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FACULTY

Learning from some of the best minds in education and in the industry
Prof. Joyita Roy Chowdhury
Associate Professor - Economics
Email: joyita.chowdhury@flame.edu.in
PhD in Economics from the University of Utah, USA. M.S. in Economics from the University of Utah, USA. M.Phil. in Development Studies with Economics; M.Sc. in Economics; B.Sc. in Economics Honors from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
BIO

Joyita Roy Chowdhury received her PhD in Economics from the University of Utah, USA.


Research interests: Environment and Development Economics, Economics of Disasters, Gender Economics, Behavioral Economics, Applied Microeconomics


Teaching interests: Public Economics, Microeconomics, Behavioral Economics, Gender and Development Economics


To see a detailed list of her publications, please click HERE



RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

JOURNAL ARTICLES



  • 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, (Accepted)

  • 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, (Accepted)

  • Chattopadhyay, S., Chowdhury, J.R. (2024). "Does Religion Affect Women’s Agency? Empirical Evidence from India". Journal of Economics, Race, and Policyhttps://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 Reduction97, 104070., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104070

  • 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 Reports12(1), 1-14https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-21334-w

  • Featured in Telangana TodayThe Pioneer, 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.  EnvironmentDevelopment 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. EnvironmentDevelopment 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

  • 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,
    http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2015/Volume35/EB-15-V35-I4-P256.pdf


COMMENTARY ARTICLE



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, Accepted


BOOK CHAPTERS



  1. 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

  2. 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



  1. 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 (BLOG AND MEDIA)



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 Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi 2020

  • 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