Parijat Lal

Columbia University
Parijat Lal

Parijat Lal is a postdoctoral researcher with Joseph Stiglitz at Columbia University. He is interested in studying development and inequality through the lens of public and labour economics. He received his PhD in Economics from Columbia University and holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University. His research spans work on the effects of withholding taxes on trade in services, import tax evasion in Uganda, public service delivery in India, and the intersection between industrial reform and cooperative ownership in India.

Parijat has also worked with the UNDP, the IMF, and JPAL South Asia and has been a consultant on projects for the World Bank, WHO, and USAID through Dalberg Advisors.

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क्या सार्वजनिक सेवाओं में सब्सिडी से बाज़ार अनुशासित होते हैं या मांग का स्वरूप खराब हो जाता है?

पूर्व में हुए शोधों ने भारत के प्रमुख सुरक्षित मातृत्व कार्यक्रम की विफलता को दर्ज किया है- यह कार्यक्रम प्रसवकालीन मृत्यु दर को कम करने में विफल रहा है जबकि सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य सुविधाओं में प्रसव कराने वाली माताओं की हिस्सेदारी में पर्याप्त वृद्धि हुई है। यह नीति-निर्माताओं के सामने एक उलझी हुई पहेली की तरह खड़ा है। मातृ-स्वास्थ्य सेवा बाज़ार के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में कार्यक्रम के प्रति प्रतिक्रियाओं की जाँच करते हुए इस लेख में, सार्वजनिक और निजी स्वास्थ्य सेवा प्रदाताओं के बीच की अंतर्क्रियाओं में स्पष्टीकरण का पता लगाने प्रयत्न किया गया है।

24 September 2024
Human Development
Human Development

Does subsidising publicly provided services discipline markets or distort demand?

Prior research has documented the failure of India’s flagship safe motherhood programme in reducing perinatal mortality, despite substantially increasing the share of mothers delivering at public healthcare facilities – presenting a conundrum for policymakers. Examining responses to the programme across various segments of the maternal healthcare market, this article locates the explanation in the interactions between public and private healthcare providers.

16 August 2024
Human Development
Human Development
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