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Vegard Iversen
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 60
Citations - 1413
Vegard Iversen is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Poverty. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 59 publications receiving 1277 citations. Previous affiliations of Vegard Iversen include University of East Anglia & Indian Statistical Institute.
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High value forests, hidden economies and elite capture: Evidence from forest user groups in Nepal's Terai
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the policy on decentralised forest management in Nepal, informed by experiences from the Middle Hills, overlooks the complexity and conflictual potential of establishing effective and equitable user groups in the Terai.
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Intra-household inequality: a challenge for the capability approach?
TL;DR: In this article, the capability approach and how it applies in the context of individuals and families living together on unequal terms is examined from a feminist perspective, and the author suggests that these important concepts invite special attention in the presence of domestic power imbalance.
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Autonomy in child labor migrants
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the determinants of autonomous migration behavior, and test theories proposing autonomy to be associated with characteristics of individuals, households and social environments, and evaluate behavioral presumptions underpinning analysis of child labor supply.
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Do Spouses Realise Cooperative Gains? Experimental Evidence from Rural Uganda
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used experimental data from variants of public good games to test for household efficiency among married couples in rural Uganda and found that women contribute less to this household common pool than men and opportunism is widespread.
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Women political leaders, corruption and learning: Evidence from a large public program in India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors exploit randomly assigned political quotas for women to identify the impact of women's political leadership on corruption and on the governance of India's largest poverty-alleviation program.