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Vijayendra Rao

Vijayendra Rao

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
44
Citations
14782
World Ranking
4005
National Ranking
1908

Vijayendra Rao publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vijayendra Rao sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 130 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Vijayendra Rao D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Vijayendra Rao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Vijayendra Rao is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and contributes to research primarily in the fields of Social Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Their work encompasses a range of topics including Microfinance and Financial Inclusion, Computational and Text Analysis Methods, Media Influence and Politics, Urban and Rural Development Challenges, Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, and Income, Poverty, and Inequality.

Their recent publications include:

  • Relief from usury: Impact of a self-help group lending program in rural India, 2020, Journal of Development Economics
  • Fractal inequality in rural India: class, caste and jati in Bihar, 2022, Oxford Open Economics
  • Using Large Language Models for Qualitative Analysis can Introduce Serious Bias, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Using Large Language Models for Qualitative Analysis can Introduce Serious Bias, 2025, Sociological Methods & Research
  • Money versus Kudos: The impact of incentivizing local politicians in India, 2023, Journal of Public Economics

The scientist's frequent collaborators include Aditya Chhabra, Julian Ashwin, Michael Woolcock, and Ghazala Mansuri.

Major publication venues associated with their work are:

  • Journal of Development Economics
  • Oxford Open Economics
  • Sociological Methods & Research
  • Journal of Public Economics
  • Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks

Vijayendra Rao has authored multiple book publications, predominantly through World Bank affiliated publishers. Notable titles include:

  • Using Large Language Models for Qualitative Analysis can Introduce Serious Bias, 2023, World Bank policy research working paper
  • Qualitative Analysis at Scale: An Application to Aspirations in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh, 2022, World Bank policy research working paper
  • The Added Value of Local Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India, 2023, World Bank policy research working paper
  • Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics, 2020, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
  • Can Economics Become More Reflexive? Exploring the Potential of Mixed-Methods, 2022, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
  • Money versus Kudos: The Impact of Incentivizing Local Politicians in India, 2022, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks
  • Is There an Underside to Economic Growth? A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Malaysia, 2024, Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks

The subfields contributing to their research include Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, General Social Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, and Safety Research.

Best Publications

  • Community-based (and driven) development : A critical review

    Ghazala Mansuri;Vijayendra Rao

  • Localizing Development: Does Participation Work?

    Ghazala Mansuri;Vijayendra Rao

  • World development report 2006 : equity and development

    Berk Ozler;Tamar Manuelyan Atinc;Abhijit Banerjee;Francisco H.G. Ferreira

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

    Francis Bloch;Vijayendra Rao

  • Culture and Public Action

    Vijayendra Rao;Michael Walton

  • Wife-beating in rural south India: a qualitative and econometric analysis.

    Vijayendra Rao

  • Just Rewards? Local Politics and Public Resource Allocation in South India

    Timothy Besley;Rohini Pande;Vijayendra Rao

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

    Vijayendra Rao

  • THE POLITICS OF PUBLIC GOOD PROVISION: EVIDENCE FROM INDIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

    Timothy Besley;Rohini Pande;Lupin Rahman;Vijayendra Rao

  • Political selection and the quality of government: evidence from south India

    Timothy Besley;Rohini Pande;Vijayendra Rao

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

    Lupin Rahman;Vijayendra Rao

  • Celebrations as Social Investments: Festival Expenditures, Unit Price Variation and Social Status in Rural India

    Vijayendra Rao

  • Wedding Celebrations as Conspicuous Consumption Signaling Social Status in Rural India

    Francis Bloch;Vijayendra Rao;Sonalde Desai

  • Sex workers and the cost of safe sex: the compensating differential for condom use among Calcutta prostitutes

    Vijayendra Rao;Indrani Gupta;Michael Lokshin;Smarajit Jana

  • Governance in the gullies : democratic responsiveness and leadership in Delhi's slums

    Saumitra Jha;Vijayendra Rao;Michael S. Jha V. R.-A.-O. Woolcock

  • Using mixed methods in monitoring and evaluation : experiences from international development

    Michael Bamberger;Michael Bamberger;Vijayendra Rao;Michael Woolcock;Michael Woolcock

  • PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: SURVEY EVIDENCE FROM SOUTH INDIA

    Timothy Besley;Rohini Pande;Vijayendra Rao

  • Tokenism or Agency? The Impact of Women's Reservations on Village Democracies in South India

    Radu Ban;Vijayendra Rao

  • The Social Impact of Social Funds in Jamaica: A ‘Participatory Econometric’ Analysis of Targeting, Collective Action, and Participation in Community-Driven Development

    Vijayendra Rao;Ana María Ibáñez

  • Dignity through Discourse: Poverty and the Culture of Deliberation in Indian Village Democracies

    Vijayendra Rao;Paromita Sanyal

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

    Vijayendra Rao;Francis Bloch;Francis Bloch

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy Besley
Timothy Besley London School of Economics and Political Science
Rohini Pande
Rohini Pande Yale University
Francis Bloch
Francis Bloch Pantheon-Sorbonne University
Dean Jolliffe
Dean Jolliffe World Bank
Ravi Kanbur
Ravi Kanbur Cornell University
Peter Lanjouw
Peter Lanjouw Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Sonalde Desai
Sonalde Desai University of Maryland, College Park
Jishnu Das
Jishnu Das Georgetown University

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