Work in Progress

1. Deepti Sharma, Vidya Vemireddy. Examining Heat `Stress' on Women's Time Allocation. Revise and resubmit- Journal of Development Studies

• Australian Gender Economics Workshop, 9-13 February 2026, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

• 70th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES), 9-13 February 2026, at the Adelaide Convention Centre in Adelaide, Australia.

2. Namrata Chindarkar, Deepti Sharma, Rohan Gundibande. Impact of Unintended Sequencing of Development Infrastructure: Rural Roads and Access to Electricity. (Submitted to Energy Economics) 

• Conference presentation: 21st Century India Center Seminar Series on the Indian Economy, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UC San Diego, 2026 (Virtual Seminar Series), UNU-WIDER Development Conference: Growth, governance, and geopolitics in a fractured world order, UNU-WIDER and ISID Delhi, 2026 , 7th Annual Economics Conference, Ahmedabad University, 2026

3. Deepti Sharma and Sanchari Roy. The Costs of Compliance: Gender Diversity Mandates in Boardrooms (Manuscript under preparation)

• Women in Leadership Conference, London School of Economics, 10-11 September'26

4. Deepti Sharma and Arnab Mukherji. Spillover Effects of Health Insurance on Children's Immunization (Work in progress)

5. Deepti Sharma and Kshitij Awasthi. Effects of  Board Interlocks and Spending on CSR (Manuscript under preparation)

6. Deepti Sharma.  Powering Electricity, Weakening Minds? Coal Plant Exposure and Mental Health (Work in progress)

• 20th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi

Selected Refereed Publications 

1. Deepti Sharma, Hema Swaminathan, Rahul Lahoti, Does It Matter Who You Ask For Time Use Data?, The World Bank Economic Review, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhaf004.  Coverage: Podcast Ideas of India

2. Sharma, D., Prabhu, G.N. Navigating Competency in an Ableist World: The Lived Experiences of Disabled Individuals in Education and the Workplace. Journal of  Business Ethics (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-05958-2

3. Joyce CM, Sharma D, Mukherji A, Nandi A (2024) Socioeconomic inequalities in adverse pregnancy outcomes in India: 2004–2019. PLOS Global Public Health 4(9): e0003701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0003701

Grants & Field Work

1. Baseline Evaluation of Livelihood Relief Fund with SEWA, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (March-Oct' 2026)

2. Co-Principal Investigator, Evaluation of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna Scheme (RSBY) in India. Collaboration: McGill University, Quebec, Montreal, Canada. Grant Duration: August 2021-August 2024

 Permanent Working Papers

• Deepti Sharma and Arnab Mukherji. Adjustments to covariate shocks during COVID-19 lockdown in India using panel data, presented at the International Health Economics Association (iHEA), 2023