FLAME University

FACULTY

Learning from some of the best minds in education and in the industry
Prof. Joyita Roy Chowdhury
Assistant 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 is an Assistant Professor of Economics at FLAME University, Pune. Before joining FLAME, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York. She received her Ph.D. and M.S. in Economics from the University of Utah, USA


Research interests
Applied Microeconomics, Socio-economic impacts of Disasters and Climate Change, Gender Economics, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy


Teaching interests
Public Economics, Behavioural Economics, Gender and Development Economics, Microeconomics


To see a detailed list of my 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