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(Robert) RA Sparrow

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• All publications (37)

  • Article (31)

    • R.A. Sparrow, T. Dartanto & R. Hartwig (2020). Indonesia Under the New Normal: Challenges and the Way Ahead. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 56 (3), 269-299. doi: 10.1080/00074918.2020.1854079
    • Zemzem Shigute, A.D. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, G. Alemu & A.S. Bedi (2020). The Effect of Ethiopia’s Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme on Revenues and Quality of Care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17228558
    • R. Hartwig, R.A. Sparrow, S. Budiyati, A. Yumna, N. Warda, A. Suryahadi & A.S. Bedi (2019). Effects of Decentralized Health Care Financing on Maternal Care in Indonesia. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 67, 659-686. doi: 10.1086/698312
    • 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 [go to publisher's site]
    • 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.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
    • 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 (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]
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Z.Y. Debebe, A.D. 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
    • M. Grimm, R.A. Sparrow & L. Tasciotti (2015). Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence from Indonesia. Demography, 52 (5), 1773-1796. doi: 10.1007/s13524-015-0420-3
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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. Yilma, 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
    • 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, E. van de Poel, G. Hadiwidjaja, A. 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
    • Z. Yilma, A.D. Mebratie, R.A. Sparrow, D. Abebaw, D. 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, 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • R.A. Sparrow, A.S. Bedi & C. Calero (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). 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
    • 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). Health, Education and Economic Crisis: Protecting the Poor in Indonesia (Abstract of doctoral thesis). Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 43 (3), 396-397.
    • 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 (4)

    • A.S. Bedi, A. Chakraborty, S. Debnath, T. Jain, A.D. Mebratie, P. Panda, E. van de Poel, W. Raza, F. Rutten, Z. Shigute, R.A. Sparrow, R. Suryanarayana & G. Alemu (2020). Social Health Insurance Schemes. In J Jalan, S Marjit & S Santra (Eds.), India Public Finance and Policy Report: Health Matters (pp. 4-49). New Delhi: Oxford University Press
    • 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 doi: 10.1787/9789264194281-en

  • 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. doi: 10.1080/00074918.2013.772943

  • 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.

• Teaching (5)

  Board of Examiners

  Title

  Board of Examiners

  Year

  2020

  General Information

  Title

  General Information

  Year

  2020

  4317 Econometric Analysis, Devt Policies

  Title

  4317 Econometric Analysis, Devt Policies

  Year

  2020

  4317 Econometric Analysis, Devt Policies

  Title

  4317 Econometric Analysis, Devt Policies

  Year

  2020

  5401 Research Paper

  Title

  5401 Research Paper

  Year

  2020

• Editorial positions (1)

  Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies

  Additional Information

  https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cbie20/current

  Role

  Editor

• Present position

  Associate Professor

  University

  Erasmus University Rotterdam

  School

  International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)

  Department

  Academic staff unit