Sarmistha Pal

Education: BSc, MSc (Calcutta, India) MPhil (Camrbridge), PhD (London School of Economics)

Current Affiliation: · Centre for Economic Development and Institutions (CEDI), Brunel University, UK.

· Leverhulme Research Fellow 2008-09.

· Research Fellow, IZA, University of Bonn, Germany.

Research interests: Economics of health, education, social protection, credit, corporate finance and institutions in developing and transition economies

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(1) Pal, S. 1999. ‘An Analysis of Childhood Malnutrition in Rural India: Role of Gender, Income and Other Household Characteristics’, World Development, 27(7): 1151-71.

(2) McNabb, R., S. Pal and P. Sloanne. ‘Gender Differences in Student Attainment: The Case of University Students in the UK’, Economica, 69, 481-503.

(3) Pal, S. 2004. Child Schooling in Peru: Further Evidence from A Sequential Analysis of School Progression’, Journal of Population Economics, 17(4): 657-680.

(4) Maitra, P. and S. Pal. 2008. ‘Birth-spacing, Fertility Selection and Child Survival: Analysis using a Correlated Hazard Model’, Journal of Health Economics 27(3): 690-705.

(5) Makepeace, G. and S. Pal. 2008. ‘Understanding the Effects of Siblings on Child Mortality: Evidence from India’, Journal of Population Economics 21(4): 877-902.

(6) Driffield, N. and S. Pal. ‘Evolution of Capital Structure in East Asia –Corporate Inertia or Endeavours?’ Journal of Royal Statistical Society (series A) – in Press

WORKING PAPERS

· ‘The Elite and the Marginalised: An Analysis of Public Spending in the Indian States 1960-92’, (with Sugata Ghosh) IZA Discussion Paper No. 2852, 2008.

· ‘Early Child Birth, Health Inputs and Child Mortality: Recent Evidence from Bangladesh’ (with Pushkar Maitra) IZA Discussion Paper 2841, 2007.

· ‘Effects of Intergenerational Transfers on Elderly Coresidence with Adult Children? Evidence from Rural India’, IZA Discussion Paper No. 2847, 2007.

· ‘Public Infrastructure, Location of Private Schools and Quality of Schooling in An Emerging Economy’, March 2008, CEDI discussion paper.

· ‘Understanding Old Age Poverty in the Indian states: Implications for Social Pension Program’ (with Robert Palacios), September 2008, IZA discussion paper.

· ‘Does Ownership Concentration Impact on MNE Operations? The Case of Indian

Automotive and Pharmaceutical Sectors’(with S. Bhaumik, & N. Driffield), November 2008.

CURRENT/RECENT GRANT

· ESRC standard grant RES-062-23-0986 (April 2008- March 2010): ‘FDI, Ownership and Corporate Governance in Europe (joint with Nigel Driffield, Aston and Tomasz Mickiewicz, UCL).

· Leverhulme Research Fellowship: September 2008-August 2009. ‘Rise of Private Schools and Universal Education’.

· ESRC small grant RES-000-22-0200, October 2003- September 2005: ‘Corporate Capital Structure in East Asia Before and After the Crisis.