Prabal K. De
Professor and Chair,
Department of Economics and Business
Dr. Prabal K. De is a Professor of Economics in the Colin Powell School at the City College and a doctoral faculty at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. His recent research focuses on access, outcome, and disparities in health and education. His work has been funded by National Cancer Institute and the Murphy Institute, among others. Previously, he was a short-term consultant with the World Bank Group in Washington, DC. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University.
Education
Ph.D., in Economics, New York University
M.A., in Economics, New York University
M.A., in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
B.Sc., in Economics (Honors), Presidency College, Calcutta, India
- Effects of Raising Minimum Legal Age Access to Tobacco on High School Senior Students – Evidence from the Tobacco 21 Rollout. (with Rahi Abouk and Mike Pesko) Accepted at The Journal of Health Economics.
- “Education and Reproductive Health – Evidence from Schooling Expansion in Turkey” (with Muhammed Tumay) Published online at International Journal of Health Economics and Management.
- De, P. K., & Thamarapani, D. (2022). Impacts of negative shocks on wellbeing and aspirations–Evidence from an earthquake. World Development, 154, 105876.
- De, P. K., & Segura-Escano, R. (2021). Drinking during downturn: New evidence from the housing market fluctuations in the United States during the Great Recession. Economics & Human Biology, 43, 101070.
- Stokvis, N., Melara, R. D., & De, P. K. (2021). College Completion in a No-Racial/Ethnic Majority Campus. Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice.
- De, P. K. (2021) Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Health Cost, Health Access, and Health Behaviors International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 21(4), 495-510.
- De, P. K., & Timilsina, L. (2020). Cash‐based maternal health interventions can improve childhood vaccination—Evidence from India. Health Economics, 29(10), 1202-1219.
- Arora, P., & De, P. (2020). Environmental sustainability practices and exports: The interplay of strategy and institutions in Latin America. Journal of World Business, 55(4).
- De, P. K., & Christian, A. (2020). Microfinance participation and intimate partner violence among women in Bangladesh. Oxford Economic Papers, 72(2), 435-452.
- De, Prabal. “Healthcare costs: follow the money”. Public Policy and Politics for Nurses and Other Health Professionals. (Third Ed). Ed. Nickitas, D. M., Middaugh, D. J., & Feeg, V Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2018. [Winner, 2019 American Journal Book of the Year Award for History and Policy]
- De, P. K. (2017). Causal Effects of Maternal Schooling on Child Immunization in India. Human Capital and Health Behavior (pp. 85-107). In Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research. Emerald Publishing Limited.
- Chakraborty, T., & De, P. K. (2017). Mother’s autonomy and child’s secondary schooling enrollment in Mexico. Review of Economics of the Household, 15(3), 1037-1053.
- De, P. K., & Nagaraj, P. (2017). Effects of foreign equity participation on recipient firm exports. Applied Economics, 49 (31), 3100-3113.
- De, P. K., & Nagaraj, P. (2014). Productivity and firm size in India. Small Business Economics, 42(4), 891-907.
- De, P. K., & Nagaraj, P. (2013). Cherry-Picking or Lemon-Grabbing? Investigating FDI in Indian Manufacturing Firms. Foreign Trade Review, 48(2), 219–231.
- De, P. K. (2013). Cultural transmission and contraceptive use: Evidence from USA–Mexico migration. Migration and Development, 2(2), 286-311.
- De, P. K., & Ratha, D. (2012). Impact of remittances on household income, asset and human capital: Evidence from Sri Lanka. Migration and Development, 1(1), 163-179.
- Ratha, D., De, P. K., & Mohapatra, S. (2011). Shadow sovereign ratings for unrated developing countries. World Development, 39(3), 295-307. Lead Article.
- Publications – Public Health
De, P. K., & Sun, R. (2023). Impacts of COVID-19 on mental health in the US: evidence from a national survey. Journal of Mental Health, 1-8. - Budhwani, H., De, P., & Sun, R. (2022). Perceived stigma in health care settings mediates the relationships between depression, diabetes, and hypertension. Population Health Management, 25(2), 164-171.
- De, P. K., & Price, T. (2021). Pre-existing economic conditions and COVID-19 infections and mortality in New York City. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 32(4), 1978-1994.
- Manze, M. G., Romero, D. R., De, P., Hartnett, J., & Roberts, L. (2021). The association of pregnancy control, emotions, and beliefs with pregnancy desires: A new perspective on pregnancy intentions. PloS one, 16(3), e0249032.
- De, P. K. (2020). Beyond race: Impacts of non-racial perceived discrimination on health access and outcomes in New York City. Plos one, 15(9), e0239482.
- De, P., Pozen, A., & Budhwani, H. (2019). Is Perceived Stigma in Clinical Settings Associated With Poor Health Status Among New York City’s Residents of Color? Medical Care, 57(12), 960-967.
- Budhwani, H., & De, P. (2019). Perceived Stigma in Health Care Settings and the Physical and Mental Health of People of Color in the United States. Health Equity, 3(1), 73-80.
- De, P. K., & Murshid, N. S. (2018). Associations of intimate partner violence with screening for mental health disorders among women in urban Bangladesh. International Journal of Public Health, 63(8), 913-921. (Part of the special issue “Violence, Justice, and Health: Implications for a Multisectoral Collaboration”.)
- De, P., Downing Jr, M. J., & Hirshfield, S. (2018). Cost Analysis of Implementing a Video-Based eHealth Intervention for HIV-Positive Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men. AIDS Education and Prevention, 30(4), 301-308.
- Budhwani, H., & De, P. (2017). Human papillomavirus vaccine initiation in Asian Indians and Asian subpopulations: a case for examining disaggregated data in public health research. Public Health, 153, 111-117.
- De, P., & Budhwani, H. (2017). Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine initiation in minority Americans. Public Health, 144, 86-91.
- Budhwani, H., & De, P. (2016). Disparities in influenza vaccination across the United States: variability by minority group, Asian sub-populations, socio-economic status, and health insurance coverage. Public Health, 138, 146-153.
Research
Current research interests include evaluating the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (IJHEM); effects of economic conditions and regulations on drinking and smoking (Journal of Health Economics, Economics and Human Biology); schooling expansion and reproductive health (IJHEM); research related to COVID-19 (JHCPU);impacts of economic shocks on mental health and wellbeing (World Development, Journal of Mental health); and impacts of discrimination on health outcomes (Population Health Management).
Previous research was in the intersection of health economics and public health including discrimination in health care (Medical Care, PLoS ONE, Health Equity); intimate partner violence (Oxford Economic Papers, International Journal of Public Health); and immunization (Health Economics, Public Health).
His early work is in development economics where he analyzed topics in credit ratings (research in World Development); firm behavior (Journal of World Business, Small Business Economics, and Applied Economics); international migration(Migration and Development); and women’s decision making (Review of Economics of the Household).
Courses Taught – Health Policy
