Asankha Pallegedara
Biographic Data
| ID | 6330510 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asankha Pallegedara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asankha |
| FAMILY NAME | Pallegedara |
| SIGNATURE | PALLEGEDARA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wayamba University of Sri Lanka |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2055-8912 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Impact of firm characteristics on corporate sustainability reporting
Spending privately for education despite having a free public education policy
Purpose Compared to other neighbouring South Asian countries, Sri Lanka performs well in terms of education outcomes. Education is provided by the government for free from primary school level to the first-degree University level, yet households’ private education expenses are steadily increasing over time. Thus, this paper analyses trends and determinants of household private education expenditures using the country-wide micro-data from 1990 to …
Spending privately for education in Nepal. Who spends more on it and why
Patterns and determinants of private tutoring
Demand for private healthcare in a universal public healthcare system
This paper examines healthcare utilization behaviour in Sri Lanka with special emphasis on the choice between costly private and free public healthcare services. We use a data set that combines nationwide household survey data and district level healthcare supply data. Our findings suggest that even with universal public healthcare policy, richer people tend to use private sector healthcare services rather than public services. We also find signi…
Spending privately for education in Nepal. Who spends more on it and why
Patterns and determinants of private tutoring
Demand for private healthcare in a universal public healthcare system
This paper examines healthcare utilization behaviour in Sri Lanka with special emphasis on the choice between costly private and free public healthcare services. We use a data set that combines nationwide household survey data and district level healthcare supply data. Our findings suggest that even with universal public healthcare policy, richer people tend to use private sector healthcare services rather than public services. We also find signi…
Patterns and determinants of private tutoring
Demand for private healthcare in a universal public healthcare system
This paper examines healthcare utilization behaviour in Sri Lanka with special emphasis on the choice between costly private and free public healthcare services. We use a data set that combines nationwide household survey data and district level healthcare supply data. Our findings suggest that even with universal public healthcare policy, richer people tend to use private sector healthcare services rather than public services. We also find signi…
Spending privately for education in Nepal. Who spends more on it and why
Spending privately for education despite having a free public education policy
Purpose Compared to other neighbouring South Asian countries, Sri Lanka performs well in terms of education outcomes. Education is provided by the government for free from primary school level to the first-degree University level, yet households’ private education expenses are steadily increasing over time. Thus, this paper analyses trends and determinants of household private education expenditures using the country-wide micro-data from 1990 to …
Impact of firm characteristics on corporate sustainability reporting
Business (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Higher education (2 works) · Inequality (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · School Choice and Performance (2 works)