J. Das - Other Publications

Research Topics

• Resources on the quality of medical advice project, including questionnaires and surveyor manuals.
• Learning and Educational Achievements in Punjab Schools longitudinal educational survey website. The site includes links to all publications from the project, questionnaires for all 4 years of the panel, and data from the first year of the panel.
• Resources on the Expenditure and Service Delivery Survey in Zambia, including questionnaires and surveyor manuals.

• The mental health gender-gap in urban India: Patterns and narratives, with R.K. Das and V.Das, Social Science & Medicine 75(9): 1660–1672. 2012.
• Learning Levels and Gaps in Pakistan: A Comparison with Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with P. Pandey, et al. Economic and Political Weekly. XLVII(26/27), 228-40.2012.
• Poverty and Mental Disorders: Breaking the Cycle in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries, with C. Lund , et al. Lancet. 378(9801): 1502-1514. 2011.
• The impact of recall periods on reported morbidity and health seeking behavior with J. Hammer and C Sanchez-Paramo, Journal of Development Economics.  98(1): 76-88.
• India's Health Insurance Scheme for the Poor: Evidence from the Early Experience of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana with R. Palacios, C. Sun (eds.), New Delhi., Centre for Policy Research. May 2011.
• Lessons from an experimental information campaign for evaluating the RSBY. with J. Leino . India's Health Insurance Scheme for the Poor: Evidence from the Early Experience of the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana. R. Palacios, J. Das and C. Sun. New Delhi, Centre for  Policy Research: 215-245. 2011.
• Evaluating the RSBY: Lessons from an Experimental Information Campaign with J. Leino, Economic & Political Weekly 46(32): 85-93. 2011.
• The Quality of Medical Care in Low-Income Countries: From Providers to Markets. PLOS Medicine 8(4): 1-2. 2011.
• Improving Immunisation Coverage in Rural India. BMJ; 340: c2553. 2010.
• Mental Health Patterns and Consequences: Results from Survey Data in Five Countries. with Q. Do, J. Friedman and D. McKenzie.World Bank Economic Review. 23(1):31-55. 2009 (based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4495)
• Review of James Riley Low Income, Social Growth and Good Health, New England Journal of Medicine, 358:2851(26). 2008.
• The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries. with J. Hammer and K. Leaonard, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 22(2): 93-114. 2008.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4501)
• “Using Vignettes to Measure the Quality of Health Care.” with K.Leonard, in Are you Being Served: New Tools for Measuring Service Delivery, with S. Amin and M. Goldstein (eds.) World Bank, Washington DC. 2008.
• Response to Comment on "Mental health and Poverty in Developing Countries: Revisiting the Relationship" with Q. Do, J. Friedman, D. McKenzie and K. Scott, Social Science and Medicine, Volume 66(9): 2064-2066. May 2008.
• Mental Health and Poverty in Developing Countries: Revisiting the Relationship. with Q. Do, J. Friedman, D. McKenzie and K. Scott, Social Science and Medicine, 65(3): 467-480.2007.
  • A critique 
• Money for Nothing: The Dire Straits of Medical Practice in India. with J. Hammer, Journal of Development Economics, 83(1): 1-36. 2007.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3669)

The next 3 papers are part of a symposium in the journal Health Affairs on practice-quality variation in low-income countries. Read the Press release here

• Practice-Quality Variation in Five Low-Income Countries: A Conceptual Overview. with P. Gertler, Health Affairs 26, No. 3: w296-w309. 2007. (Free download for users in non-OECD countries)
• Location, location, location: Residence, Wealth and the Quality of Medical Care in Delhi, India. with J. Hammer, Health Affairs 26, No. 3: w338-w351. 2007. (Free download for users in non-OECD countries)
• Variations in Doctor Effort: Evidence from Paraguay with T. Sohnesen, Health Affairs 26, No. 3: w324-w337. 2007. (Free download for users in non-OECD countries)
• “The Quality of Medical Care in India.” with J. Hammer, in The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, K. Basu (ed.), Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India. 2006.
• “Chronic Illnesses in India” with J. Hammer, in The Oxford Companion to Economics in India, Oxford University Press, K. Basu (ed.), New Delhi, India. 2006.
• Patient Satisfaction, Doctor Effort and Interview Location: Evidence from Paraguay. with T. Sohnesen, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4086, The World Bank, Washington D.C. 2006.
• Which Doctor: Combining Vignettes and Item Response to Measure Doctor Quality.” with J. Hammer, Journal of Development Economics, 78: 348-83. 2005.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3301)
• “Strained Mercy: Quality of Medical Care in Delhi” with J. Hammer, Economic and Political Weekly. February 28, 39: 951-961. 2004.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3228)
• Trust, Learning and Vaccination: Evidence from a North Indian Village, with S. Das, Social Science and Medicine 57. pp. 97-112. 2003.
• Short but not Sweet: New Evidence on Short Duration Morbidities from India, with C. Sánchez, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 2971. The World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2003.

• “What Did you do all Day? Maternal Education and Child Outcomes” with T. Andrabi, and A. Khwaja, The Journal of Human Resources 47(4): 873-912. 2012.
• “Do Value-added Models Add Value? Accounting for Learning Dynamics” with T. Andrabi, A. Khwaja and T. Zajonc, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3(3): 29-54  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper  4066).
• "Madrasa Metrics: The Statistics and Rhetoric of Religious Enrollment in Pakistan" with T. Andrabi, A. Khwaja and T. Zajonc, in Beyond Crisis: Re-Evaluating Pakistan. N, Khan (ed.) Routledge, Oxford, UK. 2010.
• India Shining and Bharat Drowning: Comparing Two Indian States to the Worldwide Distribution in Mathematics Achievement with T. Zajonc, Journal of Development Economics, 92(2): 175-187. 2010.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4644)
• “The Madrassa Myth.” with Das, Jishnu, Tahir Andrabi, C. Christine Fair and Asim Ijaz Khwaja. Foreign Policy, Web Exclusive. June 2009.
• A Dime a Day: The Possibilities and Limits of Private Schooling in Pakistan” with T. Andrabi and A. Khwaja, Comparative Education Review 52(3): 329-345. 2008. (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4066)
• Learning and Educational Achievements in Punjab Schools: Insights to Inform the Policy Debate , with T. Andrabi, A. Khwaja, T. Vishwanath and T. Zajonc, World Bank, Washington DC. 2008
• • Additional resources on the longitudinal study of learning achievement in Punjab, Pakistan, including links to all publications from the project, questionnaires for all 4 years of the panel, and data from the first year of the panel.
• Teacher Shocks and Student Learning: Evidence from Zambia, with S. Dercon, J. Habyarimana and P. Krishnan, Journal of Human Resources 42(4): 795-819.
  2007.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3602)
• Religious School Enrollment in Pakistan: A Look at the Data with T. Andrabi, A. Khwaja and T. Zajonc, Comparative Education Review, Volume 50(3) 2006.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3521; reprinted in Islam and Education: Myths and Truths, W. Kadi and V. Bileh (eds.), University of Chicago Press Journals, Chicago. 2007.)
• Learning Levels and Gaps in Pakistan with P. Pande and T. Zajonc, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 4067. 2006.
• When Can School Inputs Improve Test Scores, with S. Dercon, J. Habyarimana and P. Krishnan, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3217, 2004.
• Equity in Educational Expenditures: Can Government Subsidies Help? World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3249. 2004.

• Co-Founder, website www.risepak.com, providing aid in relief and recovery from 2005 earthquake in Pakistan
  • Awarded Stockholm Challenge Award for best project in Public Administration Category, 2006. Press Release.
• Assessment of the Pakistan Post-Earthquake Activities for Recovery and Rehabilitation (APPEAR) forthcoming October 2008.

• "A practical comparison of the bivariate probit and linear IV estimators." with Chiburis, R. C., et al.  Economics Letters 117(3): 762-766. 2012.
• "The Black Hole of Pakistan" Foreign Policy. Oct. 2010.
• “U.S. and Them: The Geography of Academic Research.” with Q. Do, K. Shaines and S. Srinivasan. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5152. 2010.
• Are you Being Served: New Tools for Measuring Service Delivery, with S. Amin and M. Goldstein (eds.) World Bank, Washington D.C. 2007.
• “A Reassessment of Conditional Cash Transfers” with Q. Do and B. Ozler, World Bank Research Observer 20(1): 57-80. 2005.
  (Based on World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 3280)
• “Institutions and Incentives: Case Study of a Village in Garhwal, Part I”, Economic and Political Weekly. December 2000.
• “Institutions and Incentives: Case Study of a Village in Garhwal, Part II”, Economic and Political Weekly. December 2000.
• Resources on the Expenditure and Service Delivery Survey in Zambia, including questionnaires and surveyor manuals.

• Quality of Medical Care in Private and Public Sectors. Development Research Economics Research Brief, Human Development and Public Services Group, The World Bank. 2006
• “Health Service Delivery in Paraguay: A Review of Quality of Care and Policies on Human Resources and User Fees.” with D. Dulitzky and T. Sohnesen, World Bank Report #33416-PY, World Bank, Washington DC. 2006
• “Public and Private Funding in Zambian Basic Education: Rules Vs. Discretion” with S. Dercon, J. Habyarimana and P. Krishnan, Africa Human Development Working Paper Series #62. (Report incorporated in PEMFAR Zambia, 2004).
• “Test Feasibility Report” with T. Andrabi and S. Khwaja, Background Technical Report for Pakistan Education Project, World Bank, 2003.
• "Weekly Morbidity Survey Documentation and Questionnaires”, with C. Sánchez, Working Paper, Institute for Socio-Economic Research on Development and Democracy, Delhi. 2000.