JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Environment, Gender, and Institutions
Parida, Y., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2025). "Effects of election and natural disaster mortality on calamity relief spending in India". Economics of Governance. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10101-025-00324-4
Goel, P.A., Chowdhury. J.R., Parida, Y., & Padhi, B. (2024). “Does natural disaster-induced male unemployment increase violence against women? Empirical evidence from India”. Feminist Economics. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2024.2416438
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. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X24000238
Parida, Y., Chowdhury, J. R., Saini, S., & Dash, D.P. (2022). "Role of income and government responsiveness in reducing the death toll from floods in Indian states ", Scientific Reports-Nature. doi: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-2133 (This article received the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) 2021 Conference Travel Grant, Berlin)
Chowdhury, J.R., Parida, Y., & Agarwal, P. (2022). "How flood affects rural employment in India: A gender analysis". International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 73, 102881. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102881
Chowdhury, J.R., Parida, Y., & Sahoo, P. K. (2021). "India’s cyclones: hasten mitigation measures". Nature, 596(7870), 35-35. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02131-3
Chowdhury, J. R., Parida, Y., & Goel, P. A. (2021). "Does inequality-adjusted human development reduce the impact of natural disasters? A gendered perspective". World Development, 141, 105394. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105394
Parida, Y., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2021). "An empirical analysis of the effect of floods on rural agricultural wages across Indian states". World Development Perspectives, 23, 100272, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100272
Parida, Y., Agarwal Goel, P., Chowdhury, J.R., Sahoo, P. K., & Nayak, T. (2021). "Do economic development and disaster adaptation measures reduce the impact of natural disasters? A district-level analysis, Odisha, India". Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(3), 3487-3519. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00728-8
Parida, Y., Saini, S., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2021). "Economic growth in the aftermath of floods in Indian states". Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(1), 535-561. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00595-3
Parida, Y., Dash, D. P., Bhardwaj, P., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2018). "Effects of drought and flood on farmer suicides in Indian states: an empirical analysis". Economics of disasters and climate change, 2(2), 159-180. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41885-018-0023-8#citeas
Gender and Public Policy
Chattopadhyay, S., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2024). "Does Religion Affect Women’s Agency? Empirical Evidence from India". Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41996-024-00141-7
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/10.1177/02601079221111006
Behavioural and Public Policy
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. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.104070
Chowdhury, J.R. (2021). "Elite status, market linkages, and contributions to collective goods: Evidence from a Survey and Public Goods Experiments". Journal of Development Studies, 58(2), 333-349. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1969011
Chowdhury, J.R. (2019). Collective Action Dilemmas and Coping with Environmental Shocks: Empirical Analysis from Rural India (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Utah). https://www.proquest.com/openview/8eade9491a33d24b6dee21f6f2de776c/1?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar
EDITED BOOK
Agarwal , P.G., Chowdhury, J.R., Sharma, C.G., & Parida, Y. (2024). Economics of Natural Disasters: A Machine-generated Literature Overview, Springer
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 available at the International Economic Association (IEA) (https://www.iea-world.org/why-indias-women-are-more-vulnerable-to-disasters/).https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/women-in-india-are-more-vulnerable-to-natural-disasters-by-joyita-roy-chowdhury-and-prarthna-agarwal-goel-2023-09
Strenio, J., & Chowdhury, J.R. (2021). Remote work during COVID-19: challenges and opportunities for combatting workplace sexual harassment, Feminist Perspectives, KING’s College LONDON.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Sachdeva, A., & Chowdhury, J. R. (2022). Food Security Challenges in the Disaster-Prone States of India. In Envisioning India’s Future: Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, Happiness & Wellbeing (pp. 135–152). Bloomsbury.
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 (pp. 32-52). IGI Global.
BOOK REVIEW
Roy Chowdhury, J. (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.
OTHER JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
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., 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