dr. (Robert) RA Sparrow

All publications (33)

• Article (28)

  • A.D. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, Z. Yilma, D. Abebaw, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2019). The Impact of Ethiopia's pilot community based health insurance scheme on healthcare utilization and cost of care. Social Science & Medicine, 220, 112-119. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.003
  • N. Aung, H.T.M. Nguyen & R.A. Sparrow (2019). The Impact of Credit Policy on Rice Production in Myanmar. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 70 (2), 426-451. doi: 10.1111/1477-9552.12299
  • A. Utomo, P. McDonald, I. Utomo, N. Cahyadi & R.A. Sparrow (2019). Social Engagement and the Elderly in Rural Indonesia. Social Science & Medicine, 229, 22-31. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.05.009 [go to publisher's site]
  • A.S. Bedi, R.A. Sparrow & L. Tasciotti (2018). Indonesia's Domestic Biogas Programme - Household Panel Survey Data. Data in brief, 17 (April), 1388-1390. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.02.083
  • K. Kis-Katos, J. Pieters & R.A. Sparrow (2018). Globalization and Social Change: Gender-specific Effects of Trade Liberalization in Indonesia. IMF Economic Review, 66 (4), 763-793. doi: 10.1057/s41308-018-0065-5 [go to publisher's site]
  • T.J. Hatton, R.A. Sparrow, D. Suryadarma & P. van der Eng (2018). Fertility and the health of children in Indonesia. Economics and Human Biology, 28, 67-78. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.12.002
  • A.S. Bedi, R.A. Sparrow & L. Tasciotti (2017). The Impact of a Household Biogas Programme on Energy Use and Expenditure in East Java. Energy Economics, 68 (Oct), 66-76. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.09.006
  • Zemzem Shigute, A.D. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, Z. Yilma, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2017). Uptake of Health Insurance and the Productive Safety Net Program in Rural Ethiopia. Social Science & Medicine, 176 (March), 133-141. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.035
  • R.A. Sparrow, S. Budiyati, A. Yumna, N. Warda, A. Suryahadi & A.S. Bedi (2017). Sub-national health care financing reforms in Indonesia. Health Policy and Planning, 32 (1), 91-101. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw101
  • F. Khan, A.S. Bedi & R.A. Sparrow (2015). Sickness and Death: Economic Consequences and Coping Strategies of the Urban Poor in Bangladesh. World Development, 72, 255-266. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.03.008
  • A. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, Z.Y. Debebe, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2015). Dropping out of Ethiopia’s Community Based Health Insurance Scheme. Health Policy and Planning, 20 (10), 1296-1306. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czu142
  • Z. Yilma, A. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, M. Dekker, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2015). Impact of Ethiopia's Community Based Health Insurance on Household Economic Welfare. The World Bank Economic Review, 29 (S1), S164-S173. doi: 10.1093/wber/lhv009
  • A. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, Z.Y. Debebe, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2015). Enrolment in Ethiopia’s Community Based Health Insurance Scheme. World Development, 74, 58-76. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.04.011
  • M. Grimm, R.A. Sparrow & L. Tasciotti (2015). Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence from Indonesia. Demography, 52 (5), 1773-1796. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.07.005
  • K. Kis-Katos & R.A. Sparrow (2015). Poverty, Labor Markets and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia. Journal of Development Economics, 117, 94-106. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2015.07.005
  • Z. Yilma, A.D. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, D. Abebaw, M. Dekker, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2014). Coping with Shocks in Rural Ethiopia. Journal of Development Studies, 50 (7), 1009-1024. doi: 10.1080/00220388.2014.909028
  • R.A. Sparrow, E. Van de Poel, G. Hadiwidjaja, Y. Yumna, N. Warda & A. Suryahadi (2014). Coping with the Economic Consequences of Ill Health in Indonesia. Health Economics, 23 (6), 719-728. doi: 10.1002/hec.2945
  • N. Forero-Ramírez, L. Gamboa, A.S. Bedi & R.A. Sparrow (2014). Child Malnutrition and Prenatal Care: Evidence from Three Latin American Countries. Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)/American A, 35 (3), 163-171.
  • R.A. Sparrow, A. Suryahadi & W. Widyanti (2013). Social Health Insurance for the Poor: Targeting and Impact of Indonesia's Askeskin Program. Social Science & Medicine, 96, 264-271. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.09.043
  • I. Kruse, M.P. Pradhan & R.A. Sparrow (2012). Marginal Benefit Incidence of Public Health Spending: Evidence from Indonesian sub-national data. Journal of Health Economics, 31 (1), 147-157. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2011.09.003
  • A. Iturriza, A.S. Bedi & R.A. Sparrow (2011). Unemployment Assistance and Transition to Employment in Argentina. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 59 (4), 811-837. doi: 10.1086/660004
  • K. Kis-Katos & R.A. Sparrow (2011). Child Labor and Trade Liberalization in Indonesia. Journal of Human Resources, 46 (4), 722-749. doi: 10.1353/jhr.2011.0008
  • C. Calero, A.S. Bedi & R.A. Sparrow (2009). Remittances, Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital Investments in Ecuador. World Development, 37 (6), 1143-1154. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.10.006
  • R.A. Sparrow (2008). Targeting the Poor in Times of Crisis: The Indonesian Health Card. Health Policy and Planning, 23 (3), 188-199. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czn003
  • R.A. Sparrow (2007). Health, Education and Economic Crisis: Protecting the Poor in Indonesia (Abstract of doctoral thesis). Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 43 (3), 396-397.
  • M.P. Pradhan, F. Saadah & R.A. Sparrow (2007). Did the Health Card Program Ensure Access to Medical Care for the Poor during Indonesia's Economic Crisis? The World Bank Economic Review, 21 (1), 125-150. doi: 10.1093/wber/lhl010
  • R.A. Sparrow (2007). Protecting Education for the Poor in Times of Crisis: An Evaluation of a Scholarship Programme in Indonesia. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 69 (1), 99-122. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2006.00438.x
  • P. Lanjouw, J. Quizon & R.A. Sparrow (2001). Non-Agricultural Earnings in Peri-urban Areas of Tanzania: Evidence from Household Survey Data. Food Policy, 26 (4), 385-403. doi: 10.1016/S0306-9192(01)00010-0

• Part of book - Chapter (3)

  • K. Kis-Katos, J. Pieters & R.A. Sparrow (2018). Gender, Labour Markets and Trade Liberalisation in Indonesia. In A.A. Patunru, M. Pangestu & M.C. Basri (Eds.), Indonesia in the New World: Globalisation, Nationalism and Sovereignty (pp. 157-179). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing
  • R.A. Sparrow (2011). Social Health Insurance: Towards Universal Coverage for the Poor? In C. Manning & S. Sumarto (Eds.), Employment, Living Standards and Poverty in Contemporary Indonesia (pp. 221-244). Singapore: ISEAS Publishing
  • P. Lanjouw, M.P. Pradhan, F. Saadah, H. Sayed & R.A. Sparrow (2002). Poverty, Education and Health in Indonesia: Who Benefits from Public Spending? In C. Morrisson (Ed.), Education and Health Expenditures, and Development: The cases of Indonesia and Peru (Development Centre Studies) (pp. 17-78). Paris: OECD

• Book review (1)

  • R.A. Sparrow (2013). Book review: Poverty and Social Protection in Indonesia (J. Hardjono, N. Akhmadi and S. Sumarto ed., ISEAS Publishing, Singapore, 2010) [Bespreking van het boek Poverty and Social Protection in Indonesia]. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 49(2), 240-241.

• Doctoral thesis (1)

  • R.A. Sparrow. Health, Education and Economic Crisis: Protecting the Poor in Indonesia. Tinbergen Institute (215 pag.) (Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit Uitgeverij) Prom./coprom.: J.W. Gunning & M.P. Pradhan.

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