Manisha Shah

Research Fellow

University of California, Los Angeles

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Manisha Shah is Professor in the Department of Public Policy at the University of California, Los Angeles and a Faculty Research Associate at the NBER. Her primary research interests lie at the intersection of development economics, applied microeconomics and health policy.

She joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2008.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13784
Crimes against Morality: Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work
Lisa A. Cameron, Jennifer Seager, Manisha Shah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13710
Aggregate Effects from Public Works: Evidence from India
C. Justin Cook, Manisha Shah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10619
Scaling Up Sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, 1-16
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9563
Initial Conditions Matter: Social Capital and Participatory Development
Lisa A. Cameron, Susan Olivia, Manisha Shah
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9486
Workfare and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from India
Manisha Shah, Bryce Millett Steinberg
published online in: Journal of Human Resources, published ahead of print October 14, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9440
Drought of Opportunities: Contemporaneous and Long-Term Impacts of Rainfall Shocks on Human Capital
Manisha Shah, Bryce Millett Steinberg
published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 125 (2), 527-561
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6756
Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah
published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2015, 50 (2), 484-515
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6736
Can Mistargeting Destroy Social Capital and Stimulate Crime? Evidence from a Cash Transfer Program in Indonesia
Lisa A. Cameron, Manisha Shah
published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2014, 62 (2), 381-415
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5153
Intra-household Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps?
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
published in: Demography, 2013, 50 (6), 2187-2208
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5064
The Prostitute's Allure: Examining Returns to Beauty, Productivity and Discrimination
Raj Arunachalam, Manisha Shah
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2012, 12 (1)
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