Behavioral Economics of Poverty
- Structuring Cash Transfers: Cash Flow Preferences, Seasonality and Financial Decisions in Rural Kenya Carolina Kansikas, Anandi Mani and Paul Niehaus · NBER Working Paper 30930 · Revise & Resubmit, Review of Economics and Statistics
- The Meritocratic Illusion: Inequality and the Cognitive Basis of Redistribution Arthur Blouin, Anandi Mani, Sharun Mukand and Daniel Sgroi · Oxford Economic Papers · October 2025
- Sex Workers, Stigma and Self-Image: Evidence from Kolkata Brothels Sayantan Ghosal, Sanchari Roy, S. Mitra, S. Jana and Anandi Mani · Review of Economics and Statistics · May 2022
- Experimental Evidence, Scaling and Public Policy: A Perspective from Developing Countries Anandi Mani · Behavioral Public Policy · 2021
- Scarcity and Cognitive Function around Payday: A Conceptual and Empirical Analysis Anandi Mani, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir and Jiaying Zhao · Journal of the Association for Consumer Research · September 2020
- Cognitive Droughts Guilherme Lichand and Anandi Mani · Working paper · 2020
- Poverty and Aspirations Failure Patricio Dalton, Sayantan Ghosal and Anandi Mani · Economic Journal · February 2016
- Response to Comment on "Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function" Anandi Mani, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir and Jiaying Zhao · Science · December 2013
- Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function Anandi Mani, Sendhil Mullainathan, Eldar Shafir and Jiaying Zhao · Science · August 2013
Gender and Inequality
- Sex Workers, Stigma and Self-Image: Evidence from Kolkata Brothels Sayantan Ghosal, Sanchari Roy, S. Mitra, S. Jana and Anandi Mani · Review of Economics and Statistics · May 2022
- Mine, Yours or Ours? The Efficiency of Household Investment Decisions: An Experimental Approach Anandi Mani · World Bank Economic Review · October 2020
- The Road Not Taken? Gender Gaps along Paths to Political Power Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani · World Development · July 2019
- The Power of Political Voice: Political Representation and Crimes against Women in India Lakshmi Iyer, Prachi Mishra, Petia Topalova and Anandi Mani · American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · October 2012
- Can Political Empowerment Help Economic Empowerment? Women Leaders and Female Labor Force Participation in India Ejaz Ghani, Stephen D. O'Connell and Anandi Mani · Working paper available on request
Political Economy of Development
- The Road Not Taken? Gender Gaps along Paths to Political Power Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani · World Development · July 2019
- The Power of Political Voice: Political Representation and Crimes against Women in India Lakshmi Iyer, Prachi Mishra, Petia Topalova and Anandi Mani · American Economic Journal: Applied Economics · October 2012
- Traveling Agents? Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani · Review of Economics and Statistics · August 2012
- Democracy, Visibility and Public Good Provision Sharun Mukand and Anandi Mani · Journal of Development Economics · June 2007
- Politics, Information and the Urban Bias Sumon Majumdar, Sharun Mukand and Anandi Mani · Journal of Development Economics · October 2004
Inequality and Social Opportunity
- The Meritocratic Illusion: Inequality and the Cognitive Basis of Redistribution Arthur Blouin, Anandi Mani, Sharun Mukand and Daniel Sgroi · Oxford Economic Papers · October 2025
- Choosing the Right Pond: Social Approval and Occupational Choice Charles Mullin and Anandi Mani · Journal of Labor Economics · October 2004
- Income Distribution, Learning by Doing and Comparative Advantage Jinyoung Hwang and Anandi Mani · Review of Development Economics · August 2004
- Income Distribution and the Demand Constraint Anandi Mani · Journal of Economic Growth · June 2001