Journal Articles

Anglewicz, Philip, Sneha Lamba, Illiana Kohler, James Mwera, Andrew Zulu, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2023. “Is Experience of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Associated with Responses to COVID-19? Evidence from the Rural Malawi.” PLOS ONE 18(10): e0292378. 10.1371/journal.pone.0292378

Lamba, Sneha, Carrie Wolfson, Carolina Cardona, Y. Natalia Alfonso, Alison Gemmill, Beth Resnick, Jonathon P. Leider, J. Mac McCullough, and David Bishai. 2022. “Past Local Government Health Spending Was Not Correlated with COVID-19 Control in US Counties.” SSM - Population Health 17:101027. doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101027.

Bishai, David M., Beth Resnick, Sneha Lamba, Carolina Cardona, Jonathon P. Leider, J. Mac McCullough,and Alison Gemmill. 2022. “Being Accountable for Capability—Getting Public Health Reform Right This Time.” American Journal of Public Health e1–5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.306975.

Acharya, Arnab, Carrie Wolfson, Sasmira Matta, Carolina Cardona, Sneha Lamba, and David Bishai. 2021.“The Role of Public Health Expenditures in COVID-19 Control: Evidence from Local Governments in England.” SSM - Population Health 15:100861. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100861.

Spears, Dean, and Sneha Lamba. 2016. “Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Sanitation on Childhood Cognitive Skills.” Journal of Human Resources 51(2). doi: 10.3368/jhr.51.2.0712-5051R1

Lamba, Sneha, and Dean Spears. 2013. “Caste, ‘Cleanliness’ and Cash: Effects of Caste-Based Political Reservations in Rajasthan on a Sanitation Prize.” The Journal of Development Studies 49(11):1592–1606. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2013.828835.

Peer reviewed book chapters

Hasan, Rana, Sneha Lamba, and Abhijit Sen Gupta. 2015. Growth, Structural Change and Poverty Reduction. In Labour, Employment and Economic Growth in India, edited by K. V. Ramaswamy, 91–126. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Manuscripts under review

“The Rise in American Pain: The Importance of the Great Recession” (with Robert Moffitt). Submitted to PNAS and NBER Working Paper: https://www.nber.org/papers/w31455

“How Does Having a Son Influence the Decision to Obtain Female Sterilization among Indian Women? Evidence from Panel Data.”

Manuscripts under progress

“Impact of Performance-Based Financing Interventions on Health-Worker Motivation and Satisfaction: Experimental Evidence from 6 countries.” (with Eeshani Kandpal and Jed Friedman).

“Effect of Access to Daycare on Parental Time Use: Evidence from a Free Community Daycare Intervention in Rural Bangladesh.” (with Abdulgafoor M. Bachani, Al-Amin Bhuyian, AKM Fazlur Rahman, and David Bishai)

“Gender Differences in Time Use among Couples in Rural Bangladesh: Does Women’s Decision-Making Autonomy Play a Role?” (with Abdulgafoor M. Bachani, Al-Amin Bhuyian, Zobaer Alam, AKM Fazlur Rahman, and David Bishai)

“The Effect of COVID-19 on Fertility in India: Evidence from the National Family Health Survey” (with Gby Atee and Aparajita Dasgupta)