Biography
Arjun Singh Bedi is Professor of Development Economics and Deputy Rector for Research at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Prior to joining ISS in 1999, he held positions at the University of Bonn (1998-99) and Columbia University (1996-98). In 2013-2014 he was visiting professor at Georgetown University's campus in Doha. His research focuses on labour and human resource economics in developing countries. His work has been published in several international economics and development studies journals including European Economic Review, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Health Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Applied Economics, Labour Economics, Economics of Transition,Economics of Education Review and World Development.
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- Nathan Estifanos, Gudina Egata, Adamu Addissie, Rahel Argaw Kebede, Aschalew Worku, Amsalu Bekele, Biruk Habtamu, Selam Tesfaye, Aman Yesuf Endries, Zemzem Shigute, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Getnet Alemu, Arjun S. Bedi & Negussie Deyessa (2026) - Lung Cancer Risk Factors Beyond Smoking in Ethiopia: A Multicenter Matched Case–Control Study - Cancers, 18 (6) - doi: 10.3390/cancers18060914 - [link]
- Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Dessalegn Shamebo, Getnet Alemu, Zemzem Shigute & Arjun S. Bedi (2025) - Willingness of Urban Formal Sector Workers to Support a Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme in Ethiopia - ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 17, 601-613 - doi: 10.2147/CEOR.S533996 - [link]
- Pedro V. Goulart, Nuno Sobreira, Gianluca Ferrittu & Arjun S. Bedi (2025) - Correction to: What Led to the Decline of Child Labour in the European Periphery? A Cointegration Approach with Long Historical Data: (Social Indicators Research (2024), 172, 2, (765-801), 10.1007/s11205-024-03315-w) - Social Indicators Research, 178 (1), 609 - doi: 10.1007/s11205-025-03526-9 - [link]
- Zecharias Fetene Anteneh, Anagaw D. Mebratie, Zemzem Shigute, Getnet Alemu & Arjun S. Bedi (2024) - Does community-based health insurance affect lifestyle and timing of treatment seeking behavior?: Evidence from Ethiopia - Global Health Journal, 8 (2), 83-90 - doi: 10.1016/j.glohj.2024.05.005 - [link]
- Pedro V. Goulart, Nuno Sobreira, Gianluca Ferrittu & Arjun S. Bedi (2024) - What Led to the Decline of Child Labour in the European Periphery? A Cointegration Approach with Long Historical Data - Social Indicators Research, 172 (2), 765-801 - doi: 10.1007/s11205-024-03315-w - [link]
- Getnet Alemu, Zemzem Shigute, Anagaw Mebratie, Robert Sparrow & Arjun S. Bedi (2024) - On the functioning of community-based health insurance schemes in rural Ethiopia - Social Science and Medicine, 345 - doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115739 - [link]
- Zahra Zarepour, Anagaw Mebratie, Dessalegn Shamebo, Zemzem Shigute, Getnet Alemu & Arjun S. Bedi (2023) - Social Health Insurance and Healthcare Seeking Behavior in Urban Ethiopia - Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine, 89 (1) - doi: 10.5334/aogh.4240 - [link]
- Zemzem Shigute Shuka, Anagaw Mebratie & Arjun Bedi (2023) - Social Protection Schemes in Ethiopia: The Productive Safety Net Program and the Community Based Health Insurance Scheme - doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-89265-4_25
- Farzana Misha, Syeda Sitwat Shahed, Natascha Wagner & Arjun Bedi (2022) - Building resilience in the chars of Bangladesh: An impact assessment - Journal of International Development, 34 (8), 1547-1569 - doi: 10.1002/jid.3653 - [link]
- Arjun Bedi, A Shiferaw, Mans Soderbom & Getnet Alemu Zewdu (2022) - Social insurance reform and workers’ compensation - Labour Economics, 78 - doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102214 - [link]
- Christoph Strupat, Zemzem Shigute, Arjun S. Bedi & Matthias Rieger (2022) - Willingness to take COVID-19 vaccination in low-income countries: Evidence from Ethiopia - PLoS ONE, 17 (3 March) - doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264633 - [link]
- Zemzem Shuka, Anagaw Mebratie, Getnet Alemu, Matthias Rieger & Arjun S. Bedi (2022) - Use of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in urban Ethiopia: evidence from retrospective health facility survey data - BMJ Open, 12 (2) - doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056745 - [link]
- Maazullah Khan & Arjun S. Bedi (2022) - Returns to Interest-free Microcredit: Evidence from a Randomised Experiment in Pakistan - Journal of Development Effectiveness, 14 (2), 93-107 - doi: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1964578 - [link]
- Mark Treurniet, AS (Arjun) Bedi, Erwin Bulte, Patricio Dalton, AG (Geske) Dijkstra, Jan Willem Gunning, Wendy Janssens, Luuk van Kempen, Rob Kuijpers, Robert Lensink, Karlijn Morsink, Eleonora Nillesen, Remco Oostendorp, Menno Pradhan, Ruerd Ruben & Daan van Soest (2021) - Effectief ontwikkelingsbeleid vergt cultuur van leren en betere evaluaties - Economisch-Statistische Berichten - [link]
- Zelalem Yilma, A. (Anagaw) Mebratie, Robert Sparrow, Marleen Dekker, Getnet Alemu & Arjun S. Bedi (2021) - Economic Consequences of Ill-Health in Rural Ethiopia - Health systems and reform, 7 (2) - doi: 10.1080/23288604.2021.1885577 - [link]
- Arjun Bedi, Tanmoy Majilla & Matthias Rieger (2021) - Does signaling childcare support on job applications reduce the motherhood penalty? - Review of Economics of the Household, 20 (2), 373-387 - doi: 10.1007/s11150-021-09574-7 - [link]
- Natascha Wagner, Matthias Rieger, Arjun Bedi, Jurgen Vermeulen & Binyam Afewerk Demena (2021) - The impact of off-grid solar home systems in Kenya on energy consumption and expenditures - Energy Economics, 99 - doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105314 - [link]
- Arjun S. Bedi, Marcos Y. Nakaguma, Brandon J. Restrepo & Matthias Rieger (2021) - Particle pollution and cognition: Evidence from sensitive cognitive tests in brazil - Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 8 (3), 443-474 - doi: 10.1086/711592 - [link]
- Koen Voorend, Arjun S. Bedi & Rebeca Sura-Fonseca (2021) - Migrants and access to health care in Costa Rica - World Development, 144 - doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105481 - [link]
University of Heidelberg
- Start date approval
- oktober 2023
- End date approval
- oktober 2026
- Place
- HEIDELBERG
- Description
- Scientific Board of the South Asia Institute
The Doon School
- Start date approval
- oktober 2023
- End date approval
- oktober 2026
- Place
- INDIA
- Description
- Advising on curriculum
Institute for the Study of Labour
- Start date approval
- oktober 2023
- End date approval
- oktober 2026
- Place
- BONN
- Description
- Research Fellow
University of Bonn
- Start date approval
- oktober 2023
- End date approval
- oktober 2026
- Place
- BONN
- Description
- Guest lectures, review of research papers
Board of Examiners
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ISS-BOE-26-27
E205 Economic Analysis of H,F&I
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ISS-EGSH-E205
M203 Quantitative Methods for Dev.
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ISS-EGSH-M203
E205 Economic Analysis of H,F&I
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ISS-E205
General Information
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-26-27
M203 Quantitative Methods for Dev.
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ISS-M203
T01 Thesis
- Year
- 2026
- Course Code
- ISS-T01
