World Bank Economic Review

Papers
(The median citation count of World Bank Economic Review is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Addressing Social Desirability Bias When Measuring Child Labor Use: An Application to Cocoa Farms in Côte d’Ivoire67
Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?41
Taking Cover: Human Capital Accumulation in the Presence of Shocks and Health Insurance37
Does Aid Induce Foreign Direct Investment: Updated Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment34
Impact of Twin Lockdowns on Hunger, Labor-Market Outcomes, and Household Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Uganda26
Poverty and Prices: Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty21
Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?20
The Intergenerational Effects of Economic Sanctions17
Social Protection amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant16
The Effects of Community Health Worker Visits and Primary Care Subsidies on Health Behavior and Health Outcomes for Children in Urban Mali15
Infrastructure and Structural Change in Africa13
Opposition Media, State Censorship, and Political Accountability: Evidence from Chavez’s Venezuela13
What Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?11
The Pass-Through of International Commodity Price Shocks to Producers’ Welfare: Evidence from Ethiopian Coffee Farmers10
Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence: The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin10
Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?10
International Commodity Prices Transmission to Consumer Prices in Africa9
Group Incentives for the Public Good: A Field Experiment on Improving the Urban Environment9
The Spillover Impact of Index Insurance on Agricultural Investment by Cotton Farmers in Burkina Faso9
Trade Networks in Latin America: Spatial Inefficiencies and Optimal Expansions9
Mobile Money and Economic Activity: Evidence from Kenya9
Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium: A Structural Estimation Framework9
Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor8
Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional Manufacturing Investment Flows within China8
Determinants of Global Value Chain Participation: Cross-Country Evidence8
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa7
The Combined Role of Subsidy and Discussion Intervention in the Demand for a Stigmatized Product7
The Learning Crisis of Developing Country Elites: Lessons from PISA-D7
Investment Treaties, Local Institutions and Policies in the Global Land Rush6
Infrastructure Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from the Arrival of High-Speed Internet in Africa6
Does It Matter Who You Ask For Time Use Data?6
Mobilizing P2P Diffusion for New Agricultural Practices: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh5
Does the Source of FDI Matter? The Case of Tax Havens5
Long-Term Effects of an Education Stipend Program on Domestic Violence: Evidence from Bangladesh5
Gender Differences in Informal Labor-Market Resilience5
Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India4
Job Loss and Household Labor Supply Adjustments in Developing Countries: Evidence from Argentina4
Reducing Delay in Payments in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from an Information Dissemination Intervention4
Direct Shock Experience vs. Tangential Shock Exposure: Indirect Effects of Flood Shocks on Well-Being and Preferences4
Trade Shocks, Population Growth, and Migration3
Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice3
The Macroeconomy After Tariffs3
Minimum Wages around Birth and Child Health3
Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War3
(Joint) Bank Savings, Female Empowerment, and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia3
Method Matters: The Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence3
The Effect of Shortening High-School Duration by One Year on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Ghana3
Public Pre-Primary and Maternal Employment in Algeria: Evidence from a Natural Experiment3
Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age3
Catch-Up Growth and Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Trade Data3
Minding the Gap: Aid Effectiveness, Project Ratings and Contextualization3
Subnational Income, Growth, and the COVID-19 Pandemic3
The Gendered Impact of Digital Jobs Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique2
Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia2
Chiefs, Courts, and Upholding Property Rights: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone2
Measuring Inequality Using Geospatial Data2
The Role of Income Inequality for Poverty Reduction2
Women Legislators in Africa and Foreign Aid2
The Labor-Supply Consequences of Having a Child in China2
Volume, Risk, Complexity: What Makes Development Finance Projects Succeed or Fail?2
Village Fairness Norms and Land-Rental Markets2
Agricultural Productivity and Land Inequality: Evidence from the Philippines2
Technology, Skills, and Globalization: Explaining International Differences in Routine and Nonroutine Work Using Survey Data2
Raising the Age of Marriage Entry and Child's Nutrition Intake? Evidence from the Reform of Ethiopia's Family Law2
Fertility Following Natural Disasters and Epidemics in Africa2
Disclosure of Violence against Women and Girls in Senegal2
Unfolding Trade Effect in Two Margins of Informality. The Peruvian Case2
Place-Based Policies and Migration: Evidence from India2
Organizational Hierarchies and Export Destinations1
Mind the Gap: Schooling, Informality, and Fiscal Externalities in Nepal1
Making Data Count: Estimating a Poverty Trend for Nigeria between 2009 and 20191
From Workfare to Economic and Sociopolitical Stability? Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Eastern Congo1
A Tale of Two Programs: Assessing Treatment and Control in NREGA Studies1
Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms1
Import Trade Liberalization and Structural Transformation: Evidence from China1
Is There a Bright Side to the China Syndrome? Rising Export Opportunities and Life Satisfaction in China1
The Occupation Content of Trade1
The Social Protection Engel Curve1
Subsistence Farming and Factor Misallocation: Evidence from Ugandan Agriculture1
Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies: Evidence from an Extension Experiment1
Corrigendum to: Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?1
Labor Market and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Latin America amid COVID: The Role of Digital-Adoption Policies1
The Distribution of Effort: Physical Activity, Gender Roles, and Bargaining Power in an Agrarian Setting1
Performance Pay Increases Dog Vaccinations to Reduce Human Rabies1
The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times1
Does Local Female Political Representation Empower Women to Run for Higher Office? Evidence from State and National Legislatures in India1
How Important Is Temptation Spending? Maybe Less than We Thought1
C-Sections, Obesity, and Healthcare Specialization: Evidence from Mexico1
The Double Dividend of a Joint Tariff and VAT Reform: Evidence from Iran1
Digital Training for Micro-Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala1
The Causal Effect of Early Marriage on Women's Bargaining Power: Evidence from Bangladesh1
Predicting Poverty1
Food Inflation and Child Health1
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