Review of Development Economics

1997 - 2025

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Volume 29, issue 2, 2025

Trade credit, labor employment, and demand for skills: An empirical investigation of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises pp. 721-746

Thang Ngoc Bach and Thanh Le

Patriarchal norms and women's labor market outcomes pp. 747-774

Anirban Mukherjee and Sukanya Sarkhel

Natural resource management, green energy, financial development, and ecological sustainability: Reshaping urban landscape in G7 countries pp. 775-794

Shanming Xu and Li Xu

Gender and corruption in firms: The importance of regional context pp. 795-830

João Pedro Bastos and Jamie Bologna Pavlik

Exports, skills, and wage inequality in Kenya's manufacturing firms pp. 831-854

Bethuel Kinyanjui Kinuthia and Damiano Kulundu Manda

Does it matter how we measure poverty? Correlates of income and multidimensional poverty in Sri Lanka pp. 855-886

N. P. Ravindra Deyshappriya and Simon Feeny

Oil rents shocks and corruption in Iran pp. 887-916

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Reza Zamani

Religion and female labor force participation in India pp. 917-948

Sujata Kar

The impact of trade barriers on outward foreign direct investment: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms pp. 949-973

Chunlai Yuan, Zhaojie Han and Haitao Wu

Dynamic influence of remittances on energy poverty eradication in Pakistan: A moderation analysis through consumption and investment pp. 974-1003

Sadia Bano, Anwar Khan and Gulnora Murodova

Does aid for trade promote FDI from enterprises of donors to recipient countries? Based on the spatial spillover effect of China's Aid for Trade pp. 1004-1023

Churen Sun, Jiamin Zhao, Jinqiang Xu and Jingjing Liang

Nutrition for all? Input subsidies and equitable diets pp. 1024-1057

John N. Ng'ombe, Stephen Prah, Rebecca N. Kiwanuka‐Lubinda and Chewe Nkonde

The impact of financial inclusion on rural–urban households welfare inequality in Ghana: A decomposition analysis pp. 1058-1079

Thompson Ogajah Tawiah, Daniel Sakyi, Raphael Edem Ayibor and Kofi Amanor

Gendered distributional impacts of ownership of mobile money account on farm input expenditures: A micro perspective from rural maize farmers in Ghana pp. 1080-1110

Bright Owusu Asante, Daniel Adu Ankrah, Andrew Agyei‐Holmes and Stephen Prah

More transparency, more trust: Evidence from anti‐corruption campaign in China pp. 1111-1143

Yaxin Zhang and Daxin Sun

Health expenditure, and economic growth in Sub‐Saharan African countries: The role of governance quality pp. 1144-1169

Marius Ikpe, Stella I. Madueme, Richard Okey Ojike, Tobechi F. Agbanike, Lasbrey I. Anochiwa and Joseph Chukwudi Odionye

From non‐renewables to renewables and high‐tech production: The impact of natural wealth and technology on ecological load capacity in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 1170-1194

Chinazaekpere Nwani, Kingsley Ikechukwu Okere, Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi, Emmanuel Uche and Paul Terhemba Iorember

Why do some African firms export? The role of regional economic communities? pp. 1195-1227

Ibrahim Mike Okumu, Joseph Mawejje, Nicholas Kilimani and Edward Bbaale

Taxation in the context of high informality: Conceptual challenges and evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 1228-1249

Abel Gwaindepi

Assessing the impacts of Brazil's expenditure ceiling with a multiple‐household CGE model pp. 1250-1272

Guilherme Silva Cardoso, Débora Freire Cardoso and Edson Paulo Domingues

Pandemic‐induced job loss and mental health: Evidence from a moderated mediation model pp. 1273-1293

Rui Yao and Jie Zhang

Volume 29, issue 1, 2025

Financial inclusion, gender gaps and agricultural productivity in Mali pp. 3-42

Babajide Fowowe

A gendered analysis of the effect of financial inclusion on household welfare in Burundi pp. 43-63

Jonathan Atta‐Aidoo, Ester Cosmas Matthew, Abdulkarim Onah Saleh and Saidi Bizoza

Does household welfare change with finance access? The case of women and the youth in The Gambia pp. 64-104

Laston Manja and Isatou A. Badjie

The classical and neoclassical perspectives: A theoretical framework for studying the advent and growth of mobile money—The Tanzanian experience pp. 105-144

Deogratius Joseph Mhella

Impact of financial inclusion on household welfare in Liberia: A gendered perspective pp. 145-165

Francis F. B. Mulbah, Dennis Etemesi Olumeh, Vida Mantey and Billy Okemer Ipara

Employment transitions and COVID‐19 containment measures: Evidence from a developing country pp. 166-202

Adeola Oyenubi

Decomposition of the impact of government and private transfers on income inequality in China pp. 203-225

Jingqi Liu, Chen Wang, Jinxian Wang and Chen Yang

Assessing the role of tax‐benefit policies during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from the Andean region pp. 226-246

H. Xavier Jara, David Rodríguez, Diego Collado, Javier Torres, Andrés Mideros, Lourdes Montesdeoca, Andrés Avellaneda, Rodrigo Chang and Omar Vanegas

The informal economy and the reach of policy interventions: Evidence from the COVID‐19 lockdown in India pp. 247-268

Andrei Zhirnov and Abdul Basit Adeel

Inequality in Africa: Does injustice matter? pp. 269-290

Jean‐Claude Kouladoum, Serge Monglengar Nadingar, Joseph Pasky Ngameni and Mathias Marie Adrien Ndinga

An empirical comparison of stabilization funds and futures hedging for oil exporting developing countries pp. 291-323

Ricardo Lalloo

Power to the researchers: Calculating power after estimation pp. 324-358

Jiarui Tian, Tom Coupé, Sayak Khatua, W. Reed and Benjamin D. K. Wood

The shadow wage of child labor: An application to Nepal pp. 359-383

Elisa Meneghello, Martina Menon, Federico Perali and Furio Rosati

Climate threat and price stability: A case study of Belize pp. 384-434

Bazoumana Ouattara, C. Soutar and G. Waight

The impact of a disaster recovery policy on health status of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake victims: Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 435-449

Qiong Huang, Gautam Bhandari, Ghulam Dastgir Khan and Yuichiro Yoshida

Comparative responses of renewable energy stock market to economic policy uncertainty and climate policy uncertainty shocks: Evidence from China pp. 450-475

Xiuqi Yang and Jing Nie

Does democracy stimulate remittances? pp. 476-498

Farid Makhlouf

Is rapid urbanisation in Africa jeopardising the health and education of the population? pp. 499-547

Borice Augustin Ngounou, Honoré Tekam Oumbe, Jean‐Marie Gankou Fowagap and Edmond Noubissi Domguia

Immigration and the economic performance of countries pp. 548-575

Stelios Roupakias and Michael Chletsos

Can world heritage sites boost sales in non‐tourism firms? The role of visibility pp. 576-591

Yiming Liu and Hua Cheng

Women as presidents: The impact on the female labor force pp. 592-621

Daniela Carla Decaro Schettini and Ana Helena Baptista Rodrigues

Informality, foreign ownership and bribery in developing countries pp. 622-648

Erica Aparecida Ribeiro and Gilberto Fraga

Unveiling the synergy: How natural resources, energy prices and financial development drive the energy transition in N‐11 countries pp. 649-669

Aiping Zhou, Xiao Zhang, Weichen Li and Muhammad Wasif Zafar

Unveiling complexities: Income inequality and inequality of opportunity in China pp. 670-717

Mingying Zhu

Volume 28, issue 4, 2024

Dynamics of energy transition and climate actions on sustainable cities: A cross country comparison of East Asia and Pacific pp. 1319-1344

Humaira Yasmeen and Hashim Zameer

Free zones and manufactured export competitiveness from Africa pp. 1345-1373

Dieu Ne Dort Talla Fokam, Rodrigue Nda'chi Deffo, Ernest Youmto and Benjamin Fomba Kamga

The role of formal, informal, and family credit in the business performance of young entrepreneurs in Benin pp. 1374-1391

Djossou Gbetoton Nadege, Novignon Jacob and Abdelkrim Araar

From climatic to international shocks: Where does the evidence stand on income changes and child labor pp. 1392-1445

Chiara Ravetti, Martina Bozzola and Anna Bruederle

Re‐evaluating Africa's growth, poverty and inequality nexus pp. 1446-1474

Babatunde Aiyemo

Mobile phones, income diversification, and poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh pp. 1475-1493

Masanori Matsuura‐Kannari, Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam and Salauddin Tauseef

Population aging and saving: Evidence from China pp. 1494-1521

Dong‐Hyeon Kim, Peiyao Liu and Shu‐Chin Lin

The tax revenue implication of trade liberalisation in sub‐Saharan Africa: Some new evidence pp. 1522-1550

Olanrewaju Kassim

The effects of local economic development on female obesity (overweight) in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 1551-1571

Sylvanus Afesorgbor, Edward Martey and Justice Moses Aheto

Minimum wages and household income distribution: Evidence from China pp. 1572-1601

Jiwei Chen and Zhigang Xu

Does reversal of the educational gender gap affect Men's happiness: Evidence from China pp. 1602-1631

Steven Zhongwu Li and Fengzhi Lu

Does opening up change customs? Evidence from trade liberalization and marriage payments in China pp. 1632-1675

Qiyangfan Feng, Yiwen Shangguan and Hao Wei

The remittance‐growth nexus in leading remittance‐earning nations, controlling regulatory quality, trade openness, energy use, and financial expansion pp. 1676-1694

Md. Saiful Islam

The impact of international sanctions on income mobility: Evidence from Iran pp. 1695-1717

Ali Reza Oryoie

Application of the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in the Indian core industries: Towards a greener economy pp. 1718-1740

Nivaj Gogoi and Farah Hussain

Income‐linked pathways towards sustainable development goals: Analyzing the interplay of green energy, financial inclusion, and militarization in shaping aggregated economic sustainability pp. 1741-1773

Muhammad Ramiz Murtaza, Fan Hongzhong, Atta Ullah and Muhammad Kashif

Does fiscal expenditure matter for agricultural development? Examining the impact of technological progress on food production pp. 1774-1802

Abbas Ali Chandio, Waqar Akram, Muhammad Usman, Yasir A. Nasereldin and Ilhan Ozturk

Foreign direct investment spillovers and regional innovation in China: The spatial moderating role of absorptive capacity pp. 1803-1837

Yuxue Sheng, Xin Yang, Yao‐Yu Chih and Jun Zhang

Land ownership and nutrition in Nepal pp. 1838-1870

Manda Tiwari

Improved livestock production system and welfare in rural Ethiopia pp. 1871-1890

Musa Ahmed and Wondimagegn Mesfin Tesfaye

Money, methods, and morals: What are development economists up to? pp. 1891-1899

Anke Hoeffler and Reetika Khera

Research collaboration in development economics pp. 1900-1926

Verónica Amarante and Julieta Zurbrigg

Publishing experiences of researchers in the developing world: An analysis of submissions to the Review of Development Economics, January 2015 to April 2022 pp. 1927-1946

Andy McKay

The case for mixed methods research: Embracing qualitative research to understand the (informal) economy pp. 1947-1970

Edward Cartwright and Eghosa Igudia

Analysing the informal economy: Data challenges, research design, and research transparency pp. 1971-1993

Rob Ackrill and Eghosa Igudia

Did the nationwide implementation of electronic fund management in the Indian employment guarantee scheme result in reduced expenditures? A re‐examination of the evidence pp. 1994-2013

Deepti Goel, J. V. Meenakshi and Zaeen de Souza

Poor economics and its missing mechanisms: The case for causal mediation pp. 2014-2033

Sunil Mitra Kumar and Ragupathy Venkatachalam

“Rely (only) on the rigorous evidence” is bad advice pp. 2034-2058

Lant Pritchett

The perils of embedded experiments pp. 2059-2071

Jean Drèze

Some questions of ethics in randomized controlled trials pp. 2072-2087

Reetika Khera

Whither ethics in research? Randomized controlled trials at the nexus of technocratization and Eurocentrism pp. 2088-2104

Bikalp Chamola

Urban strategy in an era of public policy assessment: Beyond the methodological divide pp. 2105-2120

Nestor Garza and Jennifer Garza

Volume 28, issue 3, 2024

Spatial tax regimes and location choices of manufacturing firms: Survey evidence in southern Tunisia pp. 803-826

Rawaa Laajimi

New insight into decoupling carbon emissions from economic growth: Do financialization, human capital, and energy security risk matter? pp. 827-850

Paul Terhemba Iorember, Solomon Gbaka, Abdurrahman Işık, Chinazaekpere Nwani and Jaffar Abbas

Labor supply responses to rainfall shocks pp. 851-887

Pushkar Maitra and Anirudh Tagat

Connecting the fields: How ICT improve agricultural productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 888-903

Louis de Berquin Eyike Mbongo and Yannick Fosso Djoumessi

Impact of manufacturing servitization on total factor productivity under global trade openness pp. 904-928

Hongsen Wang, Shuanxi Fang, Qing Guo and Bo Meng

Digital financial inclusion and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in China pp. 929-957

Yong Ma and Yiqing Jiang

The effect of capital structure on the financial sustainability of microfinance institutions: A meta‐analysis pp. 958-983

Muleye Tarekegn Dirse and Gurudutta P. Japee

Income inequality among peers in China: Does internet penetration have a role? pp. 984-1004

Yulin Liu, Xiaomei Li and Xin Fang

Active conflict and access to education: Evidence from a series of conflict‐related shocks in Yemen pp. 1005-1030

Safa Almoayad, Eliana Favari, Saamira Halabi, Siddharth Krishnaswamy, Almedina Music and Sharad Tandon

Empowering women through microcredit in Djibouti pp. 1031-1062

Mohamed Abdallah Ali, Mazhar Mughal and Dina Chhorn

Why cash grants fail to raise household investment in child education in developing countries pp. 1063-1076

Jemal Mohammed Adem

Electoral cycles and public spending during the pandemic pp. 1077-1107

Michael Lokshin, Aylén Rodriguez‐Ferrari and Iván Torre

The effect of mini‐grid rural electrification on urbanization: Evidence from the pilot mini‐grid systems in Ghana pp. 1108-1130

Justice Gyimah, Yang Liu, George Nyantakyi and Xilong Yao

Does access to financial services improve nutritional intake among rural residents? Assessing potential action mechanism pathways pp. 1131-1151

Martinson Ankrah Twumasi, Gloria Essilfie, Bright Senyo Dogbe, Ernest Kwarko Ankrah and Charles Hackman Kwamena Essel

Beyond the scenery: Understanding the impact of rural tourism development on household consumption in China pp. 1152-1191

Binhui Wei, Chunkai Zhao, Mingzhong Luo, Zhimin Jia and Hailong Xia

The impact of low‐skilled migrants on firm productivity: Evidence from hukou reform in China pp. 1192-1230

Dongmin Kong, Jiuyi Zhang and Mengxu Xiong

Poverty reduction and migration in rural Vietnam: Role of local firm clusters pp. 1231-1266

Pham Tien Thanh and Katsuhiro Saito

The impact of rural e‐commerce platforms on the transformation of industrial structure: Evidence from China pp. 1267-1291

Qianqian Hong and Jie Su

How do small formal and informal firms in Egypt compare? An analysis of firm characteristics and implications for formalization efforts pp. 1292-1315

Caroline Krafft, Ragui Assaad, Khandker Wahedur Rahman and Maakwe Cumanzala

Volume 28, issue 2, 2024

Does money bring aspirations? Evidence from China pp. 391-405

Yue Yu, Chengkui Liu, Hao Wang and Xiaodan Lin

Oil discovery, boom‐bust cycle and manufacturing slowdown: Evidence from a large industry level dataset pp. 406-431

Nouf Alsharif and Sambit Bhattacharyya

Violence in pandemic times: The dynamic relationship between COVID‐19 and intimate partner violence pp. 432-461

Wilson Hernández, Angelo Cozzubo, José Carlos Aguilar, Jorge Agüero and José Mendoza

Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter? pp. 462-498

Chei Bukari, Isaac Koomson and Samuel Kobina Annim

Value‐added export tax policy, credit constraints, and quality: Evidence from China pp. 499-526

Thomas Pernet

Recreation and social obligations during Covid in India: Does social distancing act as a barrier? pp. 527-543

Nidhi Kaicker, Aashi Gupta and Raghav Gaiha

Reassessing the relationship between women's empowerment and fertility: Evidence from India pp. 544-573

Nayana Bose and Shreyasee Das

Household grain storage decision in a transitory economy: Market liberalization and off‐farm employment pp. 574-599

Xiaoyun Wei, Qingen Gai and Qinghua Shi

Revenue losses from corporate tax avoidance: Estimations from the UNUWIDER Government Revenue Dataset pp. 600-629

Alessandro Chiari

Transferring remittances through central banks: A tool applied to the Guatemalan exchange rate pp. 630-648

Arnoldo López‐Marmolejo and Daniel Ventosa‐Santaulària

Migration, income pooling and food deprivation pp. 649-673

Gift Dafuleya

The effect of crime on mental health in South Africa pp. 674-696

Magda Tsaneva and Lauren‐Kate LaPlante

Average and heterogeneous effects of smallholder farm sizes on dietary diversity in northern Ghana pp. 697-718

Kwabena Nyarko Addai, John N. Ng'ombe and Omphile Temoso

The impact of CO2 emissions and climate on economic growth and productivity: International evidence pp. 719-740

Nikos Rigas and Kostantinos Kounetas

Drivers of changes in child nutritional conditions: A panel data‐based study on Indonesian households, 1997–2014 pp. 741-776

Maria Lo Bue

Duration of exposure to inheritance law in India: Examining the heterogeneous effects on empowerment pp. 777-799

Shreya Biswas, Upasak Das and Prasenjit Sarkhel

Volume 28, issue 1, 2024

Do public pension programmes reduce elderly poverty in China? pp. 3-33

Anqi Zhang and Katsushi Imai

Inclusive growth in the face of increasing urbanization: What experience for African countries? pp. 34-70

Borice Augustin Ngounou, Honoré Tekam Oumbe, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa and Edmond Noubissi Domguia

A possible mechanism for partial crowding‐out of R&D subsidies in developing countries pp. 71-96

Maria Engracia Rochina Barrachina and Jorge Antonio Rodríguez Moreno

Financial inclusion and healthcare in Africa: Examining the moderating role of education pp. 97-127

Wirajing Kindzeka, Ali Haruna and Tii Nchofoung

Asset accumulation, financial inclusion and subjective well‐being: The role of financial formality in South Africa's households pp. 128-150

Kudakwashe Joshua Chipunza and Ashenafi Beyene Fanta

Finding the right products for export diversification pp. 151-167

Taylan Yenilmez

Pollution haven or pollution halo? The role of global value chains in Belt and Road economies pp. 168-189

Muhammad Uzair Ali and Ying Wang

Mineral extraction and long‐term human capital accumulation pp. 190-215

Chen Feng, Yao Zhang, Renjie Zhao and Xiaolu Zhao

Estimating the health production function for Pakistan: Do environmental factors matter? pp. 216-241

Abdul Majid Awan, Muhammad Azam Khan and Saleem Khan

Economic openness, financial bias, and the urban–rural income gap pp. 242-263

Zuocheng Chen, Krishna P. Paudel and Stephen Devadoss

Impact of mobile payment adoption on household expenditures and subjective well‐being pp. 264-285

Quan He, Wanglin Ma, Puneet Vatsa and Hongyun Zheng

Relative contributions of indirect taxes and inflation on inequality: What does the Turkish data reveal? pp. 286-309

Selçuk Gemicioğlu, Burça Kızılırmak and Uğur Akkoç

The unintended energy efficiency gain from tax incentives for investment: Micro‐evidence from quasi‐natural experiments in China pp. 310-338

Yijia Song, Xitao Li, Ruoxi Liu and Xin Peng

Do fertilizer and seed subsidies strengthen farmers' market participation? Evidence from Tanzania's subsidy program pp. 339-359

Takefumi Fujimoto and Aya Suzuki

Resource rents and environmental pollution in developing countries: Does the quality of institutions matter? pp. 360-387

Elvis Achuo, Miamo Clovis and Clémence Zite Kouhomou