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.
International Institute of Social Studies
- bedi@iss.nl
- Room
- I4-16
- Location
- Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
More information
Work
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - doi: 10.1002/jid.3653 - [link]
- Arjun Bedi, A Shiferaw, Mans Soderbom & Getnet Alemu Zewdu (2022) - Social insurance reform and workers’ compensation - 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 - 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 - 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 - doi: 10.1080/19439342.2021.1964578 - [link]
University of Heidelberg
- Start date approval
- October 2023
- End date approval
- October 2026
- Place
- HEIDELBERG
- Description
- Scientific Board of the South Asia Institute
The Doon School
- Start date approval
- October 2023
- End date approval
- October 2026
- Place
- INDIA
- Description
- Advising on curriculum
Institute for the Study of Labour
- Start date approval
- October 2023
- End date approval
- October 2026
- Place
- BONN
- Description
- Research Fellow
University of Bonn
- Start date approval
- October 2023
- End date approval
- October 2026
- Place
- BONN
- Description
- Guest lectures, review of research papers
General Information
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-23-24
Major ECD
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-ECD-23-24
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-23-24
3203 Topics in Regression Analysis
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-3203-23-24
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-23-24
4317 Econometric Analysis, Devt Policies
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-4317-23-24
Board of Examiners
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-BOE-23-24
Health and Economic Development
- Year Level
- master, master, master, master
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- GW4584M
Major ECD
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-ECD-22-23
1113 Regression and Data Analysis
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-1113-23-24