Research Interest

Primary: Development Economics, Health Economics, and Public Policy
Secondary: Behavioral Economics and Experimental Economics

Publications

Tiwari, M. (2023). Financial incentives and delivery care: Evidence from the Safe Delivery Incentive Program in Nepal. Health Economics, 32(10), 2372-2389.

Tiwari, M. (2024). Land Ownership and Nutritional Outcomes. Review of Development Economics., 28(4), 1838-1870.

Mayfield, W. A., Tiwari, M., Knight, E. M., Ralston, J. A. S., DeSpain, R., & Gable, S. (2025). Participation in the Missouri Parents as Teachers Parent Education Program and third grade math and English language arts proficiency. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 70, 234-242.

Taylor, E., Zars, J., Tiwari, M., Hansen, J., Schmitt, C., Gable, S. (2025). Individual and Community Reentry Characteristics Associated with Outcomes over Five Years for Individuals on Probation and Parole. Forthcoming @ Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

Working Papers

Housing Wealth Shocks and Health (w/ Padmaja Ayyagari & David Frisvold)

Does Revealing Ethnic/Racial Background Impact Faculty Teaching Evaluations? (w/ J. Jobu Babin & Andrew Hussey)

Courage and Connection: Loneliness and Prosociality (w/J. Jobu Babin, Haritima Chauhan, & Anna Klis)

Sibling Kinship and Prosociality” (w/ J. Jobu Babin & Haritima Chauhan)

Food insecurity and educational outcomes (w/ Thomas Sadler & Emily Shupe)

Technical Report

Mayfield, W., Tiwari, M., Jamtgaard, K., DeSpain, R., Dicke, R.,“The Effects of Missouri Parents as Teachers Participation on Child Outcomes” , Institute of Public Policy, University of Missouri, Columbia, March 2022

Buckler, Z.,Tiwari, M., Haxton, C., “Missouri Department of Corrections Community Reentry Funding Initiative”, Institute of Public Policy, University of Missouri, Columbia, January 2022