, Utteeyo, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra, Subha Mani and Samyukta Subramanian. (2015). “Choosing to be Trained: Do Behavioral Traits Matter?” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 110: 145-159. PDF


[8] Behrman, Jere R., Whitney Schott, Subha Mani, Benjamin T. Crookston, Kirk Dearden, Le Thuc Duc, Lia C. H. Fernald, and Aryeh D. Stein. “Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Inequality: Parental Resources and Schooling Attainment and Children’s Human Capital in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam”. forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change.


[7] Dasgupta, Utteeyo and Subha Mani. (2015). “Only Mine or All Ours: Do Stronger Entitlements Affect Altruistic Choices in the Household?” World Development, 67: 363-375. PDF


[6] Dasgupta, Utteeyo and Subha Mani. (2014). “An Interactive Introduction to Randomized Evaluation.” Perspectives on Economic Education Research, 8(1): 1-73.

[5] Dasgupta, Utteeyo and Subha Mani. (2013). “Altruism in the Household: A Pilot Study.” Economic and Political Weekly, xlviii(33): 17-19. PDF


[4] Mani, Subha. (2014). “Socioeconomic Determinants of Child Health - Empirical Evidence from Indonesia.” Asian Economic Journal, 28(1): 81-104. PDF

[3] Mani, Subha, John Hoddinott and John Strauss. (2013). “Determinants of Schooling – Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia.” Journal of African Economies, 22(5): 693-731. PDF


[2] Mani, Subha, John Hoddinott and John Strauss. (2012). “Long-term Impact of Investments in Early Schooling — Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia.” Journal of Development Economics, 99(2): 292-299. PDF


[1] Mani, Subha. (2012). “Is there Complete, Partial, or No Recovery from Childhood Malnutrition? – Empirical Evidence from Indonesia.” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 74(5): 691-715. PDF


Working papers

[1] “Learning and Earning – Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India” (with Pushkar Maitra). (under review)


[2] “Impact of NREGS on Children’s Intellectual Human Capital” (with Jere R. Behrman, Shaikh Galab and Prudhvikar Reddy). (under review)


[3] “Searching for Stability in a State Dependent World” (with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Lata Gangadharan, and Pushkar Maitra). (under review)


[4] “Eliciting Risk: Firefighting in the Field” (with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal)


[5] “Searching for Religious Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from an Artefactual Field Experiment among Anganwadi Workers in India” (with Utteeyo Dasgupta and Prakarsh Singh)


[6] “Caste Differences in Behavior and Personality: Evidence from India” (with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal)


Grants Received (Total amount received so far = $165,952)

2016: Faculty Research Grant, Fordham University, Co-PI (Marc Conte, PI), $6,500

2015: Faculty Research Grant, Fordham University, PI, $6,392

2014: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Co-investigator (Ramanan Laxminarayan and Jere R. Behrman, PIs), $50,612

2013: International Growth Center – India Central, PI, $15,500

2013: International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Co-investigator (Ramanan Laxminarayan and Jere R. Behrman, PIs), $3,400

2013: Grand Challenges Canada, Co-investigator (Jere R. Behrman, PI), $32,280

2012: International Growth Center – India Central, Co-PI (Pushkar Maitra, PI), $15,555

2011: Faculty Research Grant, Fordham University, PI, $6,450

2011: Fordham Undergraduate Research Grant, Fordham University, PI, $7,325

2010: Faculty Research Grant, Monash University, Co-PI (Pushkar Maitra, PI), $18,338

2010: Faculty Research Grant, Fordham University, PI, $3,600


Work in Progress

[1] “Cognitive and Non-cognitive Returns to College Quality: Evidence from India” (with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Smriti Sharma and Saurabh Singhal)


[2] “Catch-up Effects in Health Outcomes – Linear and Quantile Regression Estimates from Four Countries” (with Jere R. Behrman, Andreas Georgiadis, and Fan Wang)


[3] “Employment and Health Shocks: New Evidence on the Impact of Morbidity and Physical Activity Limitations from Indonesia” (with Sophie Mitra and Usha Sambamoorthi).


[4] “Barriers to Learning Spoken English: Evidence from India” (with Tarun Jain and Pushkar Maitra).


[5] Impact of a School-based Vocational Education Program on School Completion, Grade Progression and Earnings (with Namrata Tognatta).


[6] Impact Evaluation of the Magic Bus Foundation’s Sports in Girls’ Education Program in India (with Ramanan Laxminarayan, Jere R. Behrman, and Arindam Nandi) 2014 – 2019.


[7] Decomposing ADL limitations: Permanent or Transitory (with Neha Agarwal and Hans Peter Kohler)


[8] Does the Fetal Origins Hypothesis Only Hold for the Average Person? Evidence From Ramadan Fasting (with Jere Behrman and Farhan Majid)


Fellowships and Awards

Merit award, Fordham University, 2015

Merit award, Fordham University, 2014

Merit award, Fordham University, 2013

Population Association of American (PAA) best poster prize (with Utteeyo Dasgupta), 2013

Merit award, Fordham University, 2012

Faculty Fellowship, Fordham University, Spring 2012

Fellowship, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, USC, 2007-2008

Merit Fellowship, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, USC, 2006-2007

Fellowship Stipend Top Up, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, USC, 2007

Graduate Assistantship, USC, 2003-2006

Represented USC at the Asia Pacific Rim University (APRU) conference, selected by the provost’s office, USC, 2006

Travel award received from the provost’s office to present at the APRU conference, USC, 2006

Strategic Theme Summer Supplement, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, USC, 2005

Merit Fellowship, College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, USC, 2002-2003

Scholarship, Department of Economics, Mumbai University, 2000-2002

Special Research Award, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), 2001-2002


Invited Presentations

Population Association of America Meetings, April 2016, scheduled

Rutgers University, April 2016, scheduled

University of Pennsylvania, April 2016, scheduled

Monash University, March 2016

United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research  (UNU-WIDER), October 2015

Shiv Nadar University, August 2015

Public Health Foundation of India, July 2015

International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), July 2015

Indian School of Business, June 2015

Mumbai University, June 2015

Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, November 2014

Manhattan College, November 2014

Rutgers University, December 2013

Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, December 2013

Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, December 2013

City College of New York, October 2013

Amherst College, September 2013

University of Southern California, October 2012

Hunter College, February 2012

University of Pennsylvania, February 2012

Vassar College, April 2011

Jadavpur University, August 2009

Rutgers University, October 2008

Gettysburg College, February 2008

Fordham University, January 2008

University of Melbourne, July 2007

Monash University, July 2007

United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), 2nd Project meeting on ‘Gender and Food Security’, May 2007

Conference Presentations and Workshop Participation

UNU-WIDER conference, Helsinki, Finland, October 2015

ISI-IGC Conference, New Delhi, July 2015

Population Association of America (PAA) meetings, San Diego, May 2015

American Economic Association (AEA) meetings, Boston, January 2015

Southern Economic Association (SEA) meetings, Atlanta, November 2014

Population Association of America (PAA) meetings, Boston, May 2014

Southern Economic Association (SEA) meetings, Tampa, Florida, November 2013

Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC), Boston, Massachusetts, November 2013

Society of Labor Economics (SOLE), Boston, Massachusetts, May 2013

PAA meetings, New Orleans, April 2013

American Economic Association (AEA) meetings, San Diego, California, January 2013

National Conference on Teaching Economics and Research in Economic Education, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, California, June 2011

71st International Atlantic Economic Conference, Athens, Greece, March 2011

PACDEV, Berkeley, California, March 2010

The 7th Midwest International Economic Development Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2010

Population Association of America, Detroit, Michigan, April 2009

Applied Microeconometrics workshop, Madison, Wisconsin, August 2008

Population Association of America, New Orleans, March 2008

Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC), Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 2007

Association of Pacific Rim Universities Conference, Singapore, July 2006

Bureau for Research and Economics Analysis of Development (BREAD) Summer School Participant, Calgary, Canada, July 2005

Western Economic Association International, San Francisco, California, July 2005


Professional Experience

Consultant, UNU-WIDER

Consultant, Boston University

Consultant, University of Pennsylvania

Review Panel for the session titled “Household and Labor Economics” in the Agricultural and Applied Economic Association Meetings in Seattle, Washington, 2012

Member, UNDP Equator Prize Technical Advisory Committee, 2011

Speaker in a one-day workshop on “Program Evaluation” at the Salesian Mission, 2009-2011, New York

Editorial Assistant, part-time, Economic Development and Cultural Change, August 2005-August 2006

Project Consultant, part-time, United Nations University-World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), August 2006-May 2007

Summer Intern, full-time, Food Consumption and Nutrition Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), June 2005-August 2005

Summer Intern, full-time, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), June 2001-August 2001

Research Analyst, part-time, 'Jnana Prabodhini', an institute of psychology, June 1998-December 1998


Teaching Experience

Instructor, Basic Microeconomics, Fall 2008-present

Instructor, Applied Econometrics, Fall 2008-present

Instructor, Community Economic Development, Spring 2009-present

Instructor, Economics of Development, Spring 2014-present

Teaching Assistant, Economies of Less Developed Countries, Professor John Strauss, 2005

Teaching Assistant, Contracts, Organizations, and Institutions, Professor Hyeok Jeong, 2005

Head Teaching Assistant, Principles of Microeconomics, Dr. Russell Mangum, 2004

Teaching Assistant, Principles of Microeconomics, Professor Timur Kuran, 2004

Teaching Assistant, Principles of Macroeconomics, Professor Robert Dekle, 2003


Journal Refereeing

Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Development Economics, Economics of Education Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Health Policy and Planning, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Policy Modeling, Growth and Change, Economics Bulletin, African Journal of Agricultural Research, Singapore Economic Review, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Economics and Human Biology, Journal of Population Economics, Social Science and Medicine, International Journal on Biodiversity Watch, BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Journal of Human Capital, World Development, BMC Nutrition, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of International Development.


Service

University level

[1] Member, Faculty Fellowship Advisory Committee, 2013

[2] Presenter, Fall Parent’s Day event, 2012

[3] Presenter, President’s Spring Preview event, 2010

[4] Member, Fulbright interview panel, 2009-11

[5] Participant, New Faculty Mentoring, 2008-2009

[6] Member, Hiring Committee for the Chief Research Officer, 2015


Department level

[1] Co-organizer, Department of Economics, Seminar Series, Fall 2010-present

[2] Organizer, Department of Economics, Seminar Series, Fall 2011

[3] Manager, Department of Economics, Discussion Paper Series, Fall 2012-15

[4] Member, Hiring Committees – Development Economics and International Economics, 2011

[5] Member, Hiring Committee – Development Economics, 2012

[6] Economics Major Adviser, Fall 2010-present

[7] Ph.D. Dissertation Reader: Maria Davalos, Frank Canovatchel, Hoolda Kim

[8] Honors Thesis Mentoring: Tyler Boston, Rose Puntel, and Alex Levine

[9] International Political Economy and Development: Co-taught workshop on program evaluation and co-led study on workforce development for the Salesian Missions (with Sophie Mitra) 2011-2012

[10] Field Trips: Sarah Scarcelli, Tyler Boston and Peter Lachman travelled with me to India for primary data collection in New Delhi, India

[11] Ph.D. Admissions Committee Member, 2014-present

[12] Masters Admissions Committee Member, 2014-present

[13] Fordham Undergraduate Research Mentoring, 2012 and 2015


Media Coverage

[1] Policy briefs of my research that appeared at www.ideasforindia.in:


[a] http://www.ideasforindia.in/Article.aspx?article_id=182


[b] http://www.ideasforindia.in/Article.aspx?article_id=165


[2] My research paper was blogged by David McKenzie at the World Bank Impact Evaluation Blog:


[a] http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/the-impact-of-vocational-training-for-young-women-in-delhi


[3] Pedagogy in Action: the SERC portal for educators includes a description of the classroom games published in the pedagogy journal, Perspectives on Economic Education Research


[a] http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/experiments/examples/70039.html



References

John Strauss, Professor of Economics

Department of Economics, University of Southern California

KAP 300, 3620 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90089

+1 213 740-7698, jstrauss@usc.edu


Jere R. Behrman, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics

Department of Economics and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

229 McNeil Building, 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104

+1 215 898-7704, jbehrman@econ.upenn.edu


John Hoddinott, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food and Nutrition Economics and Policy

Professor of Applied Economics and Management

Professor of Nutritional Sciences

Cornell University

Room 305, Savage Hall, 410 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY 14853

+1 607-255-8594, jfh246@cornell.edu


Pushkar Maitra, Professor of Economics

Department of Economics

Monash University

Clayton campus, VIC 3800

Australia

+61 3 9905 5832, pushkar.maitra@monash.edu