Impact evaluation, methodology, research design, statistics, humanitarian emergency, humanitarian assistance, disaster, violent conflict, reconstruction, aid, development

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:https://doi.org/10.1080/19439342.2017.1388267)

MGNREGA, NREGS, NREGA, Social Audits, Corruption

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

Political reservations, gender, corruption, NREGA, India

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:https://doi.org/10.1086/693679)

asymmetric information, politician behaviour, social preferences, promises, dictator game, India

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:https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpae028)

cable TV, rural India, Female disadvantage and empowerment

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:https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2018.1506581)

corruption; dishonesty; gender; India; South Asia; experiments

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:https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12733)

identity; caste; rural India; poverty and inequality persistence

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:https://doi.org/10.1086/675388)

inequality, intergenerational mobility, moderate and large ascents, downward mobility, methodological challenges

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:https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkz003)

networks, low- and unskilled jobs, India, moral hazard, employee referrals, efficiency wages, referee incentives, strength of ties

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:https://doi.org/10.1086/704512)

social mobility, economic development, inequality, developing countries, measurement techniques

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:https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192896858.001.0001)