Sudhanshu Handa - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 
Area:
Public Administration, Management Business Administration, Organizational, Environmental Sciences

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2020 Chakrabarti A, Handa S, Angeles G, Seidenfeld D. A Cash Plus Program Reduces Youth Exposure to Physical Violence in Zimbabwe. World Development. 134. PMID 33633431 DOI: 10.1016/J.Worlddev.2020.105037  0.493
2020 Mueller V, Gray C, Handa S, Seidenfeld D. Do Social Protection Programs Foster Short-term and Long-term Migration Adaptation Strategies? Environment and Development Economics. 25: 135-158. PMID 32153345 DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X19000214  0.381
2020 Chakrabarti A, Handa S, Natali L, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G. More evidence on the relationship between cash transfers and child height Journal of Development Effectiveness. 12: 14-37. DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2020.1731568  0.416
2020 Lawlor K, Handa S, Davis B, Seidenfeld D. Poverty-environment relationships under market heterogeneity: cash transfers and rural livelihoods in Zambia Environment and Development Economics. 25: 291-314. DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X19000305  0.419
2019 de Hoop J, Groppo V, Handa S. Cash Transfers, Microentrepreneurial Activity, and Child Work: Evidence from Malawi and Zambia. The World Bank Economic Review. 34: 670-697. PMID 36909737 DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhz004  0.386
2019 Daidone S, Davis B, Handa S, Winters P. The household and individual-level productive impacts of cash transfer programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 101: 1401-1431. PMID 33281195 DOI: 10.1093/Ajae/Aay113  0.463
2019 Jenkins JM, Handa S. Parenting Skills and Early Childhood Development: Production Function Estimates from Longitudinal Data. Review of Economics of the Household. 17: 121-147. PMID 31396024 DOI: 10.1007/S11150-017-9376-Y  0.327
2019 Lawlor K, Handa S, Seidenfeld D. CASH TRANSFERS ENABLE HOUSEHOLDS TO COPE WITH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND PRICE SHOCKS: EVIDENCE FROM ZAMBIA. The Journal of Development Studies. 55: 209-226. PMID 31213728 DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1393519  0.354
2019 Angeles G, de Hoop J, Handa S, Kilburn K, Milazzo A, Peterman A. Government of Malawi's unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 225: 108-119. PMID 30826585 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2019.01.037  0.692
2019 Jagger P, Das I, Handa S, Nylander-French LA, Yeatts KB. Early Adoption of an Improved Household Energy System in Urban Rwanda. Ecohealth. PMID 30617588 DOI: 10.1007/S10393-018-1391-9  0.384
2019 Hoop Jd, Groppo V, Handa S. Cash Transfers, Microentrepreneurial Activity, and Child Work: Evidence from Malawi and Zambia The World Bank Economic Review. DOI: 10.1093/Wber/Lhz004  0.342
2019 Handa S, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G. The Impact of a Large Scale Poverty Targeted Cash Transfer Program on Inter-temporal Choice Economic Development and Cultural Change. DOI: 10.1086/702997  0.416
2018 Kilburn K, Handa S, Angeles G, Tsoka M, Mvula P. Paying for Happiness: Experimental Results from a Large Cash Transfer Program in Malawi. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management : [the Journal of the Association For Public Policy Analysis and Management]. 37: 331-356. PMID 31747450 DOI: 10.1002/Pam.22044  0.493
2018 Handa S, Daidone S, Peterman A, Davis B, Pereira A, Palermo T, Yablonski J. Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa. The World Bank Research Observer. 33: 259-298. PMID 31693721 DOI: 10.1093/Wbro/Lky003  0.699
2018 Pace N, Daidone S, Davis B, Handa S, Knowles M, Pickmans R. One plus one can be greater than two: Evaluating synergies of development programmes in Malawi. The Journal of Development Studies. 54: 2023-2060. PMID 31462824 DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2017.1380794  0.386
2018 Handa S, Natali L, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G, Davis B. Can unconditional cash transfers raise long-term living standards? Evidence from Zambia. Journal of Development Economics. 133: 42-65. PMID 31396000 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jdeveco.2018.01.008  0.458
2018 Zietz S, de Hoop J, Handa S. The role of productive activities in the lives of adolescents: Photovoice evidence from Malawi. Children and Youth Services Review. 86: 246-255. PMID 31395996 DOI: 10.1016/J.Childyouth.2018.01.031  0.302
2018 Dake F, Natali L, Angeles G, de Hoop J, Handa S, Peterman A. Cash Transfers, Early Marriage, and Fertility in Malawi and Zambia. Studies in Family Planning. PMID 30461021 DOI: 10.1111/Sifp.12073  0.728
2018 Kilburn K, Prencipe L, Hjelm L, Peterman A, Handa S, Palermo T. Examination of performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Short Form 10 among African youth in poor, rural households. Bmc Psychiatry. 18: 201. PMID 29914413 DOI: 10.1186/S12888-018-1774-Z  0.635
2018 Natali L, Handa S, Peterman A, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G. Does money buy happiness? Evidence from an unconditional cash transfer in Zambia. Ssm - Population Health. 4: 225-235. PMID 29854906 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ssmph.2018.02.002  0.709
2018 Das I, Pedit J, Handa S, Jagger P. Household air pollution (HAP), microenvironment and child health: Strategies for mitigating HAP exposure in urban Rwanda. Environmental Research Letters : Erl [Web Site]. 13. PMID 29682002 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/Aab047  0.38
2017 de Groot R, Palermo T, Handa S, Ragno LP, Peterman A. Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: Pathways and Impacts. Development Policy Review : the Journal of the Overseas Development Institute. 35: 621-643. PMID 31363343 DOI: 10.1111/Dpr.12255  0.687
2017 Bonilla J, Zarzur RC, Handa S, Nowlin C, Peterman A, Ring H, Seidenfeld D. Cash for Women's Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia's Child Grant Program. World Development. 95: 55-72. PMID 31363300 DOI: 10.1016/J.Worlddev.2017.02.017  0.705
2017 Kilburn K, Handa S, Angeles G, Mvula P, Tsoka M. Short-term Impacts of an Unconditional Cash Transfer Program on Child Schooling: Experimental Evidence from Malawi. Economics of Education Review. 59: 63-80. PMID 29531427 DOI: 10.1016/J.Econedurev.2017.06.002  0.485
2017 Peterman A, Palermo TM, Handa S, Seidenfeld D. List randomization for soliciting experience of intimate partner violence: Application to the evaluation of Zambia's unconditional child grant program. Health Economics. PMID 28880429 DOI: 10.1002/Hec.3588  0.697
2017 Huang C, Singh K, Handa S, Halpern C, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. Investments in children's health and the Kenyan cash transfer for orphans and vulnerable children: evidence from an unconditional cash transfer scheme. Health Policy and Planning. PMID 28431108 DOI: 10.1093/Heapol/Czw181  0.515
2017 Hjelm L, Handa S, de Hoop J, Palermo T. Poverty and perceived stress: Evidence from two unconditional cash transfer programs in Zambia. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 177: 110-117. PMID 28167339 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2017.01.023  0.42
2017 Asfaw S, Carraro A, Davis B, Handa S, Seidenfeld D. Cash transfer programmes, weather shocks and household welfare: evidence from a randomised experiment in Zambia Journal of Development Effectiveness. 9: 419-442. DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2017.1377751  0.395
2017 Brugh K, Angeles G, Mvula P, Tsoka M, Handa S. Impacts of the Malawi social cash transfer program on household food and nutrition security Food Policy. 76: 19-32. DOI: 10.1016/J.Foodpol.2017.11.002  0.445
2017 Chzhen Y, Gordon D, Handa S. Measuring Multidimensional Child Poverty in the Era of the Sustainable Development Goals Child Indicators Research. 11: 707-709. DOI: 10.1007/S12187-017-9490-7  0.318
2016 Handa S, Natali L, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G. The impact of Zambia's unconditional child grant on schooling and work: results from a large-scale social experiment. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 8: 346-367. PMID 31456870 DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2016.1206605  0.491
2016 Tiwari S, Daidone S, Ruvalcaba MA, Prifti E, Handa S, Davis B, Niang O, Pellerano L, Van Ufford PQ, Seidenfeld D. Impact of Cash Transfer programs on Food Security and Nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Country Analysis. Global Food Security. 11: 72-83. PMID 31396473 DOI: 10.1016/J.Gfs.2016.07.009  0.482
2016 Palermo T, Handa S, Peterman A, Prencipe L, Seidenfeld D. Unconditional Government Social Cash Transfer in Africa Does not Increase Fertility. Journal of Population Economics. 29: 1083-1111. PMID 31396005 DOI: 10.1007/S00148-016-0596-X  0.706
2016 Handa S, Peterman A. Is there Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 78: 470-500. PMID 31363301 DOI: 10.1111/Obes.12117  0.682
2016 Handa S, Seidenfeld D, Davis B, Tembo G. The Social and Productive Impacts of Zambia's Child Grant. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management : [the Journal of the Association For Public Policy Analysis and Management]. 35: 357-387. PMID 28690353 DOI: 10.1002/Pam.21892  0.532
2016 Handa S, Martorano B, Halpern C, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. Time Discounting and Credit Market Access in a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Programme. Journal of African Economies. 25: 367-387. PMID 28260842 DOI: 10.1093/Jae/Ejv031  0.46
2016 Rock A, Barrington C, Abdoulayi S, Tsoka M, Mvula P, Handa S. Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 170: 55-62. PMID 27760393 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2016.10.005  0.344
2016 Handa S, Palermo T, Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Halpern CT, Thirumurthy H. How does a national poverty programme influence sexual debut among Kenyan adolescents? Global Public Health. 1-22. PMID 26853950 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2015.1134617  0.37
2016 Handa S, Peterman A, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G. Income Transfers and Maternal Health: Evidence from a National Randomized Social Cash Transfer Program in Zambia. Health Economics. 25: 225-36. PMID 25581062 DOI: 10.1002/Hec.3136  0.718
2016 Handa S, Peterman A. Is There Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 78: 470-500. DOI: 10.1111/obes.12117  0.66
2015 Silvio D, Pellerano L, Handa S, Davis B. Is Graduation from Social Safety Nets Possible? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Ids Bulletin (University of Sussex. Institute of Development Studies : 1985). 46: 93-102. PMID 31413425 DOI: 10.1111/1759-5436.12132  0.412
2015 Kilburn K, Thirumurthy H, Halpern CT, Pettifor A, Handa S. Effects of a Large-Scale Unconditional Cash Transfer Program on Mental Health Outcomes of Young People in Kenya. The Journal of Adolescent Health : Official Publication of the Society For Adolescent Medicine. PMID 26576822 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jadohealth.2015.09.023  0.431
2015 Handa S, Peterman A, Huang C, Halpern C, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 141: 36-45. PMID 26246032 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2015.07.024  0.714
2015 Handa S, Peterman A, Huang C, Halpern C, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls Social Science and Medicine. 141: 36-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.024  0.626
2014 Asfaw S, Davis B, Dewbre J, Handa S, Winters P. Cash transfer programme, productive activities and labour supply: Evidence from randomized experiment in Kenya. The Journal of Development Studies. 50: 1172-1196. PMID 25663712 DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2014.919383  0.385
2014 Handa S, Halpern CT, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H. The government of Kenya's cash transfer program reduces the risk of sexual debut among young people age 15-25. Plos One. 9: e85473. PMID 24454875 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0085473  0.466
2014 Luseno WK, Singh K, Handa S, Suchindran C. A multilevel analysis of the effect of Malawi's Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme on school-age children's health. Health Policy and Planning. 29: 421-32. PMID 23661614 DOI: 10.1093/Heapol/Czt028  0.456
2014 Rosenberg M, Pettifor A, Thirumurthy H, Halpern CT, Handa S. The impact of a national poverty reduction program on the characteristics of sex partners among Kenyan adolescents. Aids and Behavior. 18: 311-6. PMID 23612944 DOI: 10.1007/S10461-013-0487-Z  0.438
2013 Singh K, Speizer I, Handa S, Boadu RO, Atinbire S, Barker PM, Twum-Danso NA. Impact evaluation of a quality improvement intervention on maternal and child health outcomes in Northern Ghana: early assessment of a national scale-up project. International Journal For Quality in Health Care : Journal of the International Society For Quality in Health Care / Isqua. 25: 477-87. PMID 23925506 DOI: 10.1093/Intqhc/Mzt054  0.366
2013 Peterman A, Handa S, Seidenfeld D, Tembo G. Income shocks and maternal health: evidence from a large-scale randomised cash transfer experiment in Zambia The Lancet. 381: S109. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61363-X  0.697
2012 Ickes SB, Jilcott SB, Myhre JA, Adair LS, Thirumurthy H, Handa S, Bentley ME, Ammerman AS. Examination of facilitators and barriers to home-based supplemental feeding with ready-to-use food for underweight children in western Uganda. Maternal & Child Nutrition. 8: 115-29. PMID 22136223 DOI: 10.1111/J.1740-8709.2010.00260.X  0.418
2012 Davis B, Gaarder M, Handa S, Yablonski J. Evaluating the impact of cash transfer programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: an introduction to the special issue Journal of Development Effectiveness. 4: 1-8. DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2012.659024  0.447
2012 Handa S, Huang C, Hypher N, Teixeira C, Soares FV, Davis B. Targeting effectiveness of social cash transfer programmes in three African countries Journal of Development Effectiveness. 4: 78-108. DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2011.641994  0.383
2010 Handa S, Maluccio JA. Matching the gold standard: Comparing experimental and nonexperimental evaluation techniques for a geographically targeted program Economic Development and Cultural Change. 58: 415-447. DOI: 10.1086/650421  0.454
2010 Handa S, Davis B, Stampini M, Winters PC. Heterogeneous treatment effects in conditional cash transfer programmes: assessing the impact of Progresa on agricultural households Journal of Development Effectiveness. 2: 320-335. DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2010.499176  0.442
2010 Campbell P, Handa S, Moroni M, Odongo S, Palermo T. Assessing the “orphan effect” in determining development outcomes for children in 11 eastern and southern African countries Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 5: 12-32. DOI: 10.1080/17450120903193907  0.438
2009 Handa S. MATERNAL EDUCATION AND CHILD ATTAINMENT IN JAMAICA: TESTING THE BARGAINING POWER HYPOTHESIS† Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 58: 119-137. DOI: 10.1111/J.1468-0084.1996.Mp58001006.X  0.351
2009 Handa S, Peterman A, Davis B, Stampini M. Corrigendum to “Opening Up Pandora’s Box: The Effect of Gender Targeting and Conditionality on Household Spending Behavior in Mexico’s Progresa Program” [World Development 37 (2009) 1129–1142] World Development. 37: 1588. DOI: 10.1016/J.Worlddev.2009.05.001  0.624
2009 Handa S, Peterman A, Davis B, Stampini M. Opening Up Pandora’s Box: The Effect of Gender Targeting and Conditionality on Household Spending Behavior in Mexico’s Progresa Program World Development. 37: 1129-1142. DOI: 10.1016/J.Worlddev.2008.10.005  0.706
2009 Handa S, Pineda H, Esquivel Y, Lopez B, Gurdian NV, Regalia F. Non-formal basic education as a development priority: Evidence from Nicaragua Economics of Education Review. 28: 512-522. DOI: 10.1016/J.Econedurev.2009.01.001  0.414
2007 Handa S, Peterman A. Child Health and School Enrollment: A Replication Journal of Human Resources. 42: 863-880. DOI: 10.3368/Jhr.Xlii.4.863  0.666
2006 Diaz JJ, Handa S. An Assessment of Propensity Score Matching as a Nonexperimental Impact Estimator Evidence from Mexico's PROGRESA Program Journal of Human Resources. 41: 319-345. DOI: 10.3368/Jhr.Xli.2.319  0.393
2006 Handa S, Davis B. The experience of conditional cash transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean Development Policy Review. 24: 513-536. DOI: 10.1111/J.1467-7679.2006.00345.X  0.405
2006 Handa S, Simler KR. Quality or quantity? The supply-side determinants of primary schooling in a poor rural economy Journal of African Economies. 15: 59-90. DOI: 10.1093/Jae/Eji016  0.321
2004 Davis B, Handa S, Soto H. Households, poverty and policy in times of crisis. Mexico, 1992-1996 Cepal Review. 2004: 191-212. DOI: 10.18356/79Ae597C-En  0.393
2003 King D, Handa S. The welfare effects of balance of payments reform: A macro-micro simulation of the cost of rent-seeking Journal of Development Studies. 39: 101-128. DOI: 10.1080/00220380412331322841  0.332
2003 Handa S, King D. Adjustment with a human face? Evidence from Jamaica World Development. 31: 1125-1145. DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00063-9  0.413
2002 Handa S. Raising primary school enrolment in developing countries. The relative importance of supply and demand Journal of Development Economics. 69: 103-128. DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00055-X  0.341
1999 Handa S. Maternal Education and Child Height Economic Development and Cultural Change. 47: 421-439. DOI: 10.1086/452408  0.374
1998 Handa S. Gender and life-cycle differences in the impact of schooling on chronic disease in Jamaica Economics of Education Review. 17: 325-336. DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(98)00001-6  0.375
1997 Handa S, King D. Structural adjustment policies, income distribution and poverty: A review of the jamaican experience World Development. 25: 915-930. DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(97)00005-3  0.338
1996 Handa S. Expenditure behavior and children's welfare: An analysis of female headed households in Jamaica Journal of Development Economics. 50: 165-187. PMID 12349491 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3878(96)00008-9  0.415
1996 Handa S. The Determinants of Female Headship in Jamaica: Results from a Structural Model Economic Development and Cultural Change. 44: 793-815. DOI: 10.1086/452245  0.388
1996 Handa S. The determinants of teenage schooling in Jamaica: Rich vs. poor, females vs. males Journal of Development Studies. 32: 554-580. DOI: 10.1080/00220389608422428  0.355
1994 Handa S. Gender, headship and intrahousehold resource allocation World Development. 22: 1535-1547. DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(94)90036-1  0.324
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