Professor Geeta Kingdon

  • Qualifications and position:
    • BSc (Hons.), MSc, DPhil (Oxford)
    • Professor of Education Economics and International Development
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  • Summary:
    • Geeta Kingdon is Chair of Education Economics and International Development at the Institute of Education, and was previously a Research Fellow at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford. She is a Development Economist and her research interests include Economics of Education, Labour Economics and the Economics of Happiness.
  • Teaching:
  • Research Projects:
    • 1. 'The relative effectiveness of 'para' and regular teachers in India' – funded by Spencer Foundation, USA.
      2. 'Outcomes of Education for Pro-poor Development', Research Programme Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty – funded by DFID
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Geeta Kingdon's research is mostly on countries of South Asia and Africa and is based on micro-econometric analysis of survey data. In economics of education, her work has focused on the determinants of schooling access and of student achievement levels; intra-household allocation of educational expenditures; impact evaluation of educational policy interventions; the political economy of education; and labour market outcomes of education.
  • Professional Activities:
    • Editorial Board member of three academic journals
      Guest Editor for Special Issues of Education Economics and Journal of African Economies
      Extensive academic refereeing
      Advisory work for governments and donor agencies
      Co-convenor at UKFIET Conferences on Education and Development
      Member, University of London External System Academic Committee
      Member, International Consortium Advisory Group of RECOUP Project
      Member, British Association for International and Comparative Education (BAICE)
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • 1. Title of paper: "The Relative Effectiveness of Contract and Regular teachers in India" Event : 6th International Conference on Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, 16-18 December 2010.
      2. Title of paper: "Teacher unions, teacher pay and student achievement in India"
      Event: 'Economic Incentives in Education: Do They Work?', International Conference jointly organised by CES-ifo, University of Munich, and Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG), Harvard University, in Munich.
      Date: 15-17 May, 2008.
      3. Title of paper: "Is education a path to gender equality in the labour market in Pakistan?".
      Event: Global Symposium on Education: A Critical Path to Gender Equality, World Bank, Washington D.C. Date: 2-3 October, 2007.
      4. Title of paper: "Public private partnerships in education in India".
      Event: 'Quality Education for All in South Asia' Conference, jointly organised by World Bank and DFID. Grand Hotel, New Delhi.
      Date: 24-26 October, 2007.
      5. Title of paper: "School quality and the incidence of low achievement at Key Stage 4 in English secondary schools".
      Event: British Educational Research Association's (BERA) Annual Conference.
      Date: 5-6 Sept. 2007.
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • India: All aspects of school education; labour markets
      Pakistan: Intra-household allocations; public and private schooling; returns to education
      Bangladesh: School education, girls' education, madarsa education
      South Africa: labour markets, unemployment, informal sector, intra-household allocation
      Ghana: labour market outcomes of education, returns to education
  • Languages Spoken:
    • English - advanced (can interview in English
      Hindi – advanced (can interview in Hindi
      Urdu – intermediate (can interview in Urdu)
  • Languages Written:
    • English - advanced
      Hindi – advanced
  • Research Students:
    • Doctoral students:
      Richard Thompson
      Modupe Adefeso
      Robert French
      Shenila Rawal
Professor Geeta Kingdon

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Publications

  • Waage, J., Kingdon,G. and others (2010) 'The Millennium Development Goals: a cross-sectoral analysis and principles for goal setting after 2015', The Lancet September,
  • Aslam, M. and Kingdon, G. (2011) 'What can Teachers do to Raise Pupil Achievement?', Economics of Education Review (Forthcoming),
  • Altinok, N. and Kingdon, G. (2011) 'New Evidence on Class Size Effects: A Pupil Fixed Effects Approach', Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (Forthcoming),
  • Colclough, C., Kingdon, G. and Patrinos, H. (2010) 'The Changing Pattern of Wage Returns to Education and its Implications', Development Policy Review 28, 6, 733-747.
  • Aslam, M., F. Bari and G. Kingdon (2011) 'Returns to Schooling, Ability and Cognitive Skills in Pakistan', Education Economics (Forthcoming),
  • Kingdon, G. and F. Teal (2010) 'Teacher Unions, Teacher Pay and Student Performance in India: A Pupil Fixed Effects Approach', Journal of Development Economics 91, No. 2, 278-288.
  • Kingdon, G. and R. Cassen (2010) 'Ethnicity and Low Achievement in English Schools', British Educational Research Journal 36, No. 3, 403-431.
  • Kingdon, G. and V. Sipahimalani-Rao (2010) 'Para Teachers in India: Status and Impact', Economic and Political Weekly 45, No. 12, 20-26 March.
  • Kingdon, G. and M. Muzammil (2009) 'A Political Economy of Education in India: The Case of Uttar Pradesh', Oxford Development Studies 37, No. 2, 123-144.
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  • Kingdon, G. and N. Theopold (2008) 'Do Returns to Education Matter to Schooling Participation?', Education Economics 16, No. 4, 329–350.
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  • Aslam, M. and G. Kingdon (2008) 'Gender and Household Education Expenditure in Pakistan: Engel Curve Evidence', Applied Economics 40, No. 20, 2573 – 2591.
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  • Kingdon, G (2007) 'The Progress of School Education in India', Oxford Review of Economic Policy 23, No. 2, 168-195.
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