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Working Papers

2013

1. Economics and Ethics of Results-Based Financing for Family Planning: Evidence and Policy Implications
   Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Series, The World Bank

2007

2. Far Above Rubies: The Association Between Bride Price and Extramarital Sexual Relations in Uganda
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)

2006

3. Willingness to Pay for Drug Rehabilitation: Implications for Cost Recovery
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Willingness to pay for drug rehabilitation: Implications for cost recovery, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (6) (2008)

2000

4. Algorithms for purchasing AIDS vaccines
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Estimated impact of the 2020 economic downturn on under-5 mortality for 129 countries
   PLOS ONE, 2022, 17, (2), 1-12

2021

2. Providers preferences towards greater patient health benefit is associated with higher quality of care
   International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 2021, 21, (3), 271-294
3. Systematic assessment of South Korea’s capabilities to control COVID-19
   Health Policy, 2021, 125, (5), 568-576 View citations (3)

2020

4. The Meliorist Project in health economics
   Health Economics, 2020, 29, (5), 537-539
5. Variations in pediatric hospitalization in seven European countries
   Health Policy, 2020, 124, (11), 1165-1173

2019

6. A marginal cost analysis of a Big Brothers Big Sisters of America youth mentoring program: New evidence using statistical analysis
   Children and Youth Services Review, 2019, 101, (C), 23-32 View citations (1)

2018

7. Temperature extremes and infant mortality in Bangladesh: Hotter months, lower mortality
   PLOS ONE, 2018, 13, (1), 1-9 View citations (8)

2017

8. Care-Seeking Patterns and Direct Economic Burden of Injuries in Bangladesh
   IJERPH, 2017, 14, (5), 1-9
9. Public health policies: Go local!
   American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (5), 672-674 View citations (1)

2016

10. Factors Contributing to Maternal and Child Mortality Reductions in 146 Low- and Middle-Income Countries between 1990 and 2010
    PLOS ONE, 2016, 11, (1), 1-13 View citations (8)
11. Income Elasticity of Vaccines Spending versus General Healthcare Spending
    Health Economics, 2016, 25, (7), 860-872 View citations (2)
12. One outcome, many trends: Understanding national data sources for road traffic fatalities in China
    American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (10), 1793-1795
13. Public health's share of us health spending
    American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (7), e11
14. Strengthening the efferent arm in public health
    American Journal of Public Health, 2016, 106, (7), 1196-1197

2015

15. Evidence of Self-correction of Child Sex Ratios in India: A District-Level Analysis of Child Sex Ratios From 1981 to 2011
    Demography, 2015, 52, (2), 641-666 View citations (9)
16. Generalized Nutrient Taxes Can Increase Consumer Welfare
    Health Economics, 2015, 24, (11), 1517-1522 View citations (2)
17. Inter-generational co-residence and women's work and leisure time in Egypt
    Demographic Research, 2015, 33, (31), 909-938

2013

18. Essential drugs policy in three rural counties in China: What does a complexity lens add?
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 93, (C), 220-228 View citations (3)
19. Horizontal equity and efficiency at primary health care facilities in rural Afghanistan: A seemingly unrelated regression approach
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 89, (C), 25-31
20. Impact of Road Traffic Deaths on Expected Years of Life Lost and Reduction in Life Expectancy in Brazil
    Demography, 2013, 50, (1), 229-236 View citations (4)
21. Use of the Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment (NASG) for Life-Threatening Obstetric Hemorrhage: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis in Egypt and Nigeria
    PLOS ONE, 2013, 8, (4), 1-8

2012

22. Weight and earnings among childbearing women in Metropolitan Cebu, Philippines (1983–2002)
    Economics & Human Biology, 2012, 10, (3), 256-263 View citations (6)

2011

23. Inequality in prime‐age adult deaths in a high AIDS mortality setting: does the measure of economic status matter?
    Health Economics, 2011, 20, (11), 1298-1311 View citations (1)
24. Modelling the Costs and Effects of Selective and Universal Hospital Admission Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
    PLOS ONE, 2011, 6, (3), 1-11 View citations (4)

2010

25. Accelerating Policy Decisions to Adopt Haemophilus influenzae Type b Vaccine: A Global, Multivariable Analysis
    PLOS Medicine, 2010, 7, (3), 1-10
26. Far above rubies: Bride price and extramarital sexual relations in Uganda
    Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23, (4), 1177-1187 View citations (25)

2008

27. Convergence of body mass with aging: The longitudinal interrelationship of health, weight, and survival
    Economics & Human Biology, 2008, 6, (3), 469-481 View citations (1)
28. Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Culture for Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Brazilian Adults
    PLOS ONE, 2008, 3, (12), 1-8 View citations (3)
29. The cost of quality improvements due to integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) in Uganda
    Health Economics, 2008, 17, (1), 5-19 View citations (3)
30. The effect of income and occupation on body mass index among women in the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Surveys (1983-2002)
    Social Science & Medicine, 2008, 66, (9), 1967-1978 View citations (10)
31. Willingness to pay for drug rehabilitation: Implications for cost recovery
    Journal of Health Economics, 2008, 27, (4), 959-972 View citations (6)
    See also Working Paper Willingness to Pay for Drug Rehabilitation: Implications for Cost Recovery, NBER Working Papers (2006) (2006)

2007

32. Book Review
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2007, 55, (4), 852-856
33. Does the level of infant mortality affect the rate of decline?: Time series data from 21 countries
    Economics & Human Biology, 2007, 5, (1), 74-81 View citations (4)
34. Out-Of-School Care and Youth Problem Behaviors in Low-Income, Urban Areas
    Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2007, 28, (3), 471-488 View citations (6)

2006

35. National road casualties and economic development
    Health Economics, 2006, 15, (1), 65-81 View citations (42)
36. Racial, ethnic, and gender differences in smoking cessation associated with employment and joblessness through young adulthood in the US
    Social Science & Medicine, 2006, 62, (2), 303-316 View citations (8)

2005

37. Are time preference and body mass index associated?: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
    Economics & Human Biology, 2005, 3, (2), 259-270 View citations (96)

2004

38. Does time preference change with age?
    Journal of Population Economics, 2004, 17, (4), 583-602 View citations (49)
39. Hiv status and union dissolution in Sub-saharan Africa: The case of Rakai, Uganda
    Demography, 2004, 41, (3), 465-482 View citations (14)

2003

40. Does biological relatedness affect child survival?
    Demographic Research, 2003, 8, (9), 261-278 View citations (13)
41. What Is the Least Costly Strategy to Evaluate Cervical Abnormalities in Rural Women? Comparing Telemedicine, Local Practitioners, and Expert Physicians
    Medical Decision Making, 2003, 23, (6), 463-470

2002

42. Polygyny, maternal HIV status and child survival: Rakai, Uganda
    Social Science & Medicine, 2002, 55, (4), 585-592 View citations (6)
43. The History of Food Fortification in the United States: Its Relevance for Current Fortification Efforts in Developing Countries
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2002, 51, (1), 37-53 View citations (17)

2001

44. Health Interventions and Health Equity: The Example of Measles Vaccination in Bangladesh
    Population and Development Review, 2001, 27, (2), 283-302 View citations (14)

2000

45. The willingness to pay for wait reduction: the disutility of queues for cataract surgery in Canada, Denmark, and Spain
    Journal of Health Economics, 2000, 19, (2), 219-230 View citations (23)

1996

46. Quality time: How parents' schooling affects child health through its interaction with childcare time in Bangladesh
    Health Economics, 1996, 5, (5), 383-407 View citations (4)

Chapters

2012

1. Economics of Public Health Interventions for Children in Developing Countries
   Chapter 5 in The Elgar Companion to Health Economics, Second Edition, 2012
   Also in Chapter 5 in The Elgar Companion to Health Economics, 2006 (2006)