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Overview

Mark M. Pitt is affiliated with Brown University in the United States. Their research intersects several fields, including economics, environmental chemistry, and nutrition. The scholar's work reflects a focus on the relationships between environmental factors and economic as well as health outcomes.

Their recent publications demonstrate a concentrated investigation into the impacts of arsenic contamination in water sources and its wider effects. Two of their papers published in 2020 address the costs associated with a public health success, specifically examining arsenic well water contamination and productivity in Bangladesh. One paper appeared in The Review of Economic Studies and the other in Zenodo, the CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research's repository.

Mark M. Pitt's collaborative efforts include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Mark R. Rosenzweig and Mohammad Nazmul Hassan, each contributing to multiple joint publications. These collaborations enhance the interdisciplinary nature of the work.

Their publications have appeared in specialized venues reflecting the integration of economics with public health and environmental sciences, notably:

  • The Review of Economic Studies
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Their research primarily encompasses several broad topics including:

  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Their subfields of study further clarify their interdisciplinary approach:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Mark M. Pitt's work contributes to understanding environmental impacts on economic productivity and health, emphasizing the importance of addressing water contamination issues in developing contexts. Their research sits at the nexus of environmental science and economic policy, with a specialized focus on arsenic contamination and its socioeconomic consequences.

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Group-Based Credit Programs on Poor Households in Bangladesh: Does the Gender of Participants Matter?

    Mark M. Pitt;Shahidur R. Khandker

  • THE MEASUREMENT AND SOURCES OF TECHNICAL INEFFICIENCY IN THE INDONESIAN WEAVING INDUSTRY

    Mark M Pitt;Lung-Fei Lee

  • Empowering Women with Micro Finance: Evidence from Bangladesh

    Mark M. Pitt;Shahidur R. Khandker;Jennifer Cartwright

  • Productivity, health and inequality in the intrahousehold distribution of food in low-income countries

    Mark M Pitt;Mark R Rosenzweig;Nazmul Hassan

  • Credit programs for the poor and the health status of children in rural bangladesh

    Mark M. Pitt;Shahidur R. Khandker;Omar Haider Chowdhury;Daniel L. Millimet

  • The determinants and consequences of the placement of government programs in Indonesia

    Mark M. Pitt;Mark R. Rosenzweig;Donna M. Gibbons

  • Household and intrahousehold impact of the Grameen Bank and similar targeted credit programs in Bangladesh

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  • Microeconometric Demand Systems with Binding Non-Negativity Constraints: The Dual Approach

    Lung-Fei Lee;Mark M. Pitt

  • Food Preferences and Nutrition in Rural Bangladesh

    Mark M. Pitt

  • Human Capital Investment and the Gender Division of Labor in a Brawn-Based Economy

    Mark M. Pitt;Mark R. Rosenzweig;Mohammad Nazmul Hassan

  • Health and Nutrient Consumption Across and Within Farm Households

    Mark M. Pitt;Mark R. Rosenzweig

  • The effects of improved nutrition, sanitation, and water quality on child health in high-mortality populations

    Lung-fei Lee;Mark R. Rosenzweig;Mark M. Pitt

  • Estimating the Intrahousehold Incidence of Illness: Child Health and Gender-Inequality in the Allocation of Time

    Mark M. Pitt;Mark R. Rosenzweig

  • Credit programs for the poor and reproductive behavior in low-income countries: are the reported causal relationships the result of heterogeneity bias?

    Mark M. Pin;Shahidur R. Khandker;Signe-Mary Mckernan;M. Abdul Latif

  • Does Micro-Credit Empower Women? Evidence from Bangladesh

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  • Smuggling and price disparity

    Mark M. Pitt

  • Subsidy to Promote Girls' Secondary Education: The Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh

    Shahidur Khandker;Mark Pitt;Nobuhiko Fuwa

  • Credit Programmes for the Poor and Seasonality in Rural Bangladesh

    M.M. Pitt;S.R. Khandker

  • Does micro-credit empower women: evidence from Bangladesh

    Mark M. Pitt;Shahidur R. Khandker;Jennifer Cartwright

  • Equity, externalities and energy subsidies The case of kerosine in Indonesia☆

    Mark M. Pitt

  • MICROECONOMETRIC MODELS OF RATIONING, IMPERFECT MARKETS, AND NON-NEGATIVITY CONSTRAINTS

    Lung-Fei Lee;Mark M. Pitt

  • Credit Programs for the Poor and the Health Status of Children in Rural Bangladesh

    Omar Haider Chowdhury;Shahidur R. Khandker;Daniel L. Millimet;Daniel L. Millimet;Mark M. Pitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark R. Rosenzweig
Mark R. Rosenzweig Yale University
Daniel L. Millimet
Daniel L. Millimet Southern Methodist University
Joel Slemrod
Joel Slemrod University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bhaskar Dutta
Bhaskar Dutta Texas A&M University

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