Manisha Shah

UCLA

Professor

Department of Public Policy

Los Angeles , CA 90095-1656

United States

http://luskin.ucla.edu/person/manisha-shah

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1.

Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health

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Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 19 Jul 2014
Scott Cunningham and Manisha Shah
Baylor University and UCLA
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Decriminalizing Indoor Prostitution: Implications for Sexual Violence and Public Health

NBER Working Paper No. w20281
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 24 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2022
Scott Cunningham and Manisha Shah
Baylor University and UCLA
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Impact Evaluation of a Large-Scale Rural Sanitation Project in Indonesia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6360
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah and Susan Olivia
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, UCLA and Monash University
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Hygiene Promotion and Social Marketing, Housing & Human Habitats, Disease Control & Prevention, Early Child and Children's Health

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Handedness, Health and Cognitive Development: Evidence from Children in the NLSY

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4774
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 Feb 2010
David W. Johnston, Michael Nicholls, Manisha Shah and Michael A. Shields
Monash University - Centre for Health Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, UCLA and University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
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handedness, children, health, cognitive development, family fixed-effects

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Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2752
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Apr 2007
David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah and Michael A. Shields
Monash University - Centre for Health Economics, UCLA and University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
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handedness, child development, child time use, parental characteristics

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Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6756
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 06 Oct 2012
Lisa A. Cameron and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and UCLA
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natural disasters, risk aversion, development

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Scaling Up Sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10619
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 26 Mar 2017
Lisa A. Cameron and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and UCLA
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impact evaluation, sanitation, scale up, development, health

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Initial Conditions Matter: Social Capital and Participatory Development

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 18 Dec 2015
Lisa A. Cameron, Susan Olivia and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Monash University - Department of Econometrics & Business Statistics and UCLA
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Participatory development, sanitation, social capital, economic development, Indonesia

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Initial Conditions Matter: Social Capital and Participatory Development

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9563
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 26 Dec 2015
Lisa A. Cameron, Susan Olivia and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Monash University and UCLA
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participatory development, social capital, sanitation, economic development, Indonesia

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Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6736
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Jul 2012
Lisa A. Cameron and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and UCLA
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cash transfer programs, crime, mistargeting, social capital

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The Prostitute's Allure: Examining Returns to Beauty, Productivity and Discrimination

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5064
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 26 Jul 2010
Raj Arunachalam and Manisha Shah
Bates White and UCLA
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beauty premium, discrimination, sex markets

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Child Undernutrition Following the Introduction of a Large-Scale Toilet Construction Campaign in India

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Oct 2019
Parvati Singh, Manisha Shah and Tim Bruckner
University of California, Irvine - Program in Public Health, UCLA and University of California, Irvine - Program in Public Health
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child undernutrition, sanitation, open defecation, India, stunting, quasi-experiment

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Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India

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Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13710
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Sep 2020
C. Justin Cook and Manisha Shah
University of California, Merced - School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts and UCLA
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NREGS, aggregate output

Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w27395
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2022
C. Justin Cook and Manisha Shah
University of California, Merced - School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts and UCLA
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Intra-Household Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5153
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 30 Aug 2010
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah and Michael A. Shields
Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance, Monash University - Centre for Health Economics, UCLA and University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
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children, cognitive ability, parental investment, handedness

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Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness as an Instrument

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3537
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Jun 2008
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah and Michael A. Shields
Queensland University of Technology - School of Economics and Finance, Monash University - Centre for Health Economics, UCLA and University of Melbourne - Department of Economics
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maternal labor force participation, child development, handedness

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Unintended Consequences of Lockdowns: Covid-19 and the Shadow Pandemic

NBER Working Paper No. w27562
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 24 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 24 Apr 2022
Saravana Ravindran and Manisha Shah
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and UCLA
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Financial Incentives and Other Nudges Do Not Increase Covid-19 Vaccinations Among the Vaccine Hesitant

NBER Working Paper No. w29403
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 25 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2021
Tom Chang, Mireille Jacobson, Manisha Shah, Rajiv Pramanik and Samir Shah
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business - Finance and Business Economics Department, University of Southern California, UCLA, Contra Costa Health Services and Contra Costa Health Services
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Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital

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Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital

NBER Working Paper No. w19140
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2022
Manisha Shah and Bryce Millett
UCLA and Harvard University
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Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long-Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9440
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 02 Nov 2015
Manisha Shah and Bryce Millett
UCLA and Harvard University
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human capital investment

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Crimes against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

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Crimes against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 21/20
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 07 Jan 2021
Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, George Washington University and UCLA
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Crimes Against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13784
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 13 Oct 2020
Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, George Washington University and UCLA
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sex work, criminalization, sexually-transmitted infections, Indonesia

Crimes Against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

NBER Working Paper No. w27846
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2022
Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, George Washington University and UCLA
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Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters

NBER Working Paper No. w19534
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 18 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 18 May 2022
Lisa A. Cameron and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and UCLA
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Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India

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Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9486
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 16 Nov 2015
Manisha Shah and Bryce Millett
UCLA and Harvard University
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human capital investment, workfare programs

Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India

NBER Working Paper No. w21543
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 14 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 14 May 2022
Manisha Shah and Bryce Millett
UCLA and Harvard University
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Face Value: Information and Signaling in an Illegal Market

NBER Working Paper No. w14841
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2022
Trevon Logan and Manisha Shah
Ohio State University and UCLA
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Crimes Against Morality: Unintended Consequence of Criminalizing Sex Work

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 24 Nov 2020
Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager and Manisha Shah
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, George Washington University and UCLA
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sex work, criminalization, sexually-transmitted infections, Indonesia.

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Women's Well-Being During a Pandemic and its Containment

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Women's Well-Being During a Pandemic and its Containment

NBER Working Paper No. w29121
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 09 Aug 2021 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2022
Natalie Bau, Gaurav Khanna, Corinne Low, Manisha Shah, Sreyashi Sharmin and Alessandra Voena
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Stanford University and University of Chicago
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Women's Well-Being During a Pandemic and its Containment

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16424
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Sep 2021
Natalie Bau, Gaurav Khanna, Corinne Low, Manisha Shah, Sreyashi Sharmin and Alessandra Voena
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), University of Pennsylvania, UCLA, Stanford University and University of Chicago
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COVID-19, Depression, gender, India, mental health, nutrition

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How Does Health Promotion Work? Evidence from the Dirty Business of Eliminating Open Defecation

NBER Working Paper No. w20997
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 09 Mar 2015 Last Revised: 16 May 2022
Paul J. Gertler, Manisha Shah, Maria Laura Alzua, Lisa A. Cameron, Sebastian Martinez and Sumeet Patil
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, UCLA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness and University of California, Berkeley
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Human Capital Investment in the Presence of Child Labor

NBER Working Paper No. w27241
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 26 May 2020 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2022
Natalie Bau, Martin Rotemberg, Manisha Shah and Bryce Steinberg
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), New York University (NYU), UCLA and Brown University
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The Right to Education Act: Trends in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality

NBER Working Paper No. w25608
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 04 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2021
Manisha Shah and Bryce Steinberg
UCLA and Brown University
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Sex Work and Infection: What's Law Enforcement Got to Do With It?

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 54, November 2011
Posted: 31 Dec 2010
Paul J. Gertler and Manisha Shah
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and UCLA

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regulation, health, sex markets

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Risky Business: The Market for Unprotected Commercial Sex

Posted: 12 May 2005
Paul J. Gertler, Manisha Shah and Stefano M. Bertozzi
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, UCLA and Independent

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