Asian Economic Journal

2003 - 2025

Current editor(s): Sung Yun-Wing and Shigeyuki Abe

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Volume 39, issue 3, 2025

Robots and gender inequality: Evidence from Chinese firms pp. 279-312

Xiaoxia Wang, Lei Li and Gang Xu

Effects of decentralization on local economic growth in China pp. 313-335

Haizhen Jin

Class size and school gender composition pp. 336-364

Jiyeong Lee

Analyzing household income mobility in South Korea using high‐order Markov chains pp. 365-393

Wonjae Lee and Bongkyoo Yoon

GVC participation and environmental pollution in China's manufacturing industry pp. 394-416

Jingbu Wang, Yun Bai and Keunyeob Oh

Volume 39, issue 2, 2025

How do tax revenues respond to GDP growth? Evidence from developing Asia, 1998–2021 pp. 135-154

Samuel Hill, Yothin Jinjarak, Donghyun Park and Maria Hanna Jaber

Measuring Sovereign Bond Market Integration in Asia: A Wavelet Perspective pp. 155-186

Shivam Sehgal and Jaspal Singh

Children's smartphone ownership, human capital development, and subjective well‐being pp. 187-216

Hyeonbo Sim

The impact of electric vehicle adoption on regional energy market integration in China pp. 217-244

Qian Cheng, Yongqing Xiong and Jinghui Liu

Renewable energy investment, green finance and green economy in Chinese A‐share enterprises pp. 245-273

Haiqing Hu, Qian Zhang, Hua‐Tang Yin and Chun‐Ping Chang

Volume 39, issue 1, 2025

Charitable giving under the behavioral influence of income inequality: Evidence from South Korea pp. 3-22

Youngrok Kim

The differential effects of childbearing on household economic decisions: The contrast between the first and second child pp. 23-48

Nana Chen, Yi Min, Hangtian Xu and Shuhan Chen

“Power or information”: How social networks affect the self‐employment decision of rural migrants in Beijing? pp. 49-74

Jie Zhang, Jingyi Ye and Chenyu Meng

Participation in global value chains and rent sharing at small firms in Vietnam pp. 75-97

Nobuaki Yamashita and Doan Thi Thanh Ha

Exploring the use of satellite imagery and computer vision‐based machine learning method to improve the spatial granularity of poverty statistics pp. 98-129

Martin Hofer, Tomas Sako, Arturo Martinez, Joseph Bulan, Mildred Addawe, Ron Lester Durante and Marymell Martillan

Volume 38, issue 4, 2024

Navigating economic policy uncertainty: The role of digital transformation in export product switching pp. 435-455

Xiaohui Xu and Ruizhen Dong

The effect of experience and environment in private tutoring on human capital investment pp. 456-476

Jaeram Lee, Minsun Kim and Jungjoon Ihm

Economic growth targets and carbon emissions: Evidence from 278 cities in China pp. 477-506

Liang Chang, Yi Shan, Na Tan and Zhenzhen Yang

Political party affiliation and subjective well‐being: Evidence from China pp. 507-532

Xinxin Ma

Professor Shinichi Ichimura: The visionary founder of the East Asian Economic Association pp. 533-540

Akira Kohsaka and Hal Hill

Volume 38, issue 3, 2024

Tech wars: Distributional consequences of global tech rivalry pp. 289-340

Rod Tyers and Yixiao Zhou

The evolution of Japanese real GDP components in the time–frequency domain: The disappearance of the investment accelerator effect? pp. 341-370

Patrick Crowley and David Hudgins

Analysis of the transformation of demand willingness for housing reverse mortgages in China based on a scenario simulation experiment pp. 371-403

Wei Han and Bo Zhang

Energy demand pattern analysis in South Korea using hidden Markov model‐based classification pp. 404-428

Jaeyong Lee and Beom Seuk Hwang

Volume 38, issue 2, 2024

Does the proliferation of smartphones reduce consumer search costs? The case of the Korean gasoline market pp. 153-176

Bongseok Choi and Donghun Kim

Economic impacts of the EU–China comprehensive investment agreement: A dynamic general equilibrium analysis pp. 177-201

Fan Zhai and Juzhong Zhuang

The long‐term impact of household debts on household consumption pp. 202-231

Zhuyun Xie, Yuzhe Xie, Yue Liu, Guoliang Xu and Biao Xu

Examining the drivers of changes in mean earnings and earnings inequality in Indonesia pp. 232-255

Maria Monica Wihardja and Abror Tegar Pradana

The economic aftermath of Thailand's 2014 military coup: Evidence from the synthetic control method pp. 256-283

Wisarut Suwanprasert

Volume 38, issue 1, 2024

The impact of COVID‐19 pandemic on the Thai economy and the effectiveness of monetary policy: A Bayesian DSGE model approach pp. 3-34

Samuel Kwesi Dunyo and Saran Sarntisart

Did economic cooperation encourage trade in essential medical goods? Empirical evidence from the Asia–Pacific during COVID‐19 pp. 35-60

Rahul Sen and Sanchita Basu Das

Does economic self‐interest determine public attitudes toward immigrants? An econometric case study in Japan pp. 61-85

Ana Maria Takahashi and Shingo Takahashi

Family planning and fertility inequality: Evidence from the abolition of China's one‐child policy pp. 86-117

Nana Chen, Hangtian Xu and Yang Xu

The impact of compulsory primary education law on the educational attainment of children: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 118-147

Binh Thi Thanh Dang and Trung Hoang

Volume 37, issue 4, 2023

The synchronization between Korea's and Japan's business cycles pp. 435-465

Keun Yeong Lee

Income volatility in adolescence and university enrollment: The case of South Korea pp. 466-491

Bo‐hui Kwon and Gyeahyung Jeon

Individual tourist expenditures in Japan during the inbound tourism boom period (2015–2017): Empirical evidence from micro survey data pp. 492-518

Yoichi Matsubayashi and Yoshihisa Inada

Does outward foreign direct investment improve the performance of domestic firms? Case of Korea pp. 519-549

Soomin Han and Sunghyun Kim

Volume 37, issue 3, 2023

Effect of sovereign wealth funds in commodity‐exporting economies when commodity prices affect interest spreads pp. 267-292

Shigeto Kitano and Kenya Takaku

Rural digital infrastructure and labor market: Evidence from universal telecommunication service pp. 293-325

Qing Wang, Xingyu Xia, Sai Lan and Miao Li

Does CEO's foreign experience promote export performance? Evidence from China pp. 326-345

Jialong Wang and Ran Cui

The effect of the Bank of Japan's Exchange‐Traded Fund purchases on firm performance pp. 346-370

Hiroshi Gunji, Kazuki Miura and Yuan Yuan

Exchange rate effects on China's exports: Product sophistication and exchange rate elasticity pp. 371-400

Chen Chen, Nimesh Salike and Willem Thorbecke

Social safety nets and productivity outcomes: Evidence and implications for Bangladeshi rice growers pp. 401-428

Md Abdus Salam and Asif Reza Anik

Volume 37, issue 2, 2023

Effect of grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents: Does the grandparent's child's gender matter? pp. 149-163

Eiji Yamamura and Giorgio Brunello

Real exchange rate misalignment and business cycle fluctuations in the Asia‐Pacific pp. 164-189

Dessie Ambaw, Madhavi Pundit, Arief Ramayandi and Nicholas Sim

How do changes in household economic conditions affect cognitive function? pp. 190-209

Yumi Ishikawa

Birth order and intergenerational income mobility in Japan: Is the first‐born child different? pp. 210-231

Zhi‐xiao Jia

Does global value chain participation improve firm productivity? A study of selected ASEAN developing countries pp. 232-260

Youngmin Baek and Shujiro Urata

Volume 37, issue 1, 2023

Effect of Korean trade union on wage discrimination between regular and irregular workers pp. 3-24

Myounghwan Kim and Giseung Kim

Disparity in high school enrollment between native and immigrant children in Japan pp. 25-50

Risa Hagiwara and Yang Liu

Rebuilding or refurbishing: Heterogeneity effects of urban renewal strategy pp. 51-81

Fan Zhang, Xiuyan Liu and Songlin Li

Firm size‐specific trade effects of regional trade agreements: Estimating extensive and intensive margins of trade pp. 82-112

Soonchan Park and Innwon Park

Distributional Effects of Freedom and Income on Life Satisfaction: Evidence from East Asian Chinese Societies pp. 113-143

Hock‐Eam Lim, Daigee Shaw, Le‐Yu Chen and Pei‐Shan Liao