Research Papers and Projects
JOURNAL ARTICLES
8. Howlader, Aparna. 2025. “The Labor Market Impact of Technological Advancements: Evidence from the Green Revolution in Bangladesh.” Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (AEPP) 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.70003 Working Paper
7. Sichko, Christopher, Ariell Zimran, and Aparna Howlader. 2025. “Environmental Migration and Race during the Great American Drought, 1935–1940.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics (AJAE) 1–26. Online: https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12553 NBER Working Paper W33409
6. Howlader, A. (2024) "Environmental Recovery after the Dust Bowl: Implication of Land Policies in the Great Plains" Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE) 2024 11:2, 403-449 (Working Paper, Appendix) Online: doi.org/10.1086/726154
5. Howlader, A. (2023) Bureaucratic competition and provision of public goods and services: the consequences of inter-agency conflict on agricultural land conservation, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (JEPM), DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2023.2175647 (Working Paper)
4. Howlader, A. (2023) Determinants and Consequences of Large-Scale Tree Plantation Projects: Evidence from the Great Plains Shelterbelt Project, Land Use Policy (LUP), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2023.106785 (Working Paper)
3. Howlader, A., Ando, A.W. "Consequences of Protected Areas for Household Forest Extraction, Time Use, and Consumption: Evidence from Nepal." Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE) 75, 769-808 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10640-020-00407-2 (Working Paper)
2. Ando, A., Howlader, A., & Mallory, M. (2018). Diversifying to Reduce Conservation Outcome Uncertainty in Multiple Environmental Objectives. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 1-19. doi:10.1017/age.2018.7 (Working Paper)
1. Ando, A.W., J. Fraterrigo, G. Guntenspergen, A. Howlader, M. Mallory, J. Olker, and S.Stickley. 2018.“When portfolio theory can help environmental investment planning to reduce climate risk to future environmental outcomes - and when it cannot" Conservation Letters. https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12596 (Working Paper)
WORKING PAPERS (Draft Available)
9. ``Consequences of Land Retirement Policies on Agricultural Labor and Land Tenure: Evidence from the Historical Conservation Reserve Program in the U.S.'' (with Liqing Li, TAMU) (Revise and Resubmit, American Journal of Agricultural Economics) (Working Paper)
10. Howlader, A. ``The Role of Federal Incentives in Developing Local Institutions: Implications of Post-Dust Bowl Agricultural Reforms'' (Submitted)
11. Howlader, A. ``Farm Size, Soil Conservation, and the Dust Bowl Legacy: Evidence from Soil Conservation District Reports in the Great Plains, 1935–1960 " (Submitted) (Working Paper)
12. Howlader, A. "The Environmental and Employment Trade-offs of Conservation Programs: Evidence from the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-2000)"
13. Howlader, A. "Wasteland (Marginal Land) Conversion and Environmental Consequences: Evidence from East Bengal’s 1950 Land Reforms"
14. Howlader, A. ``Rural-Urban Variation in Housing Inequality and Social Efficacy" (R & R, Housing and Society)
Work in Progress
15. Suburban Growth Patterns: Analyzing Land Use Changes in Pennsylvania Municipalities (1930-2000) (with Malabika Koley, IIT Kanpur)
16. Impact of Dust Bowl Migrant Camps on Migration Patterns: Evidence from the Resettlement Administration (with Jhih-Yun Liu, University of Connecticut)
17. Return Migration in the Great Plains: The Aftermath of World War II (with Jhih-Yun Liu, University of Connecticut)
18. Health Consequences of the Green Revolution: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Vassar College)
19. Effect of the Green Revolution on Climate Vulnerability (with Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Vassar College)
20. Unintended Consequences of Coastal Infrastructure: Long-Run Evidence from Coastal Embankment Project in Bangladesh (1960-2020)
21. Labor Shortages and Local Environmental Governance: Evidence from Soil Conservation Districts During WWII (1937 - 1960)