Sheetal Sekhri

Department of Economics, University of Virginia

Assistant Professor

P.O. Box 400182

Charlottesville, VA 22904-4182

United States

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How Do Political Connections of Firms Matter During An Economic Crisis?

Darden Business School Working Paper No. 4058355
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 06 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 02 Mar 2025
Yutong Chen, Gaurav Chiplunkar, Sheetal Sekhri, Anirban Sen and Aaditeshwar Seth
University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Microsoft Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Political Connections, Firms, Demonetization

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Access to Toilets and Violence Against Women

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 29 Apr 2022
Sheetal Sekhri
Department of Economics, University of Virginia
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Toilets, Violence Against Women, Open-Defecation

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How Do Political Connections of Firms Matter During an Economic Crisis?

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How Do Political Connections of Firms Matter During an Economic Crisis?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16131
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 13 May 2023 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Yutong Chen, Gaurav Chiplunkar, Sheetal Sekhri, Anirban Sen and Aaditeshwar Seth
University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Microsoft Corporation and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
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political connections, firms, crisis

How Do Political Connections of Firms Matter During an Economic Crisis?

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 19 Feb 2024
Gaurav Chiplunkar, Sheetal Sekhri, Yutong Chen, Anirban Sen and Aaditeshwar Seth
University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, Microsoft Research and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Political Connections, Firms, Crisis

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Fog to Pyre: The impact of Supreme Court Judgment Complexity on Dowry Deaths

IIM Bangalore Research Paper No. 700
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 04 Sep 2024
Abhinav Anand, Sanchit Jain, Jalaj Pathak and Sheetal Sekhri
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kozhikode, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore, IIM Lucknow and Department of Economics, University of Virginia
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Dowry Deaths, Violence against women, Readability of judgments

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The Impact of COVID-19 Containment Lockdowns on MSMEs in India and Resilience of Exporting Firms

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 210, 2023
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 26 Jul 2023
Yutong Chen, Sisir Debnath, Sheetal Sekhri and Vishal Sekhri
University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, Department of Economics, University of Virginia and Independent
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COVID-19, Pandemics, MSMEs, Export, India

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The Spillovers of Employment Guarantee Programs on Child Labor and Education

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9106
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Jan 2020
Sheetal Sekhri and Tianshu Li
Department of Economics, University of Virginia and Nanjing Audit University - Institute of Urban Development
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Education Finance, Economics of Education, Educational Sciences, Labor Markets, Child Labor Law, Labor Standards, Rural Labor Markets, Child Labor, Educational Institutions & Facilities, Effective Schools and Teachers

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Credit Crisis and Strategic Human Capital Decisions: Evidence from Micro-Finance Regulation in India

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 15 May 2025
Sheetal Sekhri, Yutong Chen and Md Amzad Hossain
Department of Economics, University of Virginia, University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics and University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Human Capital, Dynamic Complementarity in Education, Child Labor, Micro-Credit

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Information Bypass: Using Low-Cost Technological Innovations to Curb

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 15 Apr 2022
Sheetal Sekhri, Sisir Debnath and Mrithyunjayan Nilayamgode
Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Welfare programs, ICT, Leakages, Mid-day Meals JEL Codes: D73, I38, O38

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Online Appendix for 'How Do Political Connections of Firms Matter During An Economic Crisis?'

Darden Business School Working Paper No. 5161767
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 03 Mar 2025
Yutong Chen, Gaurav Chiplunkar, Sheetal Sekhri, Anirban Sen and Aaditeshwar Seth
University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Virginia - Darden School of Business, Department of Economics, University of Virginia, Microsoft Corporation and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi
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Fog to Pyre: The Impact of Supreme Court Judgment Complexity on Dowry Deaths

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 13 Dec 2024
Sheetal Sekhri, Abhinav Anand, Sanchit Jain and Jalaj Pathak
Department of Economics, University of Virginia, IIM Bangalore, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore and Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
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crimes against women, dowry deaths, Natural Language Processing, judgement complexity

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Gender-Specific Transportation Costs and Female Time Use: Evidence from India's Pink Slip Program

NBER Working Paper No. w32508
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Jun 2024
Yutong Chen, Kerem Coşar, Devaki Ghose, Shirish Mahendru and Sheetal Sekhri
University of Texas at Arlington - College of Business Administration - Department of Economics, University of Virginia, World Bank, GIZ Office New Delhi and Department of Economics, University of Virginia
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