Pushkar Maitra

Monash University - Department of Economics

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A Bivariate Latent Class Correlated Generalized Ordered Probit Model with an Application to Modeling Observed Obesity Levels

NYU Working Paper No. 2451/26027
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Oct 2008
William H. Greene, Mark N. Harris, Bruce Hollingworth and Pushkar Maitra
New York University Stern School of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Monash University - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Household Characteristics on Poverty and Living Standards in South Africa

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 27 Sep 2000
Pushkar Maitra
Monash University - Department of Economics
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Intra-Household Resource Allocation and Their Impact on Expenditure Patterns: Comparative Evidence from South Africa and Pakistan

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 10 Oct 2000
Pushkar Maitra and Ranjan Ray
Monash University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Reforms, Growth and Persistence of Gender Gap: Recent Evidence from Private School Enrollment in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6135
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Nov 2011
Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal and Anurag Sharma
Monash University - Department of Economics, University of Surrey and Monash University - Centre for Health Economics
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policy reforms, economic growth, private school choice, gender gap, India

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Birth Spacing and Child Survival: Comparative Evidence from India and Pakistan

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 17 Oct 2001
Pushkar Maitra and Sarmistha Pal
Monash University - Department of Economics and University of Surrey
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Birth spacing, Child survival, Correlated simultaneous hazards, Sibling inequality, Resource constraint, Son preference, Differential role of parents

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'Arranged' Marriage, Co-Residence and Female Schooling: A Model with Evidence from India

IZA Working Paper No. 3336
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 23 May 2008
Indraneel Dasgupta, Pushkar Maitra and Diganta Mukherjee
Durham University - Department of Economics and Finance, Monash University - Department of Economics and Indian Statistical Institute
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arranged marriage, dowry, bride price, female literacy, marriage markets, stable marriage allocation

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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India

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Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India

Fordham University, Department of Economics, Discussion Paper Series 2013-02
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Oct 2013
Pushkar Maitra and Subha Mani
Monash University - Department of Economics and Fordham University - Fordham College at Rose Hill
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Vocational training, Panel data, India, Economic returns, Field Experiment

Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8552
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Pushkar Maitra and Subha Mani
Monash University - Department of Economics and Fordham University - Fordham College at Rose Hill
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vocational training, panel data, India, economic returns, field experiment

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Social Learning and Norms in a Public Goods Experiment with Inter-Generational Advice

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 26 Aug 2004
Ananish Chaudhuri, Sara Graziano and Pushkar Maitra
University of Auckland Business School, Charles River Associates, Incorporated and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Voluntary contributions mechanism, Advice, Beliefs, Conditional

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Early Childbirth, Health Inputs and Child Mortality: Recent Evidence from Bangladesh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2841
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Jul 2007
Pushkar Maitra and Sarmistha Pal
Monash University - Department of Economics and University of Surrey
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family formation, adolescent childbearing, hospital delivery, child vaccination, child mortality, selectivity bias, unobserved heterogeneity, correlated estimates

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Resource Inflows and Household Composition: Evidence from South African Panel Data

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Jan 2001
Pushkar Maitra and Ranjan Ray
Monash University - Department of Economics and Monash University - Department of Economics
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Private Transfers, Social Pensions, Household Structure, Panel Data, Crowding Out

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Birth Spacing, Fertility Selection and Child Survival: Analysis Using a Correlated Hazard Model

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2878
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Jul 2007
Pushkar Maitra and Sarmistha Pal
Monash University - Department of Economics and University of Surrey
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child mortality, fertility selection, correlated recursive hazard system

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What Explains the Gender Gap in Private School Enrolment? Recent Evidence from India

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 15 Oct 2015
Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal and Anurag Sharma
Monash University - Department of Economics, University of Surrey and Monash University - Centre for Health Economics
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Private school enrolment, Gender gap, Household fixed effects model, Fixed effects estimates with selection correction, India

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De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum: An Experimental Investigation

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8579
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Oct 2014
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra and Subha Mani
Fordham University, University of Melbourne - Department of Economics, Monash University - Department of Economics and Fordham University - Fordham College at Rose Hill
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preference stability, state contingent preferences, artefactual field experiment

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Barriers to Skill Acquisition: Evidence from English Training in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10199
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Sep 2016
Tarun Jain, Pushkar Maitra and Subha Mani
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Monash University - Department of Economics and Fordham University - Fordham College at Rose Hill
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skill development, vocational training, spoken English, field experiment, India

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Choosing to Be Trained: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 03 Nov 2012
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra, Subha Mani and Samyukta Subramanian
Fordham University, Monash University, Monash University - Department of Economics, Fordham University - Fordham College at Rose Hill and Pratham
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Selection, Field Experiment, Household Survey, Risk, Competition

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Absence of Altruism? Female Disadvantage in Private School Enrolment in India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9808
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Mar 2016
Pushkar Maitra, Sarmistha Pal and Anurag Sharma
Monash University - Department of Economics, University of Surrey and Monash University - Centre for Health Economics
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private school enrolment, female disadvantage, parental altruism, household fixed-effects model, India

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Financing Smallholder Agriculture: An Experiment with Agent-Intermediated Microloans in India

NBER Working Paper No. w20709
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 01 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2023
Pushkar Maitra, Sandip Mitra, Dilip Mookherjee, Alberto Motta and Sujata Visaria
Monash University - Department of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, Boston University - Department of Economics, UNSW Australia Business School, School of Economics and Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)
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Labor Market Engagement and the Health of Working Adults: Evidence from India

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11118
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 13 Nov 2017
Archana Dang, Pushkar Maitra and Nidhiya Menon
University of Delhi, Monash University - Department of Economics and Brandeis University - International Business School
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excess weight, labor market, gender, India

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Choosing to Be Trained: Do Behavioral Traits Matter?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8581
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 Nov 2014
Utteeyo Dasgupta, Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra, Subha Mani and Samyukta Subramanian
Fordham University, University of Melbourne - Department of Economics, Monash University - Department of Economics, Fordham University - Fordham College at Rose Hill and Pratham
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selection, artefactual field experiment, behavioral traits, household survey, training program

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Is Consumption Smooth at the Cost of Volatile Leisure? An Investigation of Rural India

Posted: 20 Dec 1998
Pushkar Maitra
Monash University - Department of Economics

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A Quantitative Analysis of Employment Guarantee Programs with an Application to Rural India

Posted: 10 Feb 1997
Pushkar Maitra
Monash University - Department of Economics

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