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Manoj Mohanan, Creed C. Black Professor and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research  

Office Location: 123 Sanford Building, Box 90245, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 613 9263
Duke Box: 90245
Email Address: manoj.mohanan@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.manojmohanan.com/

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.

    Typical Courses Taught:

    • Pubpol 813, Quantitative eval meth
    • Glhlth 750, Health sys in dvlpng countries
    • Pubpol 313, Quantitative eval meth
    • Econ 356, Health economics: supply Synopsis
    • Glhlth 340, Health sys in dvlpng countries

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Malani, A; Aiyar, J; Sant, A; Kamran, N; Mohanan, M; Taneja, S; Woda, B; Zhao, W; Acharya, A. "Comparing population-level humoral and cellular immunity to SARS-Cov-2 in Bangalore, India.." Scientific reports 14.1 (March, 2024): 5758. [doi]  [abs]
    2. Wagner, Z; Mohanan, M; Zutshi, R; Mukherji, A; Sood, N. "What drives poor quality of care for child diarrhea? Experimental evidence from India.." Science (New York, N.Y.) 383.6683 (February, 2024): eadj9986. [doi]  [abs]
    3. Wagner, Z; Banerjee, S; Mohanan, M; Sood, N. "Does the market reward quality? Evidence from India.." International journal of health economics and management 23.3 (September, 2023): 467-505. [doi]  [abs]
    4. 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 8 (2022): 23780231221117962. [doi]  [abs]
    5. Mohanan, M; Malani, A; Krishnan, K; Acharya, A. "Prevalence of COVID-19 in Rural Versus Urban Areas in a Low-Income Country: Findings from a State-Wide Study in Karnataka, India." University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper 2021 (July, 2021).

    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. Many of his current projects are based in India. 

    Current Ph.D. Students  

    • Divya Guru Rajan  

    Manoj Mohanan