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Manoj Mohanan, Associate Professor  

Office Location: 260 Rubenstein Hall, Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: (919) 613-9263
Duke Box: 90312
Email Address: manoj.mohanan@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.manojmohanan.com/
Web Page: http://www.cohesiveindia.org

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D.,  Harvard University, 2009
    SM, Harvard School of Public Health, 2004
    MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, 2000
    M.S.P.H.,  Harvard University, 2000
    MBBS, Grant Medical College (University of Mumbai, India), 1997

    Research Categories: Health Economics, Development Economics, Applied Micro, Health Policy

    Current projects:
    Experimental evaluation of input based contracts v/s outcome contingent contracts in pay for performance,
    Impact of Pay for Performance in Rwanda,
    Evaluation of Vouchers and Conditional Cash Transfers to improve obstetric care,
    Experimental evaluation of telemedicine; estimating price elasticity of demand for higher quality care,
    Impact of incentives v/s monitoring and social accountability to improve quality of care,
    Evaluation of state health insurance program in Karnataka (India)

    Research Description: Manoj Mohanan's current research projects include development of innovative methods to measure quality of care in primary care, impact evaluation of large public sector subsidy programs, experimental evaluation of provider incentives, evaluation of social franchising models, and estimating the effect of quality information on provider choice.

    Teaching (Spring 2023):   (typical courses)

    • Pubpol 155d.001, Intro to policy analysis Synopsis
      Sanford 04, TuTh 12:00 PM-01:15 PM

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Wagner, Z; Banerjee, S; Mohanan, M; Sood, N. "Does the market reward quality? Evidence from India." International Journal of Health Economics and Management (January, 2022). [doi]  [abs]
    2. Varela, G; Swanson, K; Pasquale, DK; Mohanan, M; Moody, JW. "Visualizing COVID Restrictions: Activity Patterns Before, During, and After COVID-19 Lockdowns in Uttar Pradesh, India.." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 8 (January, 2022): 23780231221117962. [doi]  [abs]
    3. Kuppalli, K; Gala, P; Cherabuddi, K; Kalantri, SP; Mohanan, M; Mukherjee, B; Pinto, L; Prakash, M; Pramesh, CS; Rathi, S; Pai, NP; Yamey, G; Pai, M. "India's COVID-19 crisis: a call for international action.." Lancet (London, England) 397.10290 (June, 2021): 2132-2135. [doi]
    4. Mohanan, M; Malani, A; Krishnan, K; Acharya, A. "Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Karnataka, India.." Jama 325.10 (March, 2021): 1001-1003. [doi]
    5. Maffioli, EM; Prudhomme O’Meara, W; Turner, EL; Mohanan, M. "Can individuals’ beliefs help us understand nonadherence to malaria test results? Evidence from rural Kenya." Review of Development Economics 25.1 (February, 2021): 163-182. [doi]  [abs]

    Curriculum Vitae

    Highlight:

    Manoj Mohanan is an applied microeconomist, focusing on health and development economics, with a background in medicine and public health. His research focuses on topics related to health and health care in developing countries including: performance-based contracts, measurement of provider quality and performance, social franchising, and social accountability / monitoring.  He also studies the role of subjective expectations and beliefs in health care behavior.

    Several of his projects feature field experiments, policy interventions and evaluations. He is involved in research projects in India, Kenya and China.
    For more on policy evaluation and research projects in India, please visit COHESIVE-India.

    Current Ph.D. Students  

    • Divya Guru Rajan  

    Manoj Mohanan