JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Parida, Y., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2025). "Effects of election and natural disaster mortality on calamity relief spending in India". Economics of Governance.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10101-025-00324-4


• Chowdhury, J.R., Parida, Y., & Sahoo, P. (2024). “Do women state legislators and administrators make any difference in preventing natural disaster mortality? Evidence from India”.Environment and Development Economics. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X24000238


• Agarwal, P. G., Chowdhury, J. R., & Parida, Y., Padhi, B. (2024). Does natural disasters-induced male unemployment increase violence against women? Empirical evidence from India, Feminist Economics. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2024.2416438


• Chattopadhyay, S., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2024). "Does Religion Affect Women’s Agency? Empirical Evidence from India". Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s41996-024-00141-7


• Chowdhury, J. R., & Parida, Y. (2023). Flood shocks and post-disaster recovery of households: An empirical analysis from rural Odisha, India. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 97, 104070., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104070


• Agarwal, P., Sahoo, D., Parida, Y., Paltasingh, K. R., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2023). "Land use changes and natural disaster fatalities: Empirical analysis for India". Ecological Indicators, 154, 110525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110525


• Parida, Y., Roy Chowdhury, J., Saini, S., & Dash, D. P. (2022). Role of income and government responsiveness in reducing the death toll from floods in Indian states. Nature-Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-14; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-21334-w


• Received European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) 2021 Travel Grant, Berlin.


• Agarwal, P. G., Chowdhury, J. R., & Parida, Y. (2022). Can COVID-19 lockdown reduce crime against women? A District-Level Analysis from India, Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics. doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1177%2F02601079221111006


• Chowdhury, J.R., Parida, Y. & Agarwal, P. (2022). How flood affects rural employment in India: A gender analysis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102881


• Chowdhury, J.R. (2021). Elite status, market linkages, and contributions to collective goods: Evidence from a Survey and Public Goods Experiments, The Journal of Development Studies, doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1969011


• Chowdhury, J.R., Parida, Y., & Sahoo, P.K. (2021). India’s cyclones: hasten mitigation measures. Nature, doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02131-3


• Chowdhury, J.R., Parida, Y., & Goel Agarwal, P. (2021).Does Inequality-Adjusted Human Development reduce the impact of Natural Disasters? A Gendered Perspective.
  World Development, doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105394


• Parida, Y., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2020). An empirical analysis of the effect of floods on rural agricultural wages across Indian states.
  World Development Perspectives, doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100272


• Parida, Y., Agarwal Goel, P., Chowdhury, J. R., Sahoo, P.K., & Nayak, T. (2020). Do Economic Development and Disaster Adaptation Measures Reduce the Impact of Natural Disasters? A District Level Analysis from the State of Odisha, India. Environment, Development and Sustainability, doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00728-8


• Parida, Y., Saini, S., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2020). Economic Growth Aftermath of Floods in the Indian States. Environment, Development and Sustainability, doi:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00595-3


• Parida, Y., Dash, D.P., Bhardwaj, P., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2018). Effect of Drought and Flood on Farmer Suicide in Indian States: An Empirical Analysis. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change. 2(2): 159-180, doi: 10.1007%2Fs41885-018-0023-8

COMMENTARY ARTICLES

• Chattopadhyay, S., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2024). "Can Marriage Law Reforms Enhance Women's Agency". The India Forum. https://www.theindiaforum.in/gender/can-marriage-law-reforms-enhance-womens-agency


• Chowdhury, J. R., & Agarwal, P. G. (2023).  "Why India’s Women Are More Vulnerable to Disasters". Project Syndicate, (also featured at the International Economic Association), https://www.iea-world.org/why-indias-women-are-more-vulnerable-to-disasters/


• “Remote work during COVID-19: challenges and opportunities for combatting workplace sexual harassment”, Feminist Perspectives, KING’s College LONDON, January 7, 2021 (with Jacqueline Strenio).

EDITED BOOK

• Economics of Natural Disasters: A Machine-generated Literature Overview,  by Prarthna Agarwal Goel (Editor), Joyita Roy Chowdhury (Editor), Charu Grover Sharma (Editor), Yashobanta Parida (Editor), 2024, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-7430-6

OTHER JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Parida, Y., Bhardwaj, P., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2017).  "Determinants of Tourism in Indian States: An Empirical Analysis". Tourism Review. 72(3): 330-343, doi: 10.1108/TR-11-2016-0047


• Parida, Y., Bhardwaj, P., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2017).  "Effects of Economic Development and Crime on Tourism in India". Anatolia. An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research. 29(1): 63-73, doi: 10.1080/13032917.2017.1384742


• Parida, Y., Bhardwaj, P., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2015). "Impact of terrorism on tourism in India". Economics Bulletin, 35(4), 2543-2557. 35(4): 2543-2557, http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2015/Volume35/EB-15-V35-I4-P256.pdf

BOOK CHAPTERS

• Sachdeva, A., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2022). Food Security Challenges in the Disaster-Prone States of India. InEnvisioning India’s Future: Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, Happiness & Wellbeing.     
  Bloomsbury Publishing


• Strenio, J., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2021). Remote Work, Sexual Harassment, and Worker Well-Being: A Study of the United States and India. In Handbook of Research on Remote Work and Worker Well-Being in the Post-COVID-19 Era, IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6754-8.ch003

BOOK REVIEW

• Chowdhury, J. R. (2015). Review of Environment and Development Economics: Essays in Honour of Sir Partha Dasgupta edited by Scott Barrett, Karl-Goran Maler & Eric Maskin. (United    
  Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2014). The Social Science Journal, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soscij.2015.11.001

OTHER PUBLICATIONS (MEDIA):

• India needs  an integrated approach to flood management”, The Pioneer, August 28, 2023 (with Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo)


• “The Lightning Disaster”, The Hindu Business Line, October 31, 2022 (with Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo)


• “National plan needed to check snakebite fatalities”, The Pioneer, October 28, 2022 (with Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo)


• “Long-term plan needed to combat heat waves”, The Hindu Business Line, May 10, 2022 (with Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo)


• “Gender budgeting for empowerment”, The Pioneer, March 08, 2022 (with Arushi Bhasin & Yashobanta Parida)


• “Building better disaster resilience”, Telegana Today, February 14, 2022 (with Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo)


• “Tauktae, Yaas and Planning for the next”, THE HINDU, August 24, 2021 (with Yashobanta Parida & Prakash Kumar Sahoo)


• “Women’s vulnerability to the effects of natural disasters”, 4numberplatform, July 10, 2021


• “Dealing with the deluge: Floods in India”,  The Telegraph, December 23, 2020 (with Yashobanta Parida & Parul Bhardwaj)


• “Covid-19: How the Indian auto sector got impacted”, Financial Express, May 24, 2021 (with Manav kela)


• “Why agriculture sector’s share in rural employment is declining”, The Hindu Business Line, October 20, 2020 (with Prarthna Agarwal Goel & Parul Bhardwaj)  


• “Centre-State coordination is key in mitigating impact of cyclones”, The Hindu Business Line, June 1, 2020 (with Yashobanta Parida & Parul Bhardwaj

CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

• 29th Annual Conference, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economics 2024


• 11th Annual Conference, Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (IHEPA) 2024


• CESP, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Golden Jubilee Conference 2023


• 31st International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) Annual Conference 2023            


• Sustainability and Development Initiative Conference, University of Michigan 2022


• Invited Speaker at Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK) Webinar 2021


• European Association of Environmentaland Resource Economists (EAERE), 26th Annual Conference 2021


• Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE), 9th Annual Conference 2021


• European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, 32nd Annual EAEPE Conference 2020


• Invited Lecture in Faculty Development Programme, School of Humanities and Social Sciences 2020


• Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi


• 59th Annual Conference in Globalization and Development Section of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), Portland, Oregon 2020


• Utah Experimental Economics, Center for Growth and Opportunity, Utah State University 2019


• 88th Annual Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Washington, D.C 2018


• 10th Annual Western States Graduate Workshop in Economics, University of Utah, Utah 2018


• 4th Annual Workshop Environmental Politics & Governance, University of Washington, Seattle 2018


• 59th Annual Conference in Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management - Section of Western Social Science Association (WSSA), San Francisco, CA 2017


• Global Change and Sustainability Center, Environment & Sustainability Research Symposium, University of Utah, SLC, Utah 2017


• Global Change and Sustainability Center, Environment & Sustainability Research Symposium, University of Utah, SLC, Utah 2016


• 6th Annual Western States Graduate Workshop in Economics, University of Utah, Utah 2014


• 15th West Bengal State Science & Technology Congress, Bengal Engineering & Science University (BESU), Shibpur, West Bengal, India 2008

RESEARCH GRANTS

• Jewel J. Rasmussen Research Grant, Dept. of Economics, University of Utah 2016


• Research Grant, Global Change and Sustainability Center, University of Utah 2016


• Jewel J. Rasmussen Research Grant, Dept. of Economics, University of Utah 2015


• Research Grant, Global Change and Sustainability Center, University of Utah 2015

ACADEMIC AWARDS, FELLOWSHIP

• Participation Grant, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) 2021


• Graduate Student Travel Assistance Award, University of Utah 2018


• Doctoral Completion Fellowship, Dept. of Economics, University of Utah 2018-19


• Conference Funding, Center for Environmental Politics, University of Washington 2018


• Martin Harris Hiatt Memorial Scholarship, CSBS, University of Utah 2016-17


• Full Tuition Waiver and Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Utah 2013-17


• Endowment Foreign Travel Scholarship, University of Calcutta 2013


• M.Phil. Scholarship, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata,University of Calcutta 2011-12