2025

Chaudhuri, Ananish, Iversen, Vegard, Jensenius, Francesca R. and Maitra, Pushkar (2025) Selecting the “Best”? Competing dimensions of politician quality in the Developing World. British Journal of Political Science (BJPolS). ISSN 0007-1234 (Print), 1469-2112 (Online) (In Press)

2024

Banerjee, Prasenjit, Iversen, Vegard, Mitra, Sandip and Sen, Kunal (2024) Politicians, institutional incentives and citizen welfare: evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in India. Oxford Economic Papers. ISSN 0030-7653 (Print), 1464-3812 (Online) (doi:10.1093/oep/gpae028)

2022

Chaudhuri, Ananish, Iversen, Vegard, Jensenius, Francesca R. and Maitra, Pushkar (2022) Time in office and the changing gender gap in dishonesty: evidence from local politics in India. American Journal of Political Science. pp. 1-17. ISSN 0092-5853 (Print), 1540-5907 (Online) (doi:10.1111/ajps.12733)

2021

Iversen, Vegard, Krishna, Anirudh and Sen, Kunal (eds.) (2021) Social Mobility in Developing Countries: Concepts, Methods, and Determinants. Social Mobility in Developing Countries. WIDER Studies in Development Economics . Oxford University Press (OUP), Oxford. ISBN 978-0192896858 (doi:10.1093/oso/9780192896858.001.0001)

2019

Iversen, Vegard, Krishna, Anirudh and Sen, Kunal (2019) Beyond poverty escapes - social mobility in developing countries: a review article. The World Bank Research Observer, 34 (2). pp. 239-273. ISSN 0257-3032 (Print), 1564-6971 (Online) (doi:10.1093/wbro/lkz003)

Dhillon, Amrita, Iversen, Vegard and Torsvik, Gaute (2019) Employee referral, social proximity and worker discipline: theory and suggestive evidence from India. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 69 (3). pp. 1003-1030. ISSN 0013-0079 (Print), 1539-2988 (Online) (doi:10.1086/704512)

2018

Iversen, Vegard and Palmer-Jones, Richard (2018) All you need is cable TV? The Journal of Development Studies. pp. 1-21. ISSN 0022-0388 (Print), 1743-9140 (Online) (doi:10.1080/00220388.2018.1506581)

2017

Puri, Jyotsna, Aladysheva, Anastasia, Iversen, Vegard, Ghorpade, Yashodhan and Brück, Tilman (2017) Can rigorous impact evaluations improve humanitarian assistance? Journal of Development Effectiveness, 9 (4). pp. 519-542. ISSN 1943-9342 (Print), 1943-9407 (Online) (doi:10.1080/19439342.2017.1388267)

Afridi, Farzana, Iversen, Vegard and Sharan, M. R. (2017) Women political leaders, corruption, and learning: Evidence from a large public program in India. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 66 (1). pp. 1-30. ISSN 0013-0079 (Print), 1539-2988 (Online) (doi:10.1086/693679)

2014

Iversen, Vegard, Kalwij, Adriaan, Verschoor, Arjan and Dubey, Amaresh (2014) Caste dominance and economic performance in rural India. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 62 (3). pp. 423-457. ISSN 0013-0079 (Print), 1539-2988 (Online) (doi:10.1086/675388)

Afridi, Farzana and Iversen, Vegard (2014) Social audits and MGNREGA Delivery: Lessons from Andhra Pradesh. India Policy Forum, 10 (1). pp. 297-341. ISSN 0972-9755