Research

Publications

  • The benefit of Clean Water on Child Health: An Empirical Analysis with Specific Reference to Escherichia Coli Water Contamination. Water Resources and Economics,2024, DOI: 10.1016/j.wre.2024.100249

Working Papers

  • Effects of Locality-Level Sanitation on Women's Hemoglobin levels: Evidence from Sub-saharan Africa (with Yuko Nakano and Midori Matsushima)(under review). Abstract
  • The Ecducational Toll of Anemia: Evidence from Adolescents in India (with Takashi Kurosaki)(Under review).Abstract
  • The impact of Access to Improved Sanitation on Child Health in Pakistan (with Yuko Nakano and Midori Matsushima)(Under review). Abstract
  • Effects of Trust & Interaction with doctors on online healthcare information seeking (HISI) in 25 countries (with Hamza Umer, Muhammad Salar Khan).(under review). Abstract
  • Behavioral Preferences, Provider-Patient Matching, and Infant Survival: Evidence from Cambodia(with Midori Matsushima and Shusaku Sasaki)(Under review).

Work in Progress

  • Health of Pregnant Women: Its Association with Pregnant Women and Health Workers' Behavioral Preferences (with Midori Matsushima and Shusaku Sasaki) under a project "Capacity of Commune Health Centers to Provide Primary Healthcare Services under Post-COVID-19 Conditions in Phnom Penh,Cambodia 2023-24". Abstract
  • Economics of NGO-Academia Collaboration in Africa: Toilet Project in Madagascar 2022-2025 (PIs:Hiroyuki Yamada and Midori Matsushima). During the survey, information on women’s sexual harassment, autonomy, satisfaction, health and menstrual hygiene was collected. Moreover, face photos were taken of the respondent women.During the follow-up survey 2023, I visited the study communities in Antananarivo district in May 2023. I took part in questionnaire development, visited the field, and organized the data for 2022-2024 rounds.
  • Optimizing community-health-worker resources to scale child nutrition programs in Rural Pakistan(PIs: Abu S. Shonchoy, Takashi Kurosaki, Uzma Afzal, Agha Ali Akram, Akib Khan).The project is conducted in 199 villages of Sindh Province, using a Home-Based Growth Monitoring intervention to cope with child stunting..
  • Climate stress and women’s health in developing countries.
  • Does Access to Better Sanitation Influence Child Anemia.