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)


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)