Publications (* corresponding author)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1.  'Gendered demand for modern cook-stoves and environmental health complementarities'. (2024). Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. P. P. Krishnapriya*, M. Jeuland, J. Meyer & S. K. Pattanayak.

2. 'Mitigating agricultural residue burning: Challenges and solutions across land classes in Punjab, India'. (2024). Environmental Research: Food Systems. P. P. Krishnapriya*, S.K.Pattanayak, E.Somanathan, A.Keil, M.L.Jat, H.S.Sidhu, & P.Shyamsundar.🔓

3. 'Frameworks, methods and evidence connecting modern domestic energy services and gender empowerment'. (2023). Nature Energy. I. Das, T. Klug, P. P. Krishnapriya, V. Plutshack, R. Saparapa, S. Scott, E. Sills, N. Kara, S. K. Pattanayak, & M. A. Jeuland.

[Earlier versions: SETI-WINEED White Paper (2020)]

[Media Coverage: Medium]

4. 'Gender empowerment and energy access: Evidence from seven countries'. (2023). Environmental Research Letter. Chandrasekaran, M. A., P. P. Krishnapriya*, Jeuland & S. K. Pattanayak.🔓

5. 'Informalisation of the formal sector: Evidence from India’s manufacturing industries'. (2023). IZA Journal of Development and Migration. R. Kapoor & P. P. Krishnapriya*.🔓

[Earlier versions: IGC Working Paper F-35316-INC-1 (2017),  ICRIER Working Paper 369 (2019)]  

[Media coverage: Wire, Business Standard, Financial Express (a), Financial Express (b), Business Line, The Hindu, Business Today, The Beacon, CMIE, RUPE-INDIA.]

[Academic Curricula: University of Delhi: B.A. Economics (2019-2020)]

6. 'Gender, climate finance and inclusive low-carbon transitions'. (2023). International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). Issue Paper. S. Patel, V. Plutshack, T. Kajumba, M. del Pilar Lopez Uribe & P. P. Krishnapriya. 🔓

[Earlier versions: Universidad de los Andes, Documentos CEDE; 2023-39 (2023)]

7. 'Do improved cookstoves save time and improve gender outcomes? Evidence from six developing countries'. (2021). Energy Economics. P. P. Krishnapriya*, M. Chandrasekaran, M. A. Jeuland & S. K. Pattanayak. 

8. 'Global Forces of Change: Implications for Forest-Poverty Dynamics '. (2021). Forest Policy and Economics. P. Shyamsundar, L. A. Sauls, J. Z. Cheek, K. Sullivan-Wiley, J. T. Erbaugh, & P. P. Krishnapriya.🔓

[Earlier versions: ‘Global Forces of Change: Implications for Alleviating Poverty and Sustaining Forests.’ In Forests, Trees and the Eradication of Poverty: Potential and  Limitations. A Global Assessment Report, IUFRO World Series Volume 39. Vienna. 240 p. ISBN 978-3-903345-06-5, ISSN 1016-3263. International Union of Forest Research Organizations . October 2020]

9. ‘Changing agricultural burning practices in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: Is Happy Seeder a profitable alternative?'. (2021).  International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. A. Keil, P. P. Krishnapriya, A. Mitra, P. Shyamsundar, M.L. Jat, H.S. Sidhu & V. Krishna.🔓

10. 'Can microgrids enable macro development? Experiments in off-grid demand stimulation'. (2021). Development Engineering. J. Lukuyu, T.R. Fetter, P. P. Krishnapriya, J. Taneja & N. Williams.🔓

11. 'Fields on fire: Alternative to crop residue burning in India'. (2019). Science. P. Shyamsundar, N.P. Springer, H. Tallis, S. Polasky, M.L. Jat, H.S. Siddhu, P. P. Krishnapriya, N. Skiba, W. Ginn, V. Ahuja, J. Cummins, I. Datta, H. H. Dholakia, J. Dixon, B. Gerard, R. Gupta, J. Hellmann, A. Jadhav, H. S. Jat, A. Keil, J. K. Ladha, S. Lopez- Ridaura, S. P. Nandrajog, S. Paul, A. Ritter, P. C. Sharma, R. Singh, D. Singh & R. Somanathan.             

[Media coverage: Times of India, Better India, Research Matters, Down to Earth, CIMMYT, CABI.]

12. 'Fuel choices and respiratory health in India'. (2016). The Indian Journal of Economics, P. P. Krishnapriya & R. Somanathan. 

Book chapters and Report

1. ‘An actionable research Agenda for Inclusive Low-Carbon Transitions for Sustainable Development in the Global South: Gender.’ V. Plutshack, P. P. Krishnapriya, T. Kajumba, S. Patel, & M. López Uribe. Environment for Development. 2023.

2. 'Technology, jobs, and the future of work in India'. R. Kapoor & P. P. Krishnapriya. In Harnessing Technology for Inclusive Prosperity: Growth, Work, and Inequality in the Digital Era, Edited by Brahima Coulibaly & Zia Qureshi, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Brookings Institution Press. August 2024.

⭐Selected for the 2024 Noteworthy Books in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics by Princeton University’s Industrial Relations Section.

Working papers

1. Gendered Information and Adoption of Improved Energy Technologies in Rural India. (2022). Duke Global Working Paper Series No. 45. [Under Review]

2. The low-carbon transition and the gendered economy: A review. (with V. Plutshack, T. Kajumba, S. Patel, M. del Pilar López-Uribe, & J. Castaneda) [Under Review]

3. Information transmission among unequal individuals within households (with P. Ghosh)

4. Understanding Changes in the Distribution of Employment in India's Manufacturing Sector  (with R. Kapoor) [Under Review]

5. Custom-hiring machinery services for wheat intensification in the Indo-Gangetic Plains: How to foster sustainability? (with A. Keil, A. Mitra, A. McDonald, P. Shyamsundar, M.L. Jat, & H.S. Sidhu) (draft available at request)

6. Clean energy adoption and gender roles in South Africa. (with L. Richardson & E. Sills)  [Under Review]

Work in progress

1. Gendered time-use benefits from improved cooking solutions. (with M. Chandrasekaran, M. Jeuland, R. McCord, K. Sonke, & S. K. Pattanayak)

2. Engaging women and women’s groups in improved cookstove distribution: The double benefit of improved energy adoption and paid labour opportunities. (with M. Jeuland, V. Plutshack, I. Das, M. M. A. Syll, & S. Mbaye)

3. Too many in too few: women in the Indian manufacturing industry. (with R. Kapoor)

4. Energy access and healthcare (with D. Gupta) 

Media publications

1. Old or new: What's driving the employment growth in formal manufacturing sector in India? (with R. Kapoor),  Ideas for India, IGC,  February 28, 2025.

[Earlier versions: Policy brief, Isaac Centre for Public Policy, Ashoka University, January 19, 2024.]

2. Facts and myths on rise of contract labour (with R. Kapoor), Business Line, The Hindu, March 18, 2019

3. How to get more women working in India, Jobs and Development Blog, World Bank, February 17, 2016

4. Doing away with unequal contracts (with R. Kapoor), Business Standard, September 21, 2015