Journal of Development Economics

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Development Economics is 35. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board305
Assessors influence results: Evidence on enumerator effects and educational impact evaluations276
Poverty and perseverance: The detrimental effect of poverty on effort provision136
Mobile Internet access and political outcomes: Evidence from South Africa118
Child marriage as informal insurance: Empirical evidence and policy simulations89
Winners and losers from agrarian reform: Evidence from Danish land inequality 1682–189578
Measuring honesty and explaining adulteration in naturally occurring markets64
Growing apart: Declining within- and across-locality insurance in rural China63
Lights, camera, school: Information provision though television during COVID-19 times62
Heterogenous teacher effects of two incentive schemes: Evidence from a low-income country61
How do political connections of firms matter during an economic crisis?56
Social media as a recruitment and data collection tool: Experimental evidence on the relative effectiveness of web surveys and chatbots55
Overcoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania55
Behavioral change promotion, cash transfers and early childhood development: Experimental evidence from a government program in a low-income setting55
How should the government bring small firms into the formal system? Experimental evidence from Malawi48
Communist propaganda and women’s status47
Editorial Board46
Affording expensive ceremonies: Evidence from quinceañeras in Mexico44
Social ties at work and effort choice: Experimental evidence from Tanzania44
The Generalized System of Preferences and NGO activism42
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India41
Overtreatment and benevolent provider moral hazard: Evidence from South African doctors41
Land expropriation, household behaviors, and health outcomes: Evidence from China40
Temporary migration for long-term investment39
Whom to ask? Testing respondent effects in household surveys39
Social barriers to female migration: Theory and evidence from Bangladesh38
Firms and inequality when unemployment is high38
Trust and saving in financial institutions by the poor37
Unlocking the benefits of credit through saving37
The long-term effect of television on children's human capital development in China37
Weather and population size effects on water and sewer treatment costs: Evidence from Brazil36
Persistent effects of colonial land tenure institutions: Village-level evidence from India36
Trust and development in conflict-affected countries: Introduction to a special feature36
Consequences of a massive refugee influx on firm performance and market structure35
Place-based policies, rural employment, and intra-household resources allocation: Evidence from China’s economic zones35
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