Manoj Mohanan
Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
Manoj Mohanan is an applied microeconomist, focusing on health and development economics, with a background in medicine and public health. His research focuses on topics related to health and health care in developing countries including: performance-based contracts, measurement of provider quality and performance, social franchising, and social accountability / monitoring. He also studies the role of subjective expectations and beliefs in health care behavior.
Several of his projects feature field experiments, policy interventions and evaluations. He is involved in research projects in India, Kenya and China.
For more on policy evaluation and research projects in India, please visit
COHESIVE-India .Current Appointments & Affiliations
- Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University 2011
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2011
- Assistant Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2016
- Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Center, Duke Population Research Institute 2010
Contact Information
- 302 Towerview Drive, Rubenstein128, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90312, Durham, NC 27708
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manoj.mohanan@duke.edu
(919) 613-9263
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Manoj Mohanan's website
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http://www.cohesiveindia.org
- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Harvard University 2009
- M.S.P.H., Harvard University 2000
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Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2011 - 2015
- Assistant Research Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2009 - 2013
- Assistant Research Professor of Global Health, Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers 2009 - 2011
- Recognition
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In the News
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APR 9, 2018 Sanford School Ways&Means podcast -
MAR 22, 2018 -
FEB 21, 2017 Sanford School of Public Policy -
OCT 24, 2016 NPR -
OCT 10, 2016 Mumbai Firstpost -
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JUL 5, 2016 NPR -
FEB 23, 2015 Quartz -
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JAN 3, 2014 The Times of India -
DEC 13, 2013 Business Standard -
DEC 11, 2013
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- Expertise
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Subject Headings
- Accidents, Traffic
- Clinical Competence
- Debt
- Disease Management
- Economic Development
- Economic impact analysis
- Economics
- Education, Medical
- Education, Medical, Graduate
- Evaluation Studies
- Field experiments
- Fluid Therapy
- Health Personnel
- Infant
- Motor Vehicles
- Patient Simulation
- Physician's Practice Patterns
- Pneumonia
- Primary Health Care
- Private Sector
- Public Sector
- Quality Indicators, Health Care
- Quality of Health Care
- Regression Analysis
- Rural Health Services
- Schools, Medical
- Urban Health Services
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Global Scholarship
- Research
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Selected Grants
- Monitoring and Evaluation of PMMVY Program in Madhya Pradesh, India awarded by World Bank 2018
- Innovative partnership to target antimalarial subsidies in the retail sector awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2018
- Developing an Interdisciplinary Graduate Curriculum in Global Health awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2012
- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Conference Papers
- Donato, K, Miller, G, Mohanan, M, Truskinovsky, Y, and Vera-Hernández, M. "Personality Traits and Performance Contracts: Evidence from a Field Experiment among Maternity Care Providers in India." May 2017. Full Text
- Maselko, J, Mohanan, M, and Kawachi, I. "RESPONDING TO ADVERSITY? QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE OF DYNAMIC SOCIAL CAPITAL AND ITS RELATION TO MENTAL HEALTH." June 1, 2010. Link to Item
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Journal Articles
- Mohanan, M, Miller, G, Donato, K, Truskinovsky, Y, and Vera-Hernandez, M. "Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Different Levels of Skills." Center for Global Development Working Paper 464 (October 11, 2017).
- Mohanan, M, Miller, G, Donato, K, Truskinovsky, Y, and Vera-Hernandez, M. "Different Strokes for Different Folks: Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Different Levels of Skills." Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper 245 (May 2, 2017).
- Mohanan, M, Giardili, S, Das, V, Rabin, TL, Raj, SS, Schwartz, JI, Seth, A, Goldhaber-Fiebert, JD, Miller, G, and Vera-Hernández, M. "Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 95.5 (May 2017): 343-352E. Full Text
- Sherry, TB, Bauhoff, S, and Mohanan, M. "Multitasking and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Pay-for-Performance in Health Care: Evidence from Rwanda." American Journal of Health Economics 3.2 (May 1, 2017): 192-226. Open Access Copy
- Laktabai, J, Lesser, A, Platt, A, Maffioli, E, Mohanan, M, Menya, D, Prudhomme O'Meara, W, and Turner, EL. "Innovative public-private partnership to target subsidised antimalarials: a study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate a community intervention in Western Kenya." BMJ open 7.3 (March 20, 2017): e013972-. Full Text
- Maffioli, E, O'Meara, WP, Turner, EL, and Mohanan, M. "Can Individuals’ Beliefs Help Us Understand Nonadherence to Malaria Test Results? Evidence from Rural Kenya." Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper 243 (February 3, 2017).
- Mohanan, M, Babiarz, KS, Goldhaber-Fiebert, JD, Miller, G, and Vera-Hernández, M. "Effect Of A Large-Scale Social Franchising And Telemedicine Program On Childhood Diarrhea And Pneumonia Outcomes In India." Health affairs (Project Hope) 35.10 (October 2016): 1800-1809. Full Text
- Mohanan, M, Hay, K, and Mor, N. "Quality Of Health Care In India: Challenges, Priorities, And The Road Ahead." Health affairs (Project Hope) 35.10 (October 2016): 1753-1758. Full Text
- Sherry, TB, Bauhoff, S, and Mohanan, M. "Multitasking and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in Pay-for-Performance in Health Care: Evidence from Rwanda." Economic Research Initiatives at Duke (ERID) Working Paper 136 (March 1, 2016).
- Prudhomme O'Meara, W, Mohanan, M, Laktabai, J, Lesser, A, Platt, A, Maffioli, E, Turner, EL, and Menya, D. "Assessing the independent and combined effects of subsidies for antimalarials and rapid diagnostic testing on fever management decisions in the retail sector: results from a factorial randomised trial in western Kenya." BMJ global health 1.2 (January 2016): e000101-. Full Text
- Mohanan, M, Vera-Hernández, M, Das, V, Giardili, S, Goldhaber-Fiebert, JD, Rabin, TL, Raj, SS, Schwartz, JI, and Seth, A. "The know-do gap in quality of health care for childhood diarrhea and pneumonia in rural India." JAMA pediatrics 169.4 (April 2015): 349-357. Full Text
- Mohanan, M, Bauhoff, S, La Forgia, G, Babiarz, KS, Singh, K, and Miller, G. "Effect of Chiranjeevi Yojana on institutional deliveries and neonatal and maternal outcomes in Gujarat, India: A difference-in-differences analysis | Effets du programme Chiranjeevi Yojana sur les accouchements en institutions et les résultats néonatals et maternels au Gujarat, en Inde: Une analyse de l'écart des différences." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 92.3 (2014): 187-194.
- Mohanan, M. "Causal Effects of Health Shocks on Consumption and Debt: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Bus Accident Injuries." Review of Economics and Statistics 95.2 (May 2013): 673-681.
- Mohanan, M. "Causal Effects of Health Shocks on Consumption and Debt: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Bus Accident Injuries." Review of Economics and Statistics 95.2 (May 2013): 673-681. Full Text
- Das, J, Holla, A, Das, V, Mohanan, M, Tabak, D, and Chan, B. "In urban and rural India, a standardized patient study showed low levels of provider training and huge quality gaps." Health Aff (Millwood) 31.12 (December 2012): 2774-2784. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
- Mohanan, M, and Maselko, J. "Quasi-experimental evidence on the causal effects of physical health on mental health." Int J Epidemiol 39.2 (April 2010): 487-493. Full Text Link to Item
- Mahal, A, and Mohanan, M. "Growth of private medical education in India." Med Educ 40.10 (October 2006): 1009-1011. Full Text Link to Item
- Mahal, A, and Mohanan, M. "Medical Education in India: Implications for access to care and its quality." Journal of Educational Planning and Administration 20.4 (2006). (Academic Article)
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- Teaching & Mentoring
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Recent Courses
- Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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Presentations & Appearances
- Southern Economics Association. November 1, 2013 2013
- Triangle Health Economics Seminar. October 1, 2013 2013
- World Bank Forum on Hospital Management, Kerala, India. July 1, 2013 2013
- World Bank Forum on Health Insurance, Bangalore, India. May 1, 2013 2013
- 3ie (Intl Initiative for Impact evaluation) – Delhi Seminar series. December 10, 2012 2012
- 3ie (Intl Initiative for Impact evaluation) – Delhi Seminar series. December 10, 2012 2012
- Health Systems research symposium. December 10, 2012 2012
- Health Systems research symposium. December 10, 2012 2012
- Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. December 10, 2012 2012
- University of Washington, Seattle (IHME). December 10, 2012 2012
- University of Washington, Seattle (IHME). December 10, 2012 2012
- Virginia Commonwealth University. December 10, 2012 2012
- Virginia Commonwealth University. December 10, 2012 2012
- Yale University - Health Policy Colloquium. December 10, 2012 2012
- Yale University - Health Policy Colloquium. December 10, 2012 2012
- Causal Effects of Health Shocks. November 4, 2011 2011
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Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Duke Global Health Outreach. Impact of Social Accountability Interventions on Healthcare Delivery and Health Outcomes in U.P., India. May 2015 2015
- Duke Global Health Outreach. Bihar Evaluation of Social Franchasing and Telemedicine (BEST) Supplement. COHESIVE-India. January 2015 2015
- Duke Global Health Outreach. BEST Evaluation-Bihar Evaluation of Social Franchising and Telemedicine. June 2011 2011
- Duke Global Health Outreach. Qualitative Supplement to IMATCHINE Project. July 2010 2010
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Service to the Profession
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Service to Duke
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