Katsushi S Imai
Biographic Data
| ID | 144444 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katsushi S Imai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katsushi S |
| FAMILY NAME | Imai |
| SIGNATURE | IMAI K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7989-8914 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Unpaid care work for the elderly in Thailand
Changes in Subjective Well-Being in India
Despite the growing literature on subjective well-being (SWB), few studies have focused on developing countries. Applying robust OLS and ordered probit models to the India Human Development Survey panel data in 2005 and 2012, we empirically assess SWBchangesin 2005-2012, based on a self-reported measure of changes in economic well-being, as a function of household and state covariates in 2005. This is in sharp contrast with earlier studies' focus…
Does the old-age pension scheme improve household welfare? Evidence from India
Determinants of Rural-Urban Inequality in Vietnam
This study examines determinants of the rural-urban gap of household welfare in Vietnam during 2008–2012 using national household data. We have used unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) to carry out quantile decomposition analyses to identify underlying causes for the rural-urban disparity across the entire distribution. Our analyses have overcome the limitations of Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, namely, (i) decomposition is made only at mean …
Estimation of Vulnerability to Poverty Using a Multilevel Longitudinal Model
Using the panel data for the Philippines in 2003–2009, we estimate a three-level random coefficient model to measure household vulnerability and to decompose it into idiosyncratic and covariate components. We correct heterogeneity bias using Bell and Jones’s ‘within-between’ formulation. A majority of the poor and 18 per cent of the non-poor are found to be vulnerable to unobservable shocks, while both groups of households are more susceptible to…
Declining Nutrient Intake in a Growing China
Women’s Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India
Food price surges and poverty in urban Colombia
Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty in Bangladesh? New Evidence from Household Panel Data
The study examines whether loans from microfinance institutions (MFI) reduce poverty in Bangladesh drawing upon the nationally representative household panel with four rounds from 1997 to 2004. The effects of general microfinance loans and loans for productive purposes on income, food consumption and women's Body Mass Index are estimated. Overall effects of MFI loans on income and food consumption were positive and the purpose of the loan is impo…
Microfinance and Poverty—A Macro Perspective
On Hunger and Child Mortality in India
Despite accelerated growth there is pervasive hunger, child undernutrition and mortality in India. Our analysis focuses on their determinants. Raising living standards alone will not reduce hunger and undernutrition. Reduction of rural/urban disparities, income inequality, consumer price stabilization, and mothers' literacy all have roles of varying importance in different nutrition indicators. Somewhat surprisingly, public distribution system (P…
Decentralization, Democracy and Allocation of Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Rural India
Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Poverty and Prices in Rural India
The objective of this analysis is mainly to construct an intuitive measure of the performance of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India. The focus is on divergence between demand and supply at the district level. Some related issues addressed are: (i) whether the gap between demand and supply responds to poverty; and (ii) whether recent hikes in NREGS wages are inflationary. Our analysis confirms responsiveness of the pos…
Millennium Development Goal of Halving Poverty in Asia
This article assesses the prospects of achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving income poverty in Asia, and identifies policy priorities. The main findings are: (1) in East Asia, the actual growth rate exceeds that required to achieve this goal, while in South Asia, it falls short of the required rate; (2) the required rates of agricultural growth are, however, higher than the actual in both East Asia and South Asia; (3) moderate grow…
Women's organisations, maternal knowledge, and social capital to reduce prevalence of stunted children
This study analyses behaviour of women's community-based organisations in rural Nepal in reducing prevalence of child malnutrition in member households drawing upon the survey data collected in 2000. The induced institutional innovation hypothesis is tested: are capabilities of women organisations reflecting ‘structured social capital’ positively associated with improved child nutritional status? The effectiveness of outside interventions is also…
On the Targeting and Cost-Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programmes in Rural India
This article is motivated by a concern for the cost-effectiveness of anti-poverty outlays; much of its focus is on the targeting of Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) over the period 1987-93. It is argued that benefits to the rural poor of larger outlays on these two major anti-poverty programmes are likely to be limited, given their mistargeting. Large sections of the rural poor were not covered in 198…
Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction
Women’s Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India
Microfinance and Poverty—A Macro Perspective
Does the old-age pension scheme improve household welfare? Evidence from India
Food price surges and poverty in urban Colombia
Decentralization, Democracy and Allocation of Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Rural India
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Poverty and Prices in Rural India
The objective of this analysis is mainly to construct an intuitive measure of the performance of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India. The focus is on divergence between demand and supply at the district level. Some related issues addressed are: (i) whether the gap between demand and supply responds to poverty; and (ii) whether recent hikes in NREGS wages are inflationary. Our analysis confirms responsiveness of the pos…
Declining Nutrient Intake in a Growing China
Changes in Subjective Well-Being in India
Despite the growing literature on subjective well-being (SWB), few studies have focused on developing countries. Applying robust OLS and ordered probit models to the India Human Development Survey panel data in 2005 and 2012, we empirically assess SWBchangesin 2005-2012, based on a self-reported measure of changes in economic well-being, as a function of household and state covariates in 2005. This is in sharp contrast with earlier studies' focus…
On Hunger and Child Mortality in India
Despite accelerated growth there is pervasive hunger, child undernutrition and mortality in India. Our analysis focuses on their determinants. Raising living standards alone will not reduce hunger and undernutrition. Reduction of rural/urban disparities, income inequality, consumer price stabilization, and mothers' literacy all have roles of varying importance in different nutrition indicators. Somewhat surprisingly, public distribution system (P…
Millennium Development Goal of Halving Poverty in Asia
This article assesses the prospects of achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving income poverty in Asia, and identifies policy priorities. The main findings are: (1) in East Asia, the actual growth rate exceeds that required to achieve this goal, while in South Asia, it falls short of the required rate; (2) the required rates of agricultural growth are, however, higher than the actual in both East Asia and South Asia; (3) moderate grow…
On the Targeting and Cost-Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programmes in Rural India
This article is motivated by a concern for the cost-effectiveness of anti-poverty outlays; much of its focus is on the targeting of Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) over the period 1987-93. It is argued that benefits to the rural poor of larger outlays on these two major anti-poverty programmes are likely to be limited, given their mistargeting. Large sections of the rural poor were not covered in 198…
On the Targeting and Cost-Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programmes in Rural India
This article is motivated by a concern for the cost-effectiveness of anti-poverty outlays; much of its focus is on the targeting of Rural Public Works (RPW) and the Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) over the period 1987-93. It is argued that benefits to the rural poor of larger outlays on these two major anti-poverty programmes are likely to be limited, given their mistargeting. Large sections of the rural poor were not covered in 198…
Women's organisations, maternal knowledge, and social capital to reduce prevalence of stunted children
This study analyses behaviour of women's community-based organisations in rural Nepal in reducing prevalence of child malnutrition in member households drawing upon the survey data collected in 2000. The induced institutional innovation hypothesis is tested: are capabilities of women organisations reflecting ‘structured social capital’ positively associated with improved child nutritional status? The effectiveness of outside interventions is also…
Millennium Development Goal of Halving Poverty in Asia
This article assesses the prospects of achieving the Millennium Development Goal of halving income poverty in Asia, and identifies policy priorities. The main findings are: (1) in East Asia, the actual growth rate exceeds that required to achieve this goal, while in South Asia, it falls short of the required rate; (2) the required rates of agricultural growth are, however, higher than the actual in both East Asia and South Asia; (3) moderate grow…
Microfinance and Household Poverty Reduction
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Poverty and Prices in Rural India
The objective of this analysis is mainly to construct an intuitive measure of the performance of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in India. The focus is on divergence between demand and supply at the district level. Some related issues addressed are: (i) whether the gap between demand and supply responds to poverty; and (ii) whether recent hikes in NREGS wages are inflationary. Our analysis confirms responsiveness of the pos…
Decentralization, Democracy and Allocation of Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Rural India
Does Microfinance Reduce Poverty in Bangladesh? New Evidence from Household Panel Data
The study examines whether loans from microfinance institutions (MFI) reduce poverty in Bangladesh drawing upon the nationally representative household panel with four rounds from 1997 to 2004. The effects of general microfinance loans and loans for productive purposes on income, food consumption and women's Body Mass Index are estimated. Overall effects of MFI loans on income and food consumption were positive and the purpose of the loan is impo…
Microfinance and Poverty—A Macro Perspective
On Hunger and Child Mortality in India
Despite accelerated growth there is pervasive hunger, child undernutrition and mortality in India. Our analysis focuses on their determinants. Raising living standards alone will not reduce hunger and undernutrition. Reduction of rural/urban disparities, income inequality, consumer price stabilization, and mothers' literacy all have roles of varying importance in different nutrition indicators. Somewhat surprisingly, public distribution system (P…
Food price surges and poverty in urban Colombia
Women’s Empowerment and Prevalence of Stunted and Underweight Children in Rural India
Declining Nutrient Intake in a Growing China
Estimation of Vulnerability to Poverty Using a Multilevel Longitudinal Model
Using the panel data for the Philippines in 2003–2009, we estimate a three-level random coefficient model to measure household vulnerability and to decompose it into idiosyncratic and covariate components. We correct heterogeneity bias using Bell and Jones’s ‘within-between’ formulation. A majority of the poor and 18 per cent of the non-poor are found to be vulnerable to unobservable shocks, while both groups of households are more susceptible to…
Determinants of Rural-Urban Inequality in Vietnam
This study examines determinants of the rural-urban gap of household welfare in Vietnam during 2008–2012 using national household data. We have used unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) to carry out quantile decomposition analyses to identify underlying causes for the rural-urban disparity across the entire distribution. Our analyses have overcome the limitations of Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, namely, (i) decomposition is made only at mean …
Does the old-age pension scheme improve household welfare? Evidence from India
Changes in Subjective Well-Being in India
Despite the growing literature on subjective well-being (SWB), few studies have focused on developing countries. Applying robust OLS and ordered probit models to the India Human Development Survey panel data in 2005 and 2012, we empirically assess SWBchangesin 2005-2012, based on a self-reported measure of changes in economic well-being, as a function of household and state covariates in 2005. This is in sharp contrast with earlier studies' focus…
Unpaid care work for the elderly in Thailand
Economics (16 works) · Economic growth (14 works) · Poverty (12 works) · Income, Poverty, and Inequality (10 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Econometrics (8 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (5 works)