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)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4774
Handedness, Health and Cognitive Development: Evidence from Children in the NLSY
David W. Johnston, Michael E. R. Nicholls, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2013, 176 (4), 841-860
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3537
Early Child Development and Maternal Labor Force Participation: Using Handedness as an Instrument
Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2009, 1(3), 97–110
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2752
Handedness, Time Use and Early Childhood Development
David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields
revised version published (with Michael E.R. Nicholls) as 'Nature's Experiment? Handedness and Early Childhood Development' in: Demography, 2009, 46 (2), 281 - 301
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