Review of Development Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Review of Development Economics 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.)
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Government spending and the exchange rate: Exploring this relationship in Mexico using a cointegrated system of equations114
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Empowering women through microcredit in Djibouti38
A good mix against ultra‐poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh30
Conditional cash transfers tools to combat child labor: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Costa Rica30
The remittance‐growth nexus in leading remittance‐earning nations, controlling regulatory quality, trade openness, energy use, and financial expansion27
Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan24
Special economic zones, export status, and firms’ productivity: Theory and evidence from China22
Has the information and communication technology sector become the engine of China’s economic growth?21
Child labor, social capital, and economic development*21
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Research collaboration in development economics19
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and learning19
Why do some African firms export? The role of regional economic communities?19
The effect of capital structure on the financial sustainability of microfinance institutions: A meta‐analysis19
Does Monetary Policy Affect Urban Food Inflation? Some Evidence From India18
Correction to “Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan”17
Innovation‐adjusted economic complexity and growth: Do patent flows reveal enhanced economic capabilities?17
Climate threat and price stability: A case study of Belize17
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Does Fiscal Efficiency Affect Green Total Factor Productivity: Evidence Based on Spatial Panel Data Models16
Gender inequality, corruption, and economic development16
From cultivation to culture: Wheat farming and sex selection in China16
Inequality in Africa: Does injustice matter?15
“Rising Women”: Evidence From China's Agricultural Mechanization15
Correction of China's income inequality for missing top incomes14
Rural development in the digital age: Does information and communication technology adoption contribute to credit access and income growth in rural China?14
Internet use and consumption diversity: Evidence from rural China14
Does Mobile Payment Raise the Poverty‐Alleviation Resilience of Chinese Households?13
Crime, elections, and political competition13
Fruitless or Fruitful? Examining Ghana's Agricultural Inputs Subsidy and Household Welfare13
Drain on your health: Sanitation externalities from dirty drains in India12
Impact of financial inclusion on household welfare in Liberia: A gendered perspective12
Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse?11
Beyond Competitiveness: Is Productivity Everything?11
Wage inequality in the developing world: Evidence from Latin America10
Corruption, Land, and Housing: The Cleaning and Chilling Effects of China's Anti‐Corruption Campaign10
Beyond the scenery: Understanding the impact of rural tourism development on household consumption in China10
Economic transition, dualism and informality inIndia: Nature and patterns of household‐level transitions10
The impact of financial inclusion on rural–urban households welfare inequality in Ghana: A decomposition analysis10
Impact of global value chains on total factor productivity: The case of Indian manufacturing10
Local droughts and income risk among Thai households10
Poverty decompositions with counterfactual income and inequality dynamics10
Oil discovery, boom‐bust cycle and manufacturing slowdown: Evidence from a large industry level dataset10
From non‐renewables to renewables and high‐tech production: The impact of natural wealth and technology on ecological load capacity in sub‐Saharan Africa10
One‐child policy and marriage market in China10
The effects of free primary education in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A difference‐in‐differences approach9
Does intrahousehold bargaining power enhance women's marital satisfaction? A perspective from two competing forces in China9
Do chairmen with China's Great Famine experience in early‐life affect firm tax avoidance activities?9
Parental aspirations and child private‐school enrollment: Evidence from India9
How do small formal and informal firms in Egypt compare? An analysis of firm characteristics and implications for formalization efforts8
(En‐)‘lightening’ children: Assessing the impacts of access to electricity on learning achievement levels8
Household income mobility in India, 1993–20118
Exports, skills, and wage inequality in Kenya's manufacturing firms8
Selection and performance in post‐compulsory education8
A Novel Decomposition Framework for Agricultural Growth Accounting: A Global Supply Chain Perspective8
Equal opportunity and poverty reduction: How should aid be allocated?8
Female labor force participation in Egypt and Palestine: An age–period–cohort analysis*8
Poverty and vulnerability transitions in Myanmar: An analysis using synthetic panels8
The Bias of Chinese Agricultural Enterprises’ Export: Profit Margin or Productivity?8
Financial inclusion and education: An empirical study of financial inclusion in the face of the pandemic emergency due to Covid‐19 in Latin America and the Caribbean8
“Rely (only) on the rigorous evidence” is bad advice7
Modeling the dynamics of oil and agricultural commodity price nexus in linear and nonlinear frameworks: A case of emerging economy7
Connecting the fields: How ICT improve agricultural productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa7
Social networks and internal migration in China: A spatial autoregressive model7
Remittances in Russia and Caucasus and Central Asia: The gravity model7
Does democracy stimulate remittances?7
Unveiling complexities: Income inequality and inequality of opportunity in China7
Trade liberalization, wilful credit defaults and bank bribery in a credit‐constrained economy7
Can world heritage sites boost sales in non‐tourism firms? The role of visibility7
The persistence of inequality across Indian states: A time series approach7
Informality, foreign ownership and bribery in developing countries7
Bribery and firm survival in Vietnam: Moderating effects of market competition, credit, and institutional constraints6
Monetary, fiscal, and structural drivers of inflation in Ethiopia: new empirical evidence from time series analysis6
Assessment of the effects of targeted poverty alleviation policy on differently poverty‐stricken households: A multi‐propensity score weighting model6
Impacts of climate change on food utilization in Nepal6
Spatial tax regimes and location choices of manufacturing firms: Survey evidence in southern Tunisia6
Predicting FDI inflows: Exploring a nonlinear relationship between peace years, oil wealth, and the rule of law6
Impact of mobile payment adoption on household expenditures and subjective well‐being6
Structural changes and economic landscape of the Indian economy: 2000‐20195
International or national implementers—Who is better? Evidence from a framing experiment5
The effect of mini‐grid rural electrification on urbanization: Evidence from the pilot mini‐grid systems in Ghana5
The New Development Bank and the structure of the multilateral development financial system5
Assessing the impacts of Brazil's expenditure ceiling with a multiple‐household CGE model5
Dynamic correlation between crude oil and agricultural futures markets5
The Impacts of Weather Variability and Shocks on Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Consumption: Evidence From Panama5
Pandemic‐induced job loss and mental health: Evidence from a moderated mediation model5
The unintended energy efficiency gain from tax incentives for investment: Micro‐evidence from quasi‐natural experiments in China5
Timing of international market openings and shrinking middle‐income class5
Do fertilizer and seed subsidies strengthen farmers' market participation? Evidence from Tanzania's subsidy program5
Does It Help or Hinder? The Impact of Population Aging on Industrial Structure Upgrading in Transition Economic Systems5
Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from georeferenced household surveys in sub‐Saharan Africa5
On the inclusiveness of rural road improvement: Evidence from Morocco5
Re‐evaluating Africa's growth, poverty and inequality nexus5
Financial inclusion and healthcare in Africa: Examining the moderating role of education5
Parents' pension eligibility and migrant consumption in urban China: Evidence from a quasi‐experiment5
Central bank securities and foreign exchange market intervention in a developing economy5
Mechanization services, factor allocation, and farm efficiency: Evidence from China5
The impact of a disaster recovery policy on health status of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake victims: Evidence from a natural experiment5
Finding the right products for export diversification5
Urban segregation and consumption inequality: Does hukou conversion matter in China?5
Son preference and the demographic transition5
Open‐access renewable resources and pollution: Trade and policy implications in a two‐country model5
The Geopolitics of Foreign Aid4
The effects of school‐based management on Indian government schools4
Revisiting the Schooling Inputs Debate: Experimental Evidence From an Early Grade Literacy Intervention in Lao PDR4
Direct and indirect effects of a massive piped water expansion on child‐related outcomes4
Macroeconomic volatility and anti‐refugee violence in developing countries: Evidence from commodity price shocks4
Inclusive growth in the face of increasing urbanization: What experience for African countries?4
Trade liberalization, domestic reforms, and income inequality: Evidence from Taiwan4
Nutrition for all? Input subsidies and equitable diets4
Did the nationwide implementation of electronic fund management in the Indian employment guarantee scheme result in reduced expenditures? A re‐examination of the evidence4
Impact of information and communication technologies on fertilizer and pesticide use efficiency of China's grain production4
Growth, Crises, and COVID‐19: Tracking Poverty Changes in Turkey From 2003 to 20214
Unveiling the Causes of Low Women's Political Participation: Novel Perspectives From China4
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Unemployment only temporarily lowers happiness in an eastern society4
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The effect of negative human recognition on farmland access and well‐being: Evidence from women farmers in Malawi4
Population Aging and Corporate Innovation: A U‐Shaped Evidence From China4
Evaluating the effectiveness of labor market interventions on reducing the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic4
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Green technological progress, agricultural modernization, and wage inequality: Lessons from China4
Agricultural producer service subsidies and agricultural pollution: An approach based on endogenous agricultural pollution4
Partial privatization, producer services, and unemployment in developing countries4
Military spending and sustainable development4
Income‐linked pathways towards sustainable development goals: Analyzing the interplay of green energy, financial inclusion, and militarization in shaping aggregated economic sustainability4
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Population aging and saving: Evidence from China3
Smartphone use, off‐farm employment, and women's decision‐making power: Evidence from rural China3
Language and learning in ethnically mixed communities3
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Does manager education play a role in the productivity of informal firms in developing economies? Evidence from firm‐level surveys3
Revenue losses from corporate tax avoidance: Estimations from the UNUWIDER Government Revenue Dataset3
Is maternal employment detrimental to children’s nutritional status? Evidence from Bangladesh3
Charting the RMB's Development as a Global Currency Anchor: An Empirical Analysis3
Does it matter how we measure poverty? Correlates of income and multidimensional poverty in Sri Lanka3
To obey or not to obey? Can game theory explain human behavior in the context of coronavirus disease?3
Microfinance and poverty reduction: Evidence from Djibouti3
The informal economy and the reach of policy interventions: Evidence from the COVID‐19 lockdown in India3
Women's Economic Empowerment and Financial Well‐Being: Evidence From Rural China3
Does the Asset‐Type Matter in Vulnerability Reduction? Evidence From Rural Indian Households3
Gender Wage Gap in Early Careers: Evidence From University Graduates in China3
Does access to financial services improve nutritional intake among rural residents? Assessing potential action mechanism pathways3
Race among equals? An inquiry into the segmentation of Indian labor market3
Budget support to the health sector—The right choice for strong institutions? Evidence from panel data3
Do public pension programmes reduce elderly poverty in China?3
The distributional effects of government spending shocks in developing economies3
Credit market imperfection, lack of entrepreneurship and capital outflow from a developing economy3
Hand pollination, mass spraying, and hybrid seedlings: Do these technologies affect the welfare of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana?3
Institutional difference and foreign direct investment location choice: Evidence from China3
Correction to “Exchange rate pass‐through to import prices: Evidence from a heterogeneous panel of West African countries”3
Female Labor Supply in Latin America and the Business Cycle: Instability and Asymmetry13
Immigration and the economic performance of countries3
Asset accumulation, financial inclusion and subjective well‐being: The role of financial formality in South Africa's households3
An empirical comparison of stabilization funds and futures hedging for oil exporting developing countries2
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Enhancing rural income through public agricultural R&D: Spatial spillover and infrastructure thresholds2
Effects of free textbooks on academic performance: Evidence from China's compulsory education2
Poverty, vulnerability and Covid‐19: Introduction and overview2
The welfare implications of COVID‐19 for fragile and conflict‐affected regions2
How climate change leads to emigration: Conditional and long‐run effects2
Asymmetric impacts of ICT and energy intensity on agricultural productivity: Evidence from Asia‐Pacific region2
Foreign direct investment spillovers and regional innovation in China: The spatial moderating role of absorptive capacity2
Digital financial inclusion and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in China2
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Employment transitions and COVID‐19 containment measures: Evidence from a developing country2
The impacts of imports and trade liberalization in Brazil: Insights from an aggregate cost function2
The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the “Great Gatsby Curve” in Brazil2
Why cash grants fail to raise household investment in child education in developing countries2
Free zones and manufactured export competitiveness from Africa2
Forced formalization and informal sector: A simple Chayanov model2
Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members2
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Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter?2
Transferring remittances through central banks: A tool applied to the Guatemalan exchange rate2
Assessing the Impact of Financing on SMEs' Innovation in China2
The Spatial Analysis of the Impact of Economic Uncertainty on Household Consumption in Taiwan2
Leader selection and why it matters: Education and the endogeneity of favouritism in 11 African countries2
The case for mixed methods research: Embracing qualitative research to understand the (informal) economy2
The tax revenue implication of trade liberalisation in sub‐Saharan Africa: Some new evidence2
The perils of embedded experiments2
Does fiscal expenditure matter for agricultural development? Examining the impact of technological progress on food production2
How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria2
The effects of local economic development on female obesity (overweight) in sub‐Saharan Africa2
Judicial efficiency and the comparative disadvantage of Indian manufacturing2
The impact of rural e‐commerce platforms on the transformation of industrial structure: Evidence from China2
Nutri‐Farming! Estimating the Impacts of a Nutritional Security Programme on Agricultural Productivity2
Women's Inheritance Rights and Wages in India: Measuring Impact Through Unobservable Human Capital Improvements2
Agricultural Mechanization Socialized Services and Gender Disparities in Labor Reallocation: Insights From Rural China2
Cross‐industry interlinkages in employment growth: Evidence from Brazil2
Quid pro quo2
Taxation in the context of high informality: Conceptual challenges and evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa2
Economic Growth Expectations and Corporate Innovation: Evidence From China2
The Role of Energy Poverty on the Gender‐Health Gap in Ghana2
On the determinants and interrelationship of components of government spending1
More transparency, more trust: Evidence from anti‐corruption campaign in China1
Constructing synthetic panels for the purpose of studying poverty dynamics: A primer1
Does Intermediate Input Trade Liberalization Reduce Firm Air Pollution? Evidence From China's Accession to the WTO1
The Effects of FDI on School Enrollment in Developing Countries: New Evidence1
Understanding poverty dynamics in Ethiopia: Implications for the likely impact of COVID‐191
Distance of doing business and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical study of China1
Effects of housing demolition on labor supply: Evidence from China1
Engel’s law in China: Some new evidence1
Trade costs and the composition of developing countries' exports1
Effects of future pension benefits on pre‐retirement labor supply: Evidence from Chile1
Spatial Price Integration and Spillover Linkages Between Regional Grain Markets in Nigeria1
Does the quality of institutions matter for foreign investment concentration in Africa? Understanding the controversial role of international aid1
Crop diversification, impulsivity, and resilience in Ethiopia1
Is specialization a strategy to improve farm efficiency in northwest China?1
Equal Opportunity Sensitive Aggregate Wellbeing Measurement: Food Security and Basic Household Income on Sub‐Sahara African Farms1
Violence in pandemic times: The dynamic relationship between COVID‐19 and intimate partner violence1
An introduction to rural and agricultural development in the digital age1
Does aid for trade promote FDI from enterprises of donors to recipient countries? Based on the spatial spillover effect of China's Aid for Trade1
The determinants of inequality in child nutrition status: Evidence from Jordan1
Adoption of agricultural technologies among rice farmers in Benin1
Does combining traditional and information and communications technology–based extension methods improve agricultural outcomes? Evidence from field experiments in Mali1
Economic openness, financial bias, and the urban–rural income gap1
Mobile phones, income diversification, and poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh1
Corruption and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean1
The economic cost of conflict: Evidence from South Sudan1
Natural resource management, green energy, financial development, and ecological sustainability: Reshaping urban landscape in G7 countries1
Comparative responses of renewable energy stock market to economic policy uncertainty and climate policy uncertainty shocks: Evidence from China1
Pension reform and self‐employment in Latin America1
Are Credit Doors Equally Open? Gender Perspectives on Agricultural Credit Access in Sub‐Saharan Africa1
Minimum wages and household income distribution: Evidence from China1
Women as presidents: The impact on the female labor force1
Exploring the role of pesticide traders in protecting farmers' benefit1
Race‐based affirmative action for higher education in Brazil: Impact assessment on performance, time, and delay in completion*1
Unveiling the synergy: How natural resources, energy prices and financial development drive the energy transition in N‐11 countries1
How does education affect intergenerational income mobility in Chinese society?1
Relative contributions of indirect taxes and inflation on inequality: What does the Turkish data reveal?1
Drought and social conflict in rural Zimbabwe: Does the burden fall on women and girls?1
How is China's trade imbalance overstated? An analysis based on trade in value‐added1
Recreation and social obligations during Covid in India: Does social distancing act as a barrier?1
Transformation of international migrants in head wind: Evidence from Tajikistan in the 2010s1
The long‐term impact of education on dietary diversity among women in Zimbabwe1
Political instability and youths unemployment in sub‐Saharan Africa1
Gender gap and access to finance: A cross‐country analysis1
Does Mobile Money Adoption and Credit Access Improve Enterprise Innovation and Performance in Sierra Leone?1
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Urban poverty, growth, and inequality: A needed paradigm shift?1
Poor economics and its missing mechanisms: The case for causal mediation1
Impact of manufacturing servitization on total factor productivity under global trade openness1
Long‐term regional convergence in Mexico: A new look1
The impact of Nepal's earthquake on the health status of rural children1
Traditional Versus Improved Varieties of Seed: Is There a Trade‐Off Between Productivity and Risk?1
The influence of international trade on labour productivity in services: The case of Brazil in the 1990s1
The impact of low‐skilled migrants on firm productivity: Evidence from hukou reform in China1
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