Dr Preety Srivastava

Position: Research Fellow

Email: preety.srivastava@buseco.monash.edu.au

Preety joined the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) as a Research Fellow in July 2006. Prior to her appointment at CHE, Preety was a PhD candidate and an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University. She also comes with seven years industry experience as a Research Officer in the Central Bank of Mauritius.  

Preety received her doctorate from Monash University in 2008 for her thesis entitled Recreational Drug Consumption in Australia: An Econometric Analysis. She also has a Masters of Science (Honours) in Applied Economics from University of Mauritius and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Statistics from Delhi University. She is currently an external affiliate to Health Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG), University of York.

Her research interest includes applied economic and microeconometric models with applications in health and recreational drugs. At CHE, she is particularly involved in a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) project on the economic modelling of the Australian health care system. She is working in various areas including health and health care service utilisation, private health insurance, health expenditure, and recreational drug consumption.

Curriculum Vitae 

Recent Publications

Ramful, P. & Zhao, X (2008) "Participation in Marijuana, Cocaine and Heroin Consumption in Australia: A Mulitvariate Probit Approach," Applied Economics, 41(4), 481-496.

Ramful, P. & X. Zhao (2008). “Individual Heterogeneity in Alcohol Consumption: The Case of Beer, Wine and Spirits in Australia,” Economic Record, 84(265), 207-222

Harris, M., P. Ramful & X. Zhao (2006). “An Ordered Generalised Extreme Value Model with Application to Alcohol Consumption in Australia,” Journal of Health Economics, 25(4), 782-801

Papers under Revision or Review

Srivastava (nee Ramful), P. &  X. Zhao. “Impact of Private Health Insurance on the Choice of Public versus Private Hospital Services.

Srivastava (nee Ramful), P. "Does Bingeing Affect Earnings?"

Sharma, A. & Ramful, P. "Does Dissaggregation Affect The Relationship Between Health Care Expenditure and GDP? An Analysis using Regime Shifts".

Work In Progress

Srivastava (nee Ramful), P. & Harris, A. "The Allocation of Public Health Expenditure in Australia: A demand System Approach

Srivastava (nee Ramful), P. The Impact of Health on Australians' Labour Market Performance.