Sharmistha Self
Department of Economics
Missouri State University,
Springfield, MO 65810.
Phone: (417) 836 5740 (Office)
email: sself@missouristate.edu
Ph.D Economics, Southern Illinois University, Spring, 2002
B.Ed. Annamalai University, India. 1994
Title – Education and Economic Growth: A Causal Analysis.
Chair – Professor Richard Grabowski (Southern Illinois University)
Other Committee Members -- Professor (Emeritus) Paul B. Trescott; Professor C. W. J. Granger (University of California, San Diego); Professor Subhash Sharma; Assistant Professor Scott Gilbert; Assistant Professor Kevin Sylwester.
Development Economics with a focus on Asia, Gender, Health Economics, Education Economics, and Labor Economics.
Fall 2002 through Spring 2006 – Assistant professor, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, Minnesota.
Fall 2006 onwards – Assistant professor, Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri.
“The Impact of Gender Participation in Education by Level: A Time-series Analysis”, Journal of Developing Areas, 36(1), Fall 2002, 57-79.
“How Effective is Public Health Expenditure in Improving Overall Health? A Cross-country Analysis” (with Richard Grabowski), Applied Economics, May 2003, 35(7), 835-846.
“Does Education at all Levels Cause Growth? India, A Case Study” (with Richard Grabowski), Economics of Education Review, 23 (2004), 47-55.
“Education and Long-Run Development in Japan” (with Richard Grabowski), Journal of Asian Economics, August, 2003, 14(4), 565-580.
“Factor Accumulation or TFP? A Reassessment of Growth in South East Asia” (with Shawna Grosskopf), Pacific Economic Review, February 2006, 11(1), 39-58.
“Gender, Vocational Education, and Economic Development: The Japanese Experience” (with Richard Grabowski), Review of Applied Economics, March 2005,1(1), 121-142.
“What Makes Motherhood So Expensive? The Role of Social Expectations, Interdependence, and Coordination Failure”, Journal of Socio Economics, 2005 (34), 850-865.
“Estimating the Efficiency of the System of Healthcare Financing in Achieving Better Health” (with Shawna Grosskopf and Osman Zaim), Applied Economics, forthcoming .
“Gender Bias in Education: The Role of Coordination problems, Dowry and Other Social Institutions” (with Sajal Lahiri), Review of Development Economics, forthcoming.
“Examining the Link Between Japan’s Development and Education of Females” (with Richard Grabowski), Pacific Economic Review, forthcoming.
Economic Development: A Regional, Institutional, and Historical Approach (with Mike Shields and Richard Grabowski), book manuscript under contract with M. E. Sharpe, Armonk, New York. Expected publication date, December 2006.
Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Economics Development: A Regional, Institutional, and Historical Approach. M. E. Sharpe publication, Armonk, New York. Expected publication date, December 2006.
“Exogamy and Endogamy in India” (with Sajal Lahiri), in The [Oxford] Companion to Economics in India Project edited by
Kaushik Basu, forthcoming.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
“The Asian Financial Crisis: Impact on Human Development” (with Richard Grabowski).
“Does Modernization Lower Dowries? A Study of Inter-caste Marriages in India”, revised and resubmitted.
“Agricultural Development, State Effectiveness and Long-Run Economic Development (with Richard Grabowski).
“Exogamy and Endogamy in India” (with Sajal Lahiri).
“Institutions, Development, and Gender Inequality.
“Economic Development: The Role of Agricultural Technology” (with Richard Grabowski).
“Exogamy and gender Bias in Healthcare Provision: A Theory and Evidence from Two Northern States in India” (with Sajal Lahiri).
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Economic History of Modern India”
“Education and Child Labor in India”
“Education and Child Labor in Japan”
“Who are the Real Losers in a Labor Market Characterized by Unemployment? Healthy or Unhealthy Workers”
“Developing Countries and Fertility: Role of Agricultural Technology”.
“Investigating the Impact of Land-intensive versus Labor-intensive Farming Technology on Fertility: Case study of Rural Households in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar”
“Exogamy and gender Bias in Healthcare Provision: A Theory and Evidence from Two Northern States in India” (with Sajal Lahiri), presented at the NEUDC conference, Brown University, September 25th, 2005; scheduled for presentation at ASSA conference, Boston, January, 2006.
“Missing Girls: Intra-Household Bias in Healthcare due to Inter-Household Externalities” (with Sajal Lahiri), presented at the International Development Conference, University of Minnesota, April 28th, 2005.
“Economic Development and Convergence Revisited: the Role of Agricultural Modernization” (with Richard Grabowski), presented at the International Development Conference, University of Minnesota, April 28th, 2005.
“Institutions, Development, and Gender Inequality” scheduled for presentation at the 3rd International Conference on European and International Political and Economic Affairs, May 2005, Athens, Greece.
“Agricultural Development, State Effectiveness and Long-Run Economic Development (with Richard Grabowski), scheduled for presentation at the Western Economics Association meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 4th – 8th, 2005.
“Developing Countries and Fertility: Role of Production Technology in Agriculture” presented at the Eastern Economic Association meetings, March 2005, New York.
“Do Inter-caste Marriages necessarily Lower Dowries? A Bridal Migration Analysis” presented at the American Economics Association meeting in Philadelphia, January 8th, 2005.
"Agricultural Development, State Effectiveness and Long-Run Economic Development" (with Richard Grabowski), presented at the Western Economics Association Conference, Vancouver, June/July 2004.
“Gender Bias in Education: The Role of Coordination Failure, Dowry and Other Social Institutions” (with Sajal Lahiri), presented at International Development Conference, sponsored by the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, April 29th , 2004; International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) sponsored session at the AEA conference, San Diego, January, 2004.
“The Asian Financial Crisis: Impact on Human Development ” (with Richard Grabowski), presented at the Southern Economics Association conference, San Antonio, Texas, November 23rd, 2003.
“Examining the link between Japan’s Development and Education of Females” – invited for presentation at the Vandeveer Lecture Series, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, March 22nd, 2003; presented at the Western Economics Association meeting, Denver, July 14th, 2003.
“Education and Long run Development in Japan” (with Richard Grabowski) – presented at the Eastern Economics Association meeting, February 22nd, 2003, New York.
“How Efficient is Public Health Expenditure in determining the Status of Health?” (with Shawna Grosskopf and Osman Zaim) -- presented at the CSWEP session of the AEA conference, January 4th, 2003, Washington, DC; selected for presentation at World Institute of Development Economics Research (United Nations University) sponsored conference entitled ‘Inequality, Poverty, and Human Well-being’ in Helsinki, Finland, May 30-31, 2003.
“Human Capital or TFP? A Reassessment of Growth in South East Asia” (with Shawna Grosskopf) – presented at the University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Seminar, October 25th, 2002.
“How effective is Public Health Expenditure in Improving Overall Health ? A Cross-country Analysis” (earlier version) – presented at the AEA conference January, 2002, Atlanta, at the Omicron Delta Epsilon sponsored graduate paper session.
“Growth, Human Capital, and TFP” (with Shawna Grosskopf) - Presented at Western Economics Association Meeting, Summer 2001 by co-author.
“Examining the Impact of Education on India’s Economic Growth” (with Richard Grabowski and Scott Gilbert) - One of the finalists at the best Graduate Student Papers at Illinois Economics Association Meeting, Fall, 2000.
“Examining the Impact of Education on India’s Economic Growth” (with Richard Grabowski and Scott Gilbert) - Presented at the Midwest Economic Association Meeting, Spring 2001.
“India’s Education Puzzle” – selected for refereed poster session sponsored jointly by Women’s Studies and University Women’s Professional Advancement, Southern Illinois University, Spring, 2000.
REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS FOR
Journal of Developing Areas
Social Science and Medicine
World Development
Journal of Population Economics
Economics of Education Review
Applied Economics
International Economic Journal
Journal of Health Economics
INVITED PAPER PRESENTATIONS
“Human Capital or TFP? A Reassessment of Growth in South East Asia” (with Shawna Grosskopf) – University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics Seminar, October 25th, 2002.
“Examining the link between Japan’s Development and Education of Females” – Vandeveer Lecture Series, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, March 22nd, 2003.
"Globalization: Its impact on the Developing World" -- Whitney Senior Center, St. Cloud, MN, December 16th, 2003.
"Women, Money, and Development" -- Women's Lives Series, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, scheduled for February 17th, 2004.
"Gender Bias in Education: The Role of Inter-household Externality, Dowry and Other Social Institutions," presented (by co-author Sajal Lahiri) at AESS International Conference on Economic Theory held at Kobe University, Japan on June 24-25,2004.
“Exogamy and gender Bias in Healthcare Provision: A Theory and Evidence from Two Northern States in India” (with Sajal Lahiri), scheduled for presentation at Economics department seminar, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, October 2005.
POPULAR WRITING
“Women, Money, and Development”, Gender Learning Community Newsletter, College of St. Benedict, Spring 2004.
Fall 2006 Assistant professor, Missouri State University. Teaching two sections of Principles of Macroeconomics and an upper division class in Development Economics.
Fall 2002 through Spring 2006, Assistant Professor, St. John’s University. Teaching two classes in Introductory Economics which is a combined Micro/Macro one-semester course (fall ’02 and spring ’03) and a third tier course in Development Economics. I am affiliated with the Asian Studies program on this campus. Designed a tier-two course in Asian Economics for students in Asian Studies and Economics for spring, 2003. Taught the Asian Economies course in Spring of 2004, 2005, 2005. Taught an upper division course in econometrics in fall 2005. Presently teaching principles micro/macro and Asian Economics.
Spring 2002, Instructor (while Ph.D student), Southern Illinois University. Taught Health Economics and Principles of Macroeconomics at undergraduate level.
Fall 2001. Instructor (while Ph.D student), Southern Illinois University. Taught Economics of Contemporary Social Issues and Money and Banking at the undergraduate level.
Fall 1999 to summer 2000. Instructor (while Ph.D student), Southern Illinois University. Taught Economics of Contemporary Social Issues at undergraduate level; Macroeconomic Principles.
Summer 1996 through Summer 1997. Instructor (while Ph.D student), Southern Illinois University. Taught Money and Banking at the undergraduate level.
Spring 1995 through Spring 1996. Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University. Taught lecture/lab for Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Principles.
1990 through 1994. Teacher of Economics and Basic programming at Calcutta International School, Calcutta, India. An “O” and “A” level program affiliated with the University of London.
1993. Lecturer (part-time) of Business Economics, New Alipur College (Under Calcutta University), Calcutta, India.
1987 through 1988. Teacher of Economics, Woodlands High School, Patna, India.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Member, Board of Directors, Minnesota Economics Association – since Fall 2005.
Member, Academic Assessment Committee, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, fall 2004, spring 2005.
Member, Committee on Academic Computing, College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University, fall 2005, spring 2006.
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AND OTHER
2004, 2005 Asian Studies Learning Communities Grant, College of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN (summer 2004, 2005).
2004 Tom Creed Award for Effective Electronic Pedagogy, St. John’s University, St. Joseph, MN.
2004, 2003, 2002 Faculty Development Grant, College of St. Benedict/ St John’s University.
2001 Grant from Joint Women’s Studies and University Women’s Professional
Advancement Juried Competition, SIUC, Carbondale.
2000 Recipient of Dissertation Research Award Fellowship from SIUC, Carbondale.
1999 Joyce A. Kelly Scholarship awarded by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Carbondale Branch
1999 Grant from Joint Women’s Studies and University Women’s Professional
Advancement Juried Competition, SIUC, Carbondale.
1999 Grant, Winner of Essay competition sponsored by Women In Development, SIUC, Carbondale.
1994 Tatean Public Charitable Trust Scholarship awarded by Tata Tea, Calcutta, India.
1979 Received India’s National Talent Scholarship.