Journal of Development Economics

1974 - 2009

Edited by M. R. Rosenzweig

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Volume 81, issue 2, 2006

Learning the master's trade: Apprenticeship and human capital in Ghana pp. 259-298

Garth Frazer

Profits and politics: Coordinating technology adoption in agriculture pp. 299-315

Rohini Pande

High corruption income in Ming and Qing China pp. 316-336

Shawn Ni and Van Pham

Risk-sharing networks and insurance against illness pp. 337-356

Joachim De Weerdt and Stefan Dercon

Empirics of hills, plateaus, mountains and plains: A Markov-switching approach to growth pp. 357-385

Michal Jerzmanowski

Child labor and schooling responses to anticipated income in South Africa pp. 386-414

Eric Edmonds

Confronting the risk of asset loss: What role do livestock transfers in northern Kenya play? pp. 415-437

John McPeak

Endogenous determination of public budget allocation across education stages pp. 438-456

Xuejuan Su

Activism, separation of powers and development pp. 457-477

Ajit Mishra and T.C.A. Anant

Beneficial collusion in corruption control: The case of nonmonetary penalties pp. 478-499

Mehmet Bac and Parimal Bag

Risk preference, immigration policy and illegal immigration pp. 500-513

Alan Donald Woodland and Chisato Yoshida

Foreign direct investment and technology spillovers: Evidence from panel data analysis of manufacturing firms in Zambia pp. 514-526

Samuel Mulenga Bwalya

Volume 81, issue 1, 2006

Economic reform, growth and the poor: Evidence from rural Ethiopia pp. 1-24

Stefan Dercon

Is life more risky in the open? Household risk-coping and the opening of China's labor markets pp. 25-60

John Giles

Policy reform and productivity change in Chinese agriculture: A distance function approach pp. 61-79

B. Brummer, T. Glauben and Wencong Lu

Child labor and agricultural shocks pp. 80-96

Kathleen Beegle, Rajeev Dehejia and Roberta Gatti

Why did wage inequality increase? Evidence from urban India 1983-99 pp. 97-117

Yoko Kijima

Trade, skill acquisition and distribution pp. 118-141

Satya P. Das

Quantifying the impact of services liberalization in a developing country pp. 142-162

Denise Eby Konan and Keith E. Maskus

What matters for financial development? Capital controls, institutions, and interactions pp. 163-192

Menzie Chinn and Hiro Ito

Corruption, competition and democracy pp. 193-212

Patrick M. Emerson

Democracy and environmental quality pp. 213-235

Y. Hossein Farzin and Craig A. Bond

"A note on soil depth, failing markets and agricultural pricing": Comment pp. 236-243

Erik Lichtenberg

Employment with connections: Negative network effects pp. 244-258

Hisaki Kono

Volume 80, issue 2, 2006

Strategic interaction in undeveloped credit markets pp. 275-298

Thomas Barnebeck Andersen and Malchow-Moller, Nikolaj

Institutions, education, and development: The role of entrepreneurs pp. 299-328

Joilson Dias and John Harvey McDermott

Families and firms: Agency costs and labor market imperfections in Sialkot's surgical industry pp. 329-349

Nauman Ilias

How migration restrictions limit agglomeration and productivity in China pp. 350-388

Au, Chun-Chung and J. Vernon Henderson

Changes in the structure of earnings during the Polish transition pp. 389-427

Michael P Keane and Eswar Prasad

The size and development of the shadow economy: An empirical investigation from states of India pp. 428-443

Kausik Chaudhuri, Friedrich Georg Schneider and Sumana Chattopadhyay

Spillovers from foreign direct investment: Within or between industries? pp. 444-477

Maurice Kugler

On the real effects of inflation and inflation uncertainty in Mexico pp. 478-500

Robin Marie Grier and Kevin Grier

Expansions and contractions in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico: A view through nonlinear models pp. 501-517

Luis E. Arango and Luis Melo

State of the "life span revolution" between 1980 and 2000 pp. 518-526

Rati Ram

Volume 80, issue 1, 2006

Social norms and the fertility transition pp. 1-38

Kaivan Munshi and Jacques Myaux

Real options and demographic decisions pp. 39-58

Sriya Iyer and Chander Velu

Estimating spatial differences in the Brazilian cost of living with household location choices pp. 59-83

Christopher Timmins

Here today, gone tomorrow: Can dynamic incentives make microfinance more flexible? pp. 84-105

Gwendolyn Alexander Tedeschi

Effects of rotation scheme on fishing behaviour with price discrimination and limited durability: Theory and evidence pp. 106-135

Erika Seki

The effects of the minimum wage in Brazil on the distribution of family incomes: 1996-2001 pp. 136-159

David Neumark, Wendy Cunningham and Lucas Siga

Why don't firms export more? Product quality and Colombian plants pp. 160-178

Eileen L. Brooks

On the provision of official and private foreign aid pp. 179-197

Albert George Schweinberger and Sajal Lahiri

When is growth pro-poor? Evidence from a panel of countries pp. 198-227

Aart Kraay

AIDS and economic growth: A human capital approach pp. 228-250

Scott McDonald and Jennifer Roberts

A natural experiment for identifying the impact of 'natural' trade barriers on exports pp. 251-268

Chris Milner and Evious Zgovu

Interest on reserves and inflation pp. 269-274

Nissan Liviatan and Roni Frish

Volume 79, issue 2, 2006

Editorial pp. v-v

Timothy Besley and Mark Rosenzweig

Subcontractors for tractors: Theory and evidence on flexible specialization, supplier selection, and contracting pp. 273-302

Tahir Andrabi, Maitreesh Ghatak and Asim Ijaz Khwaja

Pro-poor targeting and accountability of local governments in West Bengal pp. 303-327

Pranab K. Bardhan and Dilip Mookherjee

Guard labor pp. 328-348

Arjun Jayadev and Samuel Bowles

Can conditional cash transfer programs serve as safety nets in keeping children at school and from working when exposed to shocks? pp. 349-373

Alain de Janvry, Frederico Finan, Elisabeth Sadoulet and Renos Vakis

Child labor, urban proximity, and household composition pp. 374-397

Marcel Fafchamps and Jackline Wahba

Bargaining power and enforcement in credit markets pp. 398-412

Garance Genicot and Debraj Ray

Consumption smoothing? Livestock, insurance and drought in rural Burkina Faso pp. 413-446

Harounan Kazianga and Christopher Udry

Political foundations of the resource curse pp. 447-468

James A. Robinson, Ragnar Torvik and Thierry A. Verdier

Intermediation by aid agencies pp. 469-491

Colin Rowat and Paul Seabright

Volume 79, issue 1, 2006

The desire for land: Strategic lending with adverse selection pp. 1-25

Clive Bell and Gerhard Clemenz

Human capital and economic development pp. 26-72

Robert F Tamura

Motives for household private transfers in Burkina Faso pp. 73-117

Harounan Kazianga

The demand for primary schooling in Madagascar: Price, quality, and the choice between public and private providers pp. 118-145

Peter Glick and David E. Sahn

On the prevalence of trends in primary commodity prices pp. 146-167

Neil Kellard and Mark Wohar

Inflation before and after central bank independence: The case of Colombia pp. 168-182

Jesus Otero and Manuel Ramirez

Financial globalization and debt maturity in emerging economies pp. 183-207

Sergio Schmukler and Esteban Vesperoni

Revisiting the interest rate-exchange rate nexus: a Markov-switching approach pp. 208-224

Shiu-Sheng Chen

Sudden stops and the Mexican wave: Currency crises, capital flow reversals and output loss in emerging markets pp. 225-248

Michael Mercier Hutchison and Ilan Noy

Samaritan agents? On the strategic delegation of aid policy pp. 249-263

Rune Jansen Hagen

Introducing uncertainty into Baland and Robinson's model of child labour pp. 264-272

William Pouliot