•  

Contributor : Profile

Name Surname

Manisha Shah

University of California, Los Angeles
manishashah@berkeley.edu

Manisha Shah is a development economist and a Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research affiliations include NBER, BREAD, CEGA, and IZA. She is an editor at Journal of Health Economics, an Associate Editor at The Review of Economics and Statistics, and serves on the Editorial Board for the American Economic Review. Read more about her research here: https://manishashah.net/.

Posts by Manisha Shah

How extreme heat determines diets in rural India

While the link between extreme heat and crop loss is well documented, less is known about how this translates to undernutrition – an outcome with long-term consequences for health and productivity. ...

  • Articles

Covid-19 and mental health: Large-scale phone survey in six Indian states

The Covid-19 pandemic brought with it the dual crises of public health and the economy, particularly in low-income settings with limited formal safety nets. Based on a large-scale phone survey conduct...

  • Perspectives

Examining the macro effects of MNREGA

While numerous micro-founded studies examine the household-level effects of MNREGA, little is known about its aggregate macro effects and long-term benefits to output, if any. Analysing district-level...

  • Articles

कोविड-19: ‘आभासी महामारी’ और महिलाओं के खिलाफ हिंसा

महिलाओं के खिलाफ हिंसा दुनिया भर में एक समस्या है जिसकी आर्थिक लागतें वैश्विक जीडीपी में 1% से 4% तक आती हैं। यह लेख इस बात की जांच करता है कि भारत में कोविड-19 लॉकडाउन के दौरान महिलाओं के खिलाफ हिंसा...

  • लेख

Covid-19: ‘Shadow pandemic’ and violence against women

Violence against women is a problem worldwide, with economic costs ranging from 1% to 4% of global GDP. This article investigates if the magnitudes and types of violence against women have changed dur...

  • Articles

Right to Education Act: Trends in enrolment, test scores, and school quality

A decade ago, India joined a range of countries that mandate free, compulsory education for school-aged children. Passed in August 2009, India’s Right to Education Act was potentially transformative...

  • Articles

अच्छी मॉनसून तो परीक्षा में कम प्राप्तांक? शिक्षा से भटकाव

भारत में अच्छी मॉनसून कृषि की उत्पादकता बड़ा देती है जिसके कारण रोजगार और वेतन भी बढ़ जाता है। क्या यह अतिरिक्त रोजगार गरीब बच्चों के मामले में उनकी स्कूली शिक्षा की कीमत पर होता है? इस लेख में पता चलता...

  • लेख

Good monsoon, bad test scores? Substituting away from schooling

Good monsoons in India raise agricultural productivity and hence, bring added work and higher wages. Is this extra work at the expense of schooling for poor children? This column finds that increased ...

  • Articles