
Primary Academic Program: Economics
Academic Program Affiliation(s): Asian Studies, Bard Center for Environmental Policy (Affiliate), Economics and Finance, Environmental and Urban Studies, Global and International Studies, Science, Technology, and Society, Social Policy
Academic Expertise: Economics
Area of Specialization: Development, Labor, South Asia
Research Interests: Race, ethnicity and migration ; Rural agricultural economies
Teaching Interests: Development economics; Asian economic history; Econometrics; Population and demography
Highlights:
2011-12-23 — Publication
S. DeSilva, M.M. Bin Bakthiar, "Women, Schooling, and Marriage in Rural Philippines," Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 701. December 2011.
Website: http://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/?docid=1472
2011-09-30 — Publication
S.DeSilva, A.Pham, M. Smith. "Racial Preferences in a Small Urban Housing Market," Housing Policy Debate, Vol. 22 No. 2 (March 2012).
Website: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10511482.2011.648207
2011-09-20 — Publication
"Access to Markets and Farm Efficiency: Evidence from Rice Farms in the Bicol Region, Philippines," Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 687
Website: http://www.levyinstitute.org/publications/?docid=1413
2010-11-15 — Publication
S. DeSilva, Y. Elmelech, "Housing Inequality in the United States: Explaining the White-Minority Disparities in Homeownership" Housing Studies. Vol. 27, No. 1 January 2012
2006-11-28 — Publication
DeSilva, Sanjaya; Evenson, Robert E.; Kimhi, Ayal, "Labor Supervision and Institutional Conditions: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 88, Number 4, pp. 851-865(15), Nov 2006