Research

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Pakhtigian, E. L. (2024). Improved water and sanitation in early life and cognition in adolescence: Evidence from four countries. Environmental Research Letters, 19(12), 124097. (DOI).

2. Nusrat, F., Akanda, A. S., Islam, A., Aziz, S., Pakhtigian, E. L., Boyle, K. J., and Hanifi, S. M. A. (2024). Satellite-derived, smartphone-delivered geospatial cholera risk information for vulnerable populations. GeoHealth, 8(11), e2024GH001039. (DOI).

3. Campos, C. Pakhtigian, E. L., Landry, J. R., Wiseman, H.,Pham, A. T., and Peng, W. (2024). Designing retirement strategies for coal-fired power plants to mitigate air pollution and health impact. Environmental Science and Technology, 58(35), 15371-15380. (DOI)

4. Broyles, L. M. T., Pakhtigian, E. L., and Mejia, A. (2024). Estimating effects of monsoon flooding on household water access. Environmental Research Letters, 19, 094038. (DOI)

5. Pakhtigian, E. L., Pattanayak, S. K., and Tan-Soo, J. S. (2024). Forest fires, smoky kitchens, and human health in Indonesia. Environmental and Resource Economics, 87, 2115-2141. (DOI)

6. Pakhtigian, E. L., Jeuland, M., Pattanayak, S. K., Phillips, J. (2024). Lost dividends from incomplete energy access transitions: Evidence from Honduras. Journal of Benefit Cost Analysis, 1-33. (DOI)

7. Mainzer, S. and Pakhtigian, E. L. (2024). Blue and red tides in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Examining political and environmental framings of collective action during the 2016 and 2020 elections. PLoS One, 19(6). e0298962. (DOI)

8. Pakhtigian, E. L., Aziz, S., Boyle, K. J., Akanda, A. S., and Hanifi, S. M. A. (2004). Early warning systems, mobile technology, and cholera aversion: Evidence from rural Bangladesh. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125, 102966. (DOI)

   • Resources for the Future Working Paper

   • Institutes for Energy and the Environment blog

9. Pakhtigian, E. L. and Pattanayak, S. K. (2024). Social setting, gender, and preferences for improved sanitation: Evidence from experimental games in rural India. World Development, 177, 106556. (DOI)

   • Funding support from the International Growth Centre, Project Summary

   • Coverage in Ideas for India

10. Broyles, L. M. T., Pakhtigian, E. L., Aziz, S., Akanda, A. S., and Mejia, A. (2023). Seasonal variation in household water insecurity in rural Bangladesh: A longitudinal analysis. PLOS Water, 2(7), e000157. (DOI)

11. Shrestha, G., Pakhtigian, E. L., and Jeuland, M. (2023). Women who do not migrate: Intersectionality, social relations, and participation in Western Nepal. World Development, 161, 106109. (DOI)

12. Pakhtigian, E. L., Downs-Tepper, H., Anson, A., and Pattanayak, S. K. (2022). COVID-19, public health messaging, and sanitation and hygiene practices in rural India. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 12(11), 828-837. (DOI)

13. Pakhtigian, E. L., Dickinson, K., Orgill-Meyer, J., and Pattanayak, S. K. (2022). Sustaining latrine use: Peers, policies, and sanitation behaviors. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 200, 223-242. (DOI)

14. Broyles, L. M. T., Pakhtigian, E. L., Rosinger, A. Y., and Mejia, A. (2022). Climate and hydrological seasonal effects on household water insecurity: A systematic review. WIREs Water, e1593. (DOI)

15. Komisarow, S. and Pakhtigian, E. L. (2022). Are plant closures a breath of fresh air? Local air pollution and school absences. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 112, 1022569.  (DOI)

    • Coverage in Edutopia

16. Komisarow, S. and Pakhtigian, E. L. (2021). The Effect of Coal-Fired Power Plant Closures on Emergency Department Visits for Asthma-Related Conditions Among 0- to 4-Year-Old Children in Chicago, 2009-2017. American Journal of Public Health, 111(5). 881-889. (DOI)

    • Coverage in US News & World Report, Health Day

17. Aziz, S., Pakhtigian, E. L., Akanda, A. S., Jutla, A., Huq, A., Alam, M., Ashan, G. U., and Colwell, R. R. (2021). Does improved risk information increase the value of cholera prevention? An analysis of stated vaccine demand in slum areas of urban Bangladesh. Social Science and Medicine. 113716. (DOI)

18. Pakhtigian, E. L., Jeuland, M., Dhaubanjar, S., and Pandey, V. P. (2020). Balancing intersectoral demands in basin-scale planning: The case of Nepal's western river basins. Water Resources and Economics. 100152. (DOI)

19. Pakhtigian, E. L., Jeuland, M., Bharati, L., and Pandey, V. P. (2019). The role of hydropower in visions of water resources development for rivers of Western Nepal. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 1-28. (DOI)

20. Pakhtigian, E. L., and Jeuland, M. (2019). Valuing Environmental Quality: Evidence from Western Nepal. Ecological Economics, 158. 158-167. (DOI)

Book Chapters

1. Pattanayak, S. K., Pakhtigian, E. L., and Litzow, E. (2018). Through the looking glass: Environmental health economics in low and middle income countries. Handbook of Environmental Economics, Volume 4. (DOI)

Working Papers

1. "Monsoon flooding and undernutrition among children in Bangladesh" with L.M.T. Broyles and A. Mejia (Revisions requested)

2. "Early life exposure to clean cooking transitions: Impacts on health and cognition" with J. Orgill-Meyer (Under review)

3. "Water resource impacts of lithium mining expansion in the western U.S." with J. Liu, P. V. Femeena, T. Moyo, and A. Ayers (Revisions requested)

Selected Work in Progress

1. "Where there's fire, there's smoke: Forest fire emissions, behavior, and health" (Draft) 

2. "Economic and employment impacts of low-carbon energy transitions: Evidence from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative" with H. Wething

3. "Tapping into health: Drinking water quality and early childhood development" with J. G. Olvera and M. Sotelo Tornero

4. "Adopting solar power for irrigation: Implications for groundwater in Gujarat" with P. M. Patel, C. Scott, and D. Brent

Policy Reports, Blogs, and Other Writing

1. "Assessing impacts of early warning systems for cholera risk in Bangladesh" (2023). Penn State Institutes for Energy and the Environment Blog.

2. "Hydro-economic analysis for the Nile Basin Collaborative Water Resources Assessment" with M. Jeuland and M. Chandrasekaran. (2022). Nile Basin Initiative Technical Report.

3. "Why are the new climate normals abnormal?" (2021). Penn State Institutes for Energy and the Environment Blog.

4. "Collective action for environmental health: Evidence from sanitation in rural India" with S.K. Pattanayak. (2021). Ideas for India.

5. “Balancing economic and conservation objectives related to water resources in western Nepal” with M. Jeuland. (2020). Global Water Forum.

6. “New Data and Technologies are Transforming Energy Access–Public Policy Must Catch Up” with J. Phillips and M. Jeuland. (2020). Next Billion. 

7. “The energy access dividend in Haiti and Honduras” with N. C. Marzolf, E. Burton, M. Jeuland, S. K. Pattanayak, J. Phillips, C. E. Singer, H. Taylor, M. C. M. Hallack, J. Cuervo and C. Jacome. (2019). Inter-American Development Bank.

8. “Chapter 2.1 Status and Trends–Drivers of Change” [Contributing author] in Intergovernmental Science–Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. (2019).

9. "Hydro-economic modeling framework to address water-energy-environment-food nexus questions at the river basin scale" with M. Bekchanov, A. Sood, and M. Jeuland. (PDF)