Dr Bansi Malde
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Bansi Malde is an applied microeconomist with a focus on developing countries. Her research studies barriers and policy solutions to the adoption of new technologies, behaviours and practices, the role of social connections, and the drivers of child health in developing countries. Her research uses randomised field experiments and advanced econometric techniques to test hypotheses grounded in economic theory.
Qualifications
- PhD, University College London, United Kingdom, June 2016
Employment
- Senior Lecturer, University of Kent, United Kingdom, October 2020 - October 2024
- Lecturer, University of Kent, United Kingdom, October 2016 - September 2020
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Internet publication
- Fitzsimons, E., Malde, B., Mesnard, A. and Vera-Hernandez, M.Nutrition, information, and household behaviour: experimental evidence from Malawi. The IFS.
Journal articles (12)
- Abramovsky, L., Augsburg, B., Jervis, P., Malde, B. and Phimister, A. (2025). Complementarities in the Production of Child Health. Journal of Human Capital, 19(3), pp. 572-613. doi:10.1086/735106
- Augsburg, B., Malde, B., Olorenshaw, H. and Wahhaj, Z. (2023). To invest or not to invest in sanitation: The role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power. Journal of Development Economics, 162. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103074
- Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B., Giunti, S., Malde, B. and Smets, S. (2023). Labeled loans and human capital investments. Journal of Development Economics, 162. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103053
- de Leon, F.L.L., Malde, B. and McQuillin, B. (2023). The effects of emergency government cash transfers on beliefs and behaviours during the COVID pandemic: Evidence from Brazil. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 208, pp. 140-155. doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2023.01.006
- Malde, B. and Vera-Hernández, M. (2022). Spillovers of Community-Based Health Interventions on Consumption Smoothing. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 70(4), pp. 1591-1629. doi:10.1086/714007
- Augsburg, B. and Malde, B. (2021). Is borrowing relief ending too soon? Post-lockdown income recovery and loan moratoriums in rural India. Economic and Political Weekly, 56(2), pp. 13-15
- Advani, A. and Malde, B. (2018). Methods to identify linear network models: a review. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 154(1). doi:10.1186/s41937-017-0011-x
- Advani, A. and Malde, B. (2018). CREDIBLY IDENTIFYING SOCIAL EFFECTS: ACCOUNTING FOR NETWORK FORMATION AND MEASUREMENT ERROR. Journal of Economic Surveys, 32(4), pp. 1016-1044. doi:10.1111/joes.12256
- Fitzsimons, E., Malde, B. and Vera‐Hernández, M. (2018). Group Size and the Efficiency of Informal Risk Sharing. The Economic Journal, 128(612), pp. F575-F608. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12565
- Scott, M., Malde, B., King, C., Phiri, T., Chapota, H., Kainja, E.... Vera-Hernandez, M. (2018). Family networks and infant health promotion: a mixed-methods evaluation from a cluster randomised controlled trial in rural Malawi. BMJ Open, 8(6), pp. e019380-e019380. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019380
- Fitzsimons, E., Malde, B., Mesnard, A. and Vera-Hernández, M. (2016). Nutrition, information and household behavior: Experimental evidence from Malawi. Journal of Development Economics, 122, pp. 113-126. doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2016.05.002
- Fitzsimons, E. and Malde, B. (2014). Empirically probing the quantity–quality model. Journal of Population Economics, 27(1), pp. 33-68. doi:10.1007/s00148-013-0474-8
Reports (29)
- Fitzsimons, E., Mesnard, A., Vera-Hernandez, M. and Malde, B. Household responses to information on child nutrition: experimental evidence from Malawi. The IFS.
- Smets, S., Malde, B., Giunti, S., Caeyers, B. and Augsburg, B. Labelled loans and human capital investments. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Malde, B., Olorenshaw, H. and Wahhaj, Z. To invest or not to invest in sanitation: the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power. The IFS.
- Malde, B. Using Randomised Control Trials to Evaluate Policies. The IFS.
- Malde, B. and Advani, A. Identifying social effects from policy experiments. The IFS.
- Abramovsky, L., Augsburg, B., Bancalari, A., Caeyers, B. and Malde, B. The global sanitation challenge: is there a silver bullet? The IFS.
- Malde, B., Scott, M. and Vera-Hernandez, M. Extended family networks and household well-being: evidence from Malawi. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B., Giunti, S., Malde, B. and Smets, S. Labelled Loans, Credit Constraints and Sanitation Investments. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B., Giunti, S., Malde, B. and Smets, S. Labeled loans and human capital investments. The IFS.
- Malde, B. and Advani, A. Collecting Network Data in Surveys. The IFS.
- Andrew, A. and Malde, B. Child development and policy interventions in developing countries. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B. and Malde, B. Can Micro-Credit Support Public Health Subsidy Programs? The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B., Giunti, S., Malde, B. and Smets, S. Sanitation and credit constraints – The role of labelled microcredit in India’s Swacch Bharat Mission subsidy scheme. The IFS.
- Kristensen, D., Mogensen, P.K., Moon, J.-.M. and Schjerning, B. Solving dynamic discrete choice models using smoothing and sieve methods. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Malde, B., Caeyers, B., Giunti, S., Wahhaj, Z. and Olorenshaw, H. Increasing the adoption of safe sanitation infrastructure: Evidence from India. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B., Giunti, S., Malde, B. and Smets, S. Labelled loans and human capital investments. The IFS.
- Vera-Hernandez, M., Malde, B. and Scott, M. Extended family networks and household well-being: evidence from Malawi. The IFS.
- Malde, B. and Vera-Hernandez, M. Mobile research on health and poverty in Africa. The IFS.
- Vera-Hernandez, M. and Malde, B. Practical view on data collection using electronic equipment. The IFS.
- Sibieta, L. How big is the teacher pay offer in England? The IFS.
- Fitzsimons, E., Vera-Hernandez, M. and Malde, B. Household responses to information on child nutrition: experimental evidence from Malawi. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Caeyers, B., Giunti, S., Malde, B. and Smets, S. Labelled Loans and Human Capital Investments. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Malde, B., Olorenshaw, H. and Wahhaj, Z. To invest or not to invest in sanitation: the role of intra-household gender differences in perceptions and bargaining power. The IFS.
- Augsburg, B., Ghatak, M., Giunti, S. and Malde, B. At scale implementation and the perils of fragmentation. The IFS.
- Fitzsimons, E., Malde, B. and Vera-Hernandez, M. Spillovers of community based health interventions on consumption smoothing. The IFS.
- Fitzsimons, E., Malde, B. and Vera-Hernandez, M. Group size and the efficiency of informal risk sharing. The IFS.
- Fitzsimons, E., Malde, B., Mesnard, A. and Vera-Hernandez, M. Household responses to information on child nutrition: experimental evidence from Malawi. The IFS.
- Crossman, S., Malde, B. and Vera-Hernandez, M. Evaluation of the nutritional embedding evaluation programme. The IFS.
- Advani, A. and Malde, B. Empirical methods for networks data: social effects, network formation and measurement error. The IFS.
Scholarly edition
- Fitzsimons, E., Mesnard, A., Vera-Hernandez, M. and Malde, B. Household Responses to Information on Child Nutrition: Experimental Evidence from Malawi.