Professor Pushkar Maitra

Professor Pushkar Maitra’s primary research interests include Development Economics, Population Economics, Applied Econometrics and Behavioural Economics. His specific research interests are analysis of poverty and welfare in developing countries; health, education and human capital accumulation; fertility, mortality and gender preference with special focus on South Africa and South Asia. He has published extensively and in reputed international journals like the Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Economica, Economic Record, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Journal of Development Studies and Journal of African Economies. While the majority of his research involves the study of household behaviour in developing countries using economic theory and econometric analysis, some of his more recent research deals with the application of econometric techniques in fields as diverse as Experimental Economics, Health Economics and Law and Economics.

Maitra, P. and Pal, S. (2008), ‘Birth spacing, fertility selection and child survival: Analysis using a correlated hazard model', Journal of Health Economics, 27, 3, 690-705.

Chaudhuri, A., Graziano, S. and Maitra, P. (2006), ‘Social learning and norms in a public goods experiment with inter-generational advice', Review of Economic Studies, 73, 2, 357-380.

Maitra, P. and Vahid, F. (2006), ‘The effect of household characteristics on living standards in South Africa 1993-1998: a quantile regression analysis with sample attrition', Journal of Applied Econometrics, 21, 7, 999-1018.

Maitra, P. (2004), ‘Parental bargaining, health inputs and child mortality in India', Journal of Health Economics, 23, 259-291.

Maitra, P. and Ray, R. (2003), ‘The effect of transfers on household expenditure patterns and poverty in South Africa', Journal of Development Economics, 71, 23-49.