Dean Spears

University of Texas at Austin

Assistant Professor of Economics

Austin, TX 78712

United States

Economics and Planning Unit, ISI-Delhi

visiting economist

7 S .J. S.

Sansanwal Marg

New Delhi, 110016

India

r.i.c.e.

New Delhi

India

http://www.riceinstitute.org

IZA Institute of Labor Economics

P.O. Box 7240

Bonn, D-53072

Germany

  • University of Texas at Austin

  • Economics and Planning Unit, ISI-Delhi

  • IZA Institute of Labor Economics

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1.

Long-term Population Projections: Scenarios of Low or Rebounding Fertility

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2023
Dean Spears, Sangita Vyas, Gage Weston and Michael Geruso
University of Texas at Austin, Hunter College (CUNY), University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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low fertility, depopulation, projections

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Changes in Open Defecation in Rural North India: 2014-2018

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12065
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jan 2019
Aashish Gupta, Nazar Khalid, Devashish Desphande, Payal Hathi, Avani Kapur, Nikhil Srivastav, Sangita Vyas, Dean Spears and Diane Coffey
University of Pennsylvania, Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), Center for Policy Research (India), Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), Centre for Policy Research, Accountability Initiative, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin and Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.)
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sanitation, open defecation, India, development, environmental health, behaviour, Swachh Bharat Mission

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How Much International Variation in Child Height Can Sanitation Explain?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6351
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin
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Population Policies, Early Child and Children's Health, Disease Control & Prevention, Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Youth and Governance

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Inversions in US Presidential Elections: 1836-2016

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Inversions in US Presidential Elections: 1836-2016

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 16 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2020
Michael Geruso, Dean Spears and Ishaana Talesara
University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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Electoral College, Inversion, Wrong Winner, Referendum Paradox, Majority Deficit, National Popular Vote

Inversions in Us Presidential Elections: 1836-2016

NBER Working Paper No. w26247
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 09 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2023
Michael Geruso, Dean Spears and Ishaana Talesara
University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality

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Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 13 May 2015 Last Revised: 18 May 2017
Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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Sanitation, Infant Mortality, Open Defecation, Externalities

Neighborhood Sanitation and Infant Mortality

NBER Working Paper No. w21184
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 18 May 2015 Last Revised: 21 May 2023
Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

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Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2018
Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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heat, humidity, infant mortality, wet bulb temperature, climate change

Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11717
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Aug 2018
Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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heat, humidity, mortality, neonatal mortality, development, climate damages

Heat, Humidity, and Infant Mortality in the Developing World

NBER Working Paper No. w24870
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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Village Sanitation and Children's Human Capital: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment by the Maharashtra Government

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6580
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Jeffrey S. Hammer and Dean Spears
Princeton University - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and University of Texas at Austin
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Disease Control & Prevention, Population Policies, Hygiene Promotion and Social Marketing, Early Child and Children's Health

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Sanitation, Disease Externalities, and Anemia: Evidence from Nepal

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Sanitation, Disease Externalities, and Anemia: Evidence from Nepal

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 10 Dec 2016
Diane Coffey, Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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anemia, sanitation, open defecation

Sanitation, Disease Externalities, and Anemia: Evidence from Nepal

NBER Working Paper No. w22940
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 19 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2023
Diane Coffey, Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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Bounded Rationality as Subjective Menus: Contraction Consistency and Intertemporal Choice

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 29 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 06 Jan 2011
Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin
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bounded rationality, weak WARP, intertemporal choice, preferences over choice sets, contraction consistency, Sen's alpha, menu effects, representation theorem

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Bounded Rationality as Deliberation Costs: Theory and Evidence from a Pricing Field Experiment in India

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 06 Aug 2009
Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin
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bounded rationality, deliberation costs, pricing, social marketing, cost-sharing, handwashing with soap, field experiment, India, development, behavioral economics

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Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills: Evidence from India's Total Sanitation Campaign

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6659
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Dean Spears and Sneha Lamba
University of Texas at Austin and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE)
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Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Disease Control & Prevention, Primary Education, Educational Sciences, Population Policies

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Place and Child Health: The Interaction of Population Density and Sanitation in Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7124
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Payal Hathi, Sabrina Haque, Lovey Pant, Diane Coffey and Dean Spears
Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), World Bank, Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.), Princeton University and University of Texas at Austin
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Small Private Water Supply Providers, Water and Human Health, Town Water Supply and Sanitation, Water Supply and Sanitation Economics

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Birth Order, Fertility, and Child Height in India and Africa

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12289
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 21 May 2019
Dean Spears, Diane Coffey and Jere Behrman
University of Texas at Austin, Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.) and University of Pennsylvania
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child height, birth order, India, DHS, high-dimensional fixed effects

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Preference for Randomization?: Anscombe-Aumann Inconsistency in the Lab

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Dec 2009
Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin
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preference for randomization, ambiguity aversion, Anscombe-Aumann, Ellsberg paradox, uncertainty, lab experiment

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Neonatal Death in India: Birth Order in a Context of Maternal Undernutrition

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12288
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 May 2019
Diane Coffey and Dean Spears
Research Institute for Compassionate Economics (r.i.c.e.) and University of Texas at Austin
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neonatal mortality, infant mortality, birth order, maternal nutrition, India

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What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Poorer: Adult Wages and the Early-Life Disease Environment in India

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7121
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Nicholas Lawson and Dean Spears
Aix-Marseille University - Aix-Marseille School of Economics and University of Texas at Austin
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Engineering, Town Water Supply and Sanitation, Sanitation and Sewerage, Water Supply and Sanitation Economics, Rural Labor Markets, Sanitary Environmental Engineering, Small Private Water Supply Providers, Labor Markets, Water and Human Health, Health and Sanitation, Environmental Engineering, Labor Policies

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Those Who Can't Sort, Steal: Caste, Occupational Mobility, and Rent-Seeking in Rural India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12538
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Sep 2019
Nicholas Lawson and Dean Spears
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) and University of Texas at Austin
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caste, occupational mobility, rent-seeking, India, labour markets in developing countries

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The Asymmetry of Population Ethics: Experimental Social Choice and Dual-Process Moral Reasoning

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12537
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin
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dual-process moral reasoning, the Asymmetry, experimental social choice, population ethics, questionnaire-experimental method

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Why Variable-Population Social Orderings Cannot Escape the Repugnant Conclusion: Proofs and Implications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12668
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Oct 2019
Dean Spears and Mark Budolfson
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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population economics, population ethics, repugnant conclusion, RDGU, CLGU, separability

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The Risk of Narrow, Disputable Results in the U.S. Electoral College: 1836-2020

NBER Working Paper No. w27993
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2023
Michael Geruso and Dean Spears
University of Texas at Austin and University of Texas at Austin
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Do Fertility Preferences in Early Adulthood Predict Later Average Fertility Outcomes of the Same Cohort?: Pritchett (1994) Revisited with Cohort Data

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Sep 2024
Stuart Gietel-Basten, Melissa LoPalo, Dean Spears and Sangita Vyas
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Montana State University, University of Texas at Austin and Hunter College (CUNY)
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fertility preferences, completed fertility