Dr. Naveen Kumar
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi)
Phone    : +91-011-27008115  (Office)
Email     :  naveenkumar@econdse.org
Field(s)  : Climate Macroeconomics , Environment and Development Economics

 
 
 


Dr. Naveen Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. His primary research interests are Climate Macroeconomics and Environment and Development Economics, with secondary interests in Development Economics and Empirical Macroeconomics. His research broadly focuses on the economic and social dimensions of climate change, development, productivity, inequality, and macroeconomic outcomes.

Research & Academic Profiles:-  Google Scholar  ResearchGate  ,Orcid 

RESEARCH INTEREST
Primary fields- Climate Macroeconomics , Environment and Development Economics
Secondary fields- Development Economics, Empirical Macroeconomics



WORK IN PROGRESS
10. Climate Change and the Informal Sector: Global Evidence

9. Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Anomalies on Subnational Inflation in India: Heterogeneity and the Role of Inflation Targeting

8. Beyond GDP: Quantifying Heterogeneous Impact of Temperature on Social Progress

PEER REVIEWED PUBLISHED PAPERS/BOOK CHAPTERS

7. Kumar, N., & Maiti, D. (2025). Climate Change, State Capacity and Uneven Growth- A Disaggregated Panel Analysis of India Economic Modelling, Volume 153,2025,107311, ISSN 0264-9993
Mentions – Outlook Business, Down To Earth

6. Kumar, N. & Maiti, D. (2025). Distributional impacts of global warming on wealth inequality: evidence from global panel of regions. Empirical Economics, Vol. 69, Issue 6, 2025, pp. 3889–3933. ISSN 0377-7332.
Mentions – Outlook Business

5. Kumar, N. & Maiti, D. (2025). Does Global Warming Worsen Gender Equality? Evidence from Subnational Data. Finance Research Letters, Vol. 80, 2025, Article 107318. ISSN 1544-6123.
Men- tions – Outlook Business

4. Kumar, N. & Maiti, D. (2025). Economic Impact of Global Warming in India: An Updated Review of Methods, Policies, and Recent Empirical Literature. In: Maiti, D.; Goldar, B.; & Krishna, K.L. (eds.), 75 Years of Growth, Development and Productivity in India: Issues, Measures, Causes, and Impacts, India Studies in Business and Economics, Springer, Singapore, Ch. 18, pp. 587–641. ISBN 978-981-97-8053-2.

3. Kumar, N. & Maiti, D. (2024). Long-run macroeconomic impact of climate change on total factor productivity: Evidence from emerging economies. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Vol. 68, March 2024, pp. 204–223. ISSN 0954-349X.
Mentions – CDE Working Paper No. 342 , Productivity Institute Report

2. Maiti, D., Kumar, N., Jha, D. & Sarkar, S. (2024). Post-COVID recovery and long-run forecasting of Indian GDP with factor-augmented error correction model (FECM). Computational Economics, Vol. 63, Issue 3, 2024, pp. 1095–1120. ISSN 0927-7099.
Mentions – NITI Aayog report, JSGP Working Paper, Techiexpert.com

1. Kumar, V., Kumar, N., Arora, P.K. & Gupta, A. (2024). Does domestic monetary policy affect foreign direct investment to India?. Economics Bulletin, Vol. 44, Issue 1, 2024, pp. 173–181. ISSN 1545-2921.

ARTICLES IN POPULAR PRESS / OP-EDS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

7. Kumar, N. & Gupta, A. (2026). India Must Not Let Hormuz Shock Derail the Clean Cooking Transition. Outlook Business, 2026.

6. Gupta, A. & Kumar, N. (2026). India’s Green Transition Still Runs on Coal. The Hindu, 2026.

5. Kumar, N. & Maiti, D. (2025). India’s Climate Future Hinges on How Its States Adapt. The Policy Edge Dec 23 2025.

4. Kumar, N. & Maiti, D. (2024). Viksit Bharat 2047: Balancing Uneven Growth, Climate Change, and Energy Challenges. Jindal Journal of Public Policy, 8(1), 1–13.

3. Kumar, N., Maiti, D. & Jha, D. (2023). Forecasting long-run Indian GDP Using High-Dimensional Big Data. Ideas for India.

2. Kumar, N., Raj, V. & Kumar, S. (2022). What Drives Entrepreneurial Aspiration Among Members of Self-Help Groups? Evidence from JEEViKA. Empirical Economics Letters, 21(6), June 2022.

1. Kumar, N. & Kumar, A. (2022). Comparative Study of Effects of Self-Help Groups on Women Empowerment: Evidence from Jeevika. Jindal Journal of Public Policy, 6(1), 106–125.

Delhi School of Economics 
DSE609, Climate Change Economics
Time Series with Stata (Indian Statistical Services (ISS) Probationers Training Programme) Spring 2025

 

Accepting Phd student

Referee Service:
Economic Modelling (4), Economic Change and Restructuring (1), Foreign Trade Review (1), International Review of Economics and Finance (1), Journal of Quantitative Economics (1), Indian Economic Review (4), Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (1), Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (1), Indian Economic Journal (1), Economics Bulletin (1), Climatic Change (1)

Organising Committee Member:
Organizing Team and Mentor in ISS Probationers Training Programme 2025
Two-day Workshop on Unequal Gains from Trade (CDE-IDE) Sept 2022
Student Seminar Coordinator: Delhi School of Economics 2022–23