Research Papers and Projects
JOURNAL ARTICLES
9. Howlader, Aparna, & Li, Liqing. "Consequences of Land Retirement Policies on Agricultural Labor and Land Tenure: Evidence from the Historical Conservation Reserve Program in the U.S." (Conditionally Accepted, American Journal of Agricultural Economics)
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)
10. Howlader, A. ``Local Conservation Institutions and Long-Run Economic Development: Evidence from Post–Dust Bowl Institutional Reforms'' Working Paper
11. Howlader, A. ``Factor Intensity and Path Dependence in Agricultural Conservation: Evidence from Great Plains Conservation Districts" Working Paper (Submitted)
12. Howlader, A. "Large-Scale Reforestation, Forest Structure, and Wildfire Risk: Evidence from the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933- ) "
13. Labor Supply Shocks and Agricultural Restructuring: Evidence from Dust Bowl Resettlement Administration Migrant Camps (with Jhih-Yun Liu, University of Connecticut)
14. Health Consequences of the Green Revolution: Evidence from Bangladesh (with Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Vassar College)
Work in Progress
15. The Cost of Reclaiming Marginal Land: Long-Run Economic Effects of Coastal Polder Expansion in Bangladesh (1960–2020)
16. Polycentric Governance and Conservation Performance: Text Mining Archival Reports from New Deal Soil Conservation Districts
17. Marginal Land Expansion and Its Long-Run Environmental Consequences: Evidence from the Green Revolution in Bangladesh (1950–2000)
18. Do Institutional Boundaries Matter? Ecological Congruence and Conservation Governance in U.S. Soil Conservation Districts (with Sam Stickley, UIUC)
19. Suburban Growth Patterns: Analyzing Land Use Changes in Pennsylvania Municipalities (1930-2000) (with Malabika Koley, IIT Kanpur)
20. When Surplus Management Policies Meet Conservation Policies: Environmental Legacy of Federal Land Retirement Programs (1930 - 2020)
21. Aging Farmers and the Long-Term Reallocation of Agricultural Land: Evidence from the U.S. Farm Crisis of the 1980s
22. Local Environmental Externalities of Conservation Agriculture: Evidence from the American Midwest