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Biography
I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. I am also an Editor of Journal of Population Economics (Springer).
My research analyses issues lying at the intersection of health economics and development economics. My research uses microeconometric methods to study the role of preference heterogeneity in individual decision making and its impact on the design of economic policy. I have developed and evaluated new techniques to study well-being; health related quality of life; multidimensional deprivation; intrahousehold decision making; health related knowledge and awareness on behaviour in the context of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs); health and well-being in retirement; economic policy and health behaviour; national and sub-national purchasing power parities (PPPs); health and nutrition insecurity; malnutrition and child health. My research has focused on developed and developing countries including Australia, United Kingdom, India, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Botswana and Combodia. My research has been published in highly ranked peer-reviewed journals including Health Economics, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, American Journal for Agricultural Economics, Social Science and Medicine, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Income and Wealth, Journal of Biosocial Sciences, Value in Health, British Medical Bulletin among other.
I obtained my PhD in Economics from the Australian National University, Canberra. Previously, I have worked at the Center for Health Economics, Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics and Department of Economics at Monash University, Melbourne.
I am affiliated with the Centre of Development Economics and Sustainability at Monash University and Global Labor Organization (GLO) where I lead a research cluster Development, Health, Inequality and Behavior.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Early Childhood Education and Care Pay & Conditions Research
Degotardi, S., Cumming, T., Brand, N., Thornthwaite, L., Mitchell, R., Sinha, K., Gu, J. & Gu, Y.
13/03/23 → 30/10/23
Project: Research
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EQ-5D with the hearing “bolt-on” items: developing a new quality of life measure for hearing impairment
Gu, Y., Cutler, H., Parkinson, B., Sinha, K., Dawes, P., Sharma, R., Brinson, M. B., Gonzalo, F., Quadri, H. & Soytemiz, A.
7/02/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Hearing impairment in adults: a longitudinal study (HALOS)
Gopinath, B., McAlpine, D., McMahon, C., Sherman, K., Braithwaite, J., Tran, Y., Cutler, H., Leigh, G., Rapport, F., Wuthrich, V., Amin, J., Mitchell, R., Garcia, P., Buchholz, J., Ferguson, M., Sinha, K. & Tang, D.
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Embedding Health Literacy in Clinical Practice
White, S., McCaffery, K., Muscat, D. M., Lloyd, J. E., Dennis, S., Roger, P. & Sinha, K.
1/08/22 → 1/08/23
Project: Research
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EPSP - Patient Preferences for Knee Replacement Surgery in Australia: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Gu, Y., Cutler, H., Mutowo, M., Sinha, K. & Soytemiz, A.
24/01/22 → 30/11/22
Project: Research
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A protocol for the hearing impairment in adults: a longitudinal outcomes study (HALOS)
Tang, D., Tran, Y., McMahon, C., Turner, J., Amin, J., Sinha, K., Alam, M. N., Wuthrich, V., Sherman, K. A., Garcia, P., Mitchell, R., Braithwaite, J., Leigh, G., Lim, S., Shekhawat, G. S., Rapport, F., Ferguson, M. & Gopinath, B., 16 Mar 2023, In: PLoS ONE. 18, 3, p. 1-10 10 p., e0283171.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Mapping the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) to EQ-5D-5L
Aghdaee, M., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Parkinson, B., Sharma, R. & Cutler, H., Feb 2023, In: PharmacoEconomics. 41, 2, p. 187-198 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An economic evaluation of Australia's newborn hearing screening program: A within-study cost-effectiveness analysis
Sharma, R., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Ching, T. Y. C., Marnane, V., Gold, L., Wake, M., Wang, J. & Parkinson, B., May 2022, In: Ear and Hearing. 43, 3, p. 972-983 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An examination of machine learning to map non-preference based patient reported outcome measures to health state utility values
Aghdaee, M., Parkinson, B., Sinha, K., Gu, Y., Sharma, R., Olin, E. & Cutler, H., Aug 2022, In: Health Economics. 31, 8, p. 1525-1557 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do socioeconomic health gradients persist over time and beyond income? A distributional analysis using UK biomarker data
Sinha, K., Davillas, A., Jones, A. M. & Sharma, A., Dec 2021, In: Economics and Human Biology. 43, p. 1-16 16 p., 101036.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Australasian Development Economics Workshop 2023
Kompal Sinha (Chair), Rohan Best (Organiser), Lurion De Mello (Organiser), Olukorede Abiona (Organiser) & Pundarik Mukhopadhaya (Organiser)
Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
Press/Media
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The Stick or the Carrot: Which Is More (Cost-)Effective for Supporting Private Health Insurance Coverage?
Anam Bilgrami, Henry Cutler & Kompal Sinha
23/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Access to the Paid Parental Leave and Dad and Partner Pay schemes boosted the mental health outcomes of Australian mothers
Anam Bilgrami, Henry Cutler & Kompal Sinha
27/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Australia’s Paid Parental Leave scheme improves mental health among women
Anam Bilgrami, Kompal Sinha & Henry Cutler
31/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Paying dads to take six months’ leave ‘could help close the gender pay gap’
Anam Bilgrami, Kompal Sinha & Henry Cutler
14/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Here's the happy news on paid parental leave
Anam Bilgrami, Kompal Sinha & Henry Cutler
11/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
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The evaluation of health policies using longitudinal data: impacts on Australian policy debate
Anam Bilgrami (Participant), Kompal Sinha (Participant) & Henry Cutler (Participant)
Impact: Policy impacts, Health impacts