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Vijayendra Rao

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41

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4K

Citations

27

H-Index

1993

Active since

Affiliations

World Bank Group(Current)

London School of Economics and Political Science

Stanford University

Vijayendra Rao is an author at World Bank Group specializing in social sciences, sociology, and economics.

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Social SciencesSociologyEconomicsGenderPublic PolicyCasteBusinessEducationEconomic DevelopmentRural Governance

Publications per year

1993–2022

41

Publications

41

Terror as a Bargaining Instrument: A Case Study of Dowry Violence in Rural India

Francis Bloch, Vijayendra Rao · American Economic Review · 2002 · 530 citations

Lateral Violence, Violence Against Women, Gender Studies +9

The Rising Price of Husbands: A Hedonic Analysis of Dowry Increases in Rural India

Vijayendra Rao · Journal of Political Economy · 1993 · 381 citations

Hedonic Analysis, Rural India, Socioeconomics +21

The Politics of Public Good Provision: Evidence from Indian Local Governments

Timothy Besley, Rohini Pande, Lupin Rahman et al. · Journal of the European Economic Association · 2004 · 376 citations

Wife-beating in rural South India: A qualitative and econometric analysis

Vijayendra Rao · Social Science & Medicine · 1997 · 362 citations

Rural South India, Sociology, Demography +4

The Determinants of Gender Equity in India: Examining Dyson and Moore's Thesis with New Data

Lupin Rahman, Vijayendra Rao · Population and Development Review · 2004 · 259 citations

Women Empowerment, Gender Justice, Influential Dyson +22

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