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University of Melbourne → School of Population and Global Health → Nossal Institute for Global Health → Governance and Financing Unit

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Working papers

2024

  1. Ajay Mahal & Sumit Kane & Arun Tiwari, 2024, "The ‘missing middle’: How to provide 350 million Indians with health coverage?," NCAER Working Papers, National Council of Applied Economic Research, number 162, Feb.
  2. Ajay Mahal & Anup Karan, 2024, "The Earnings and Conversion Gaps for Persons with Disabilities:Evidence from India," NCAER Working Papers, National Council of Applied Economic Research, number 175, Sep.

2021

  1. Kheng, Veasna & Mckinley, Justin & Pan, Lei, 2021, "The decline of labour share in OECD and non-OECD since the 1980s," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 110838, Oct.

2015

  1. Pede, Valerien O. & McKinley, Justin & Singbo, Alphonse & Kajisa, Kei, 2015, "Spatial Dependency of Technical Efficiency in Rice Farming: The Case of Bohol, Philippines," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 205456, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.205456.

2012

  1. Victoria Fan, Anup Karan, and Anjay Mahal, 2012, "State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India - Working Paper 298," Working Papers, Center for Global Development, number 298, Jun.
  2. Victoria Fan & Anup Karan & Ajay Mahal, 2012, "State Health Insurance and Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India," Working Papers, eSocialSciences, number id:5032, Jul.
  3. Pede, Valerien O. & Sparks, Adam H. & McKinley, Justin D., 2012, "Regional Income Inequality and Economic Growth: A Spatial Econometrics Analysis for Provinces in the Philippines," 2012 Conference (56th), February 7-10, 2012, Fremantle, Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, number 124402, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.124402.

2011

  1. Pede, Valerien O. & Huelgas, Zenaida M. & Villano, Lorena & Garcia, Cornelia & McKinley, Justin D. & Mohanty, Samarendu, 2011, "Economic Growth in the Philippines: A Spatial Econometrics Analysis at the Provincial Level, 1991 – 2000," 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 103651, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.103651.
  2. Khong, Tien Dung & Pede, Valerien O. & Sumalde, Zenaida M. & McKinley, Justin D. & Mohanty, Samarendu, 2011, "Technical Efficiency of Resource Conserving Technologies in Rice Wheat Systems: Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India," 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 103652, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.103652.

2010

  1. David E. Bloom & Ajay Mahal & Larry Rosenberg & Jaypee Sevilla, 2010, "Economic security arrangements in the context of population ageing in India," PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging, number 6010, Sep.

2009

  1. Ajay Mahal & Brendan O'Flaherty & David E. Bloom, 2009, "Needle Sharing and HIV Transmission: A Model with Markets and Purposive Behavior," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 14823, Mar.

2007

  1. David E. Bloom & David Canning & Linlin Hu & Yuanli Liu & Ajay Mahal & Winnie Yip, 2007, "The Contribution of Population Health and Demographic Change to Economic Growth in China and India," PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging, number 2807, Nov.

2006

  1. David Canning & Ajay Mahal & Kunle Odumosu & Prosper OkonkwoZhiwei, 2006, "Assessing the Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS on Nigerian Households: A Propensity Score Matching Approach," PGDA Working Papers, Program on the Global Demography of Aging, number 1606.

2000

  1. Mahal, Ajay & Srivastava, Vivek & Sanan, Deepak, 2000, "Decentralization and Public Sector Delivery of Health and Education Services: The Indian Experience," Discussion Papers, University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF), number 280264, Jan, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.280264.

1995

  1. David E. Bloom & Ajay S. Mahal, 1995, "Does the AIDS Epidemic Really Threaten Economic Growth?," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 5148, Jun.

Undated

  1. McKinley, Justin & Sander, Bjoern & Vuduong, Quynh & Mai, Trinh & LaFrance, Jeffrey, undated, "How Expectations, Information, and Subsidies Influence Farmers’ Use of Alternate Wetting and Drying in Vietnam’s River Deltas," 2020 Conference (64th), February 12-14, 2020, Perth, Western Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, number 305255, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305255.
  2. McKinley, Justin & Santos, Paulo & Meyer, Stefan & Feu, Yang, undated, "Joining the Revolution: Executive Functions and the Transition to the Market," 2020 Conference (64th), February 12-14, 2020, Perth, Western Australia, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, number 305256, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305256.
  3. Dung, Khong Tien & Sumalde, Zenaida M. & Pede, Valerien O. & McKinley, Justin D. & Garcia, Yolanda T. & Bello, Amelia L., undated, "Cost and Return Analysis of Resource-Conserving Technologies in Rice-Wheat Systems: The Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India," 2011 ASAE 7th International Conference, October 13-15, Hanoi, Vietnam, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE), number 290410, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.290410.
  4. Dung, Khong Tien & Sumalde, Zenaida M. & Pede, Valerien O. & McKinley, Justin D. & Garcia, Yolanda T. & Bello, Amelia L., undated, "Cost Efficiency of Resource-Conserving Technologies in Rice-Wheat Systems: The Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India," 2011 ASAE 7th International Conference, October 13-15, Hanoi, Vietnam, Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE), number 290412, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.290412.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Zhu, Xiaoying & Strachan, Daniel & Marthias, Tiara & Mahal, Ajay & Tang, Shenglan & McPake, Barbara, 2026, "How do tensions between medical professionalism and financial incentives play out under case-based payment reform in China," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, volume 395, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119079.

2025

  1. Ajay Mahal & Anup Karan & Marie Ishida & Fairlene Soji & Suhaib Hussain & Sara Varughese & Nathan Grills & Thakur Dhariyal & Bruce Bonyhady, 2025, "The Earnings and Conversion Gaps for Persons with Disabilities: Evidence from India," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, volume 19, issue 1, pages 7-49, May, DOI: 10.1177/00252921251365022.

2024

  1. Ajay Mahal & Vivek Panwar & Arun Tiwari & Rahul Reddy & Sumit Kane, 2024, "The ‘Missing Middle’: How to Provide 350 Million Indians with Health Coverage?," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, volume 18, issue 1-2, pages 43-73, February, DOI: 10.1177/00252921241284190.
  2. Veasna Kheng & Justin Mckinley & Lei Pan, 2024, "The decline of labour share in OECD and non-OECD since the 1980s," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 56, issue 16, pages 1899-1915, April, DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2023.2177604.

2023

  1. Ajay Mahal & Navy Mulou & Marie Ishida, 2023, "Distance to healthcare facilities, healthcare use and health outcomes: The case of Papua New Guinea," Australian Economic Papers, Wiley Blackwell, volume 62, issue 4, pages 616-632, December, DOI: 10.1111/1467-8454.12310.
  2. Kane, Sumit & Joshi, Madhura & Mahal, Ajay & McPake, Barbara, 2023, "How social norms and values shape household healthcare expenditures and resource allocation: Insights from India," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, volume 336, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116286.

2022

  1. Marie Ishida & Teralynn Ludwick & Ajay Mahal, 2022, "Heart Disease and The Economic Contributions of Elderly Men and Women: Evidence from Australia," Australian Economic Review, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, volume 55, issue 4, pages 461-476, December, DOI: 10.1111/1467-8462.12489.
  2. Teralynn Ludwick & Marie Ishida & Sapna Desai & Ajay Mahal, 2022, "Witnessing Intimate Partner Violence Impacts Schooling and Labor Market Outcomes for Young Women in India," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., volume 48, issue 2, pages 505-543, June, DOI: 10.1111/padr.12460.
  3. Kane, Sumit & Joshi, Madhura & Desai, Sapna & Mahal, Ajay & McPake, Barbara, 2022, "People's care seeking journey for a chronic illness in rural India: Implications for policy and practice," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, volume 312, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115390.

2021

  1. Mulcahy, Patrick & Mahal, Ajay & McPake, Barbara & Kane, Sumit & Ghosh, Prabir Kumar & Lee, John Tayu, 2021, "Is there an association between public spending on health and choice of healthcare providers across socioeconomic groups in India? - Evidence from a national sample," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, volume 285, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114149.

2020

  1. Tianxin Pan & Michael Palmer & Ajay Mahal & Peter Annear & Barbara McPake, 2020, "The long‐run effects of noncommunicable disease shocks," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., volume 29, issue 12, pages 1549-1565, December, DOI: 10.1002/hec.4154.

2018

  1. Valerien O. Pede & Francisco J. Areal & Alphonse Singbo & Justin McKinley & Kei Kajisa, 2018, "Spatial dependency and technical efficiency: an application of a Bayesian stochastic frontier model to irrigated and rainfed rice farmers in Bohol, Philippines," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, volume 49, issue 3, pages 301-312, May, DOI: 10.1111/agec.12417.
  2. Valerien O. Pede & Gustavo Barboza & Adam H. Sparks & Justin McKinley, 2018, "The inequality-growth link revisited with spatial considerations: the case of provinces in the Philippines," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 23, issue 3, pages 411-427, July, DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2018.1503765.

2017

  1. Karan, Anup & Yip, Winnie & Mahal, Ajay, 2017, "Extending health insurance to the poor in India: An impact evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana on out of pocket spending for healthcare," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, volume 181, issue C, pages 83-92, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.03.053.

2016

  1. Khurshid Alam & Ajay Mahal, 2016, "The Economic Burden of Road Traffic Injuries on Households in South Asia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, volume 11, issue 10, pages 1-16, October, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164362.

2014

  1. Anup Karan & Sakthivel Selvaraj & Ajay Mahal, 2014, "Moving to Universal Coverage? Trends in the Burden of Out-Of-Pocket Payments for Health Care across Social Groups in India, 1999–2000 to 2011–12," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, volume 9, issue 8, pages 1-13, August, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105162.

2013

  1. Ajay Mahal & Anup Karan & Victoria Y Fan & Michael Engelgau, 2013, "The Economic Burden of Cancers on Indian Households," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, volume 8, issue 8, pages 1-10, August, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071853.

2012

  1. Victoria Fan & Anup Karan & Ajay Mahal, 2012, "State health insurance and out-of-pocket health expenditures in Andhra Pradesh, India," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, volume 12, issue 3, pages 189-215, September, DOI: 10.1007/s10754-012-9110-5.
  2. Mahal, Ajay & Fan, Victoria, 2012, "Expanding Health Coverage for Indians: An Assessment of the Policy Challenge," India Policy Forum, National Council of Applied Economic Research, volume 8, issue 1, pages 37-93.
  3. Ajay Mahal & Meena Seshu & Shashikant Mane & Shanti Lal, 2012, "Old Age Financial Security in the Informal Sector: Sex Work in India," Journal of South Asian Development, , volume 7, issue 2, pages 183-202, October, DOI: 10.1177/0973174112466433.

2011

  1. Bowser, Diana M. & Mahal, Ajay, 2011, "Guatemala: The economic burden of illness and health system implications," Health Policy, Elsevier, volume 100, issue 2-3, pages 159-166, May.
  2. Victoria Yue-May Fan & Ajay Mahal, 2011, "What prevents child diarrhoea? The impacts of water supply, toilets, and hand-washing in rural India," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 3, issue 3, pages 340-370, September, DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2011.596941.
  3. Dung, Khong Tien & Sumalde, Zenaida M. & Pede, Valerien O. & McKinley, Justin D. & Garcia, Yolanda T. & Bello, Amelia L., 2011, "Technical Efficiency of Resource-Conserving Technologies in Rice -Wheat Systems: The Case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India," Agricultural Economics Research Review, Agricultural Economics Research Association (India), volume 24, issue 2, December, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.118227.

2010

  1. Bloom, David E. & Canning, David & Hu, Linlin & Liu, Yuanli & Mahal, Ajay & Yip, Winnie, 2010, "The contribution of population health and demographic change to economic growth in China and India," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 38, issue 1, pages 17-33, March.
  2. David E. Bloom & Ajay Mahal & Larry Rosenberg & Jaypee Sevilla, 2010, "Economic security arrangements in the context of population ageing in India," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, volume 63, issue 3‐4, pages 59-89, July, DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-246X.2010.01370.x.

2008

  1. Mahal, Ajay & Karan, Anup K., 2008, "Adequacy of dietary intakes and poverty in India: Trends in the 1990s," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, volume 6, issue 1, pages 57-74, March.
  2. Ajay Mahal, 2008, "The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight against AIDS," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 14, issue 4, pages 222-226, DOI: 10.1080/13545700802263541.

2007

  1. Mahal, Ajay, 2007, "A. Bhargava, Econometrics Statistics and Computational Approaches in Food and Health Sciences , World Scientific, New Jersey (2006) ISBN 981-256-841-7 382 pp., Price: US$ 75.00," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, volume 5, issue 3, pages 491-493, December.
  2. Kavi Bhalla & Majid Ezzati & Ajay Mahal & Joshua Salomon & Michael Reich, 2007, "A Risk‐Based Method for Modeling Traffic Fatalities," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, volume 27, issue 1, pages 125-136, February, DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2006.00864.x.

2003

  1. Ajay Mahal, 2003, "Will Private Health Insurance Make the Distribution of Public Health Subsidies More Equal? The Case of India," The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics (The Geneva Association), volume 28, issue 2, pages 131-160, December.

1997

  1. Bloom, David E. & Mahal, Ajay S., 1997, "Does the AIDS epidemic threaten economic growth?," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, volume 77, issue 1, pages 105-124, March.

Undated

  1. Pede, Valerien O. & Luis, Joyce S. & Paris, Thelma R. & McKinley, Justin D., undated, "Determinants of Household Income: A Quantile Regression Approach for Four Rice-Producing Areas in the Philippines," Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA), volume 9, issue 2, pages 1-12, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.199102.

Chapters

2021

  1. Stephen P. Marks & Ajay Mahal, 2021, "Economics and human rights perspectives on development: tensions and compatibilities," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 2, in: Stephen P. Marks & Balakrishnan Rajagopal, "Critical Issues in Human Rights and Development".

2014

  1. Ajay Mahal & Lainie Sutton, 2014, "Economic prosperity and non-communicable disease: understanding the linkages," Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing, chapter 12, in: Raghbendra Jha & Raghav Gaiha & Anil B. Deolalikar, "Handbook on Food".

2005

  1. David E. Bloom & Ajay Mahal & Brendan O’Flaherty, 2005, "Economic Perspectives On Injecting Drug Use," Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, "Substance Use: Individual Behaviour, Social Interactions, Markets and Politics", DOI: 10.1016/S0731-2199(05)16018-X.

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