Review of Development Economics

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Volume 23, issue 1, 2019

Structural change: Pace, patterns and determinants pp. 1-32

Pedro M. G. Martins

Structural transformation and its relevance for economic growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 33-53

Matthias Busse, Ceren Erdogan and Henning Mühlen

Is it better to be mixed in group lending? pp. 54-71

Francesco Reito

The determinants of entrepreneurship gender gaps: A cross‐country analysis pp. 72-101

David Cuberes, Sadia Priyanka and Marc Teignier

Poverty changes in Manaus: Legacy of a Brazilian free trade zone? pp. 102-130

Marta Castilho, Marta Menéndez and Aude Sztulman

Land rental markets and rural poverty dynamics in Northern Ethiopia: Panel data evidence using survival models pp. 131-154

Hosaena Ghebru and Stein Holden

The impact of sustained attention on labor market outcomes: The case of Ghana pp. 155-171

Chih Ming Tan and Dhanushka Thamarapani

Adoption and impact of improved maize varieties on maize yields: Evidence from central Cameroon pp. 172-188

Guy Martial Takam‐Fongang, Cyrille Bergaly Kamdem and Gilles Quentin Kane

Social networks near and far: The role of bonding and bridging social capital for assets of the rural poor pp. 189-210

Tewodaj Mogues

Afro‐descendants in Peru: Do beauty and race matter in the labor market? pp. 211-230

Francisco Galarza and Gustavo Yamada

General budget support as an aid instrument—impact on economic growth pp. 231-255

Kaisa Alavuotunki and Susanna Sandström

Consumption, habit formation, and savings: Evidence from a rural household panel survey pp. 256-274

Aditya R. Khanal, Ashok Mishra and S Nedumaran

Like father like son? Revisiting the role of parental education in estimating returns to education in China pp. 275-292

Binlei Gong

Micro‐impacts of the Brazilian Regional Development Funds: Does lending size matter? pp. 293-313

Guilherme Resende Oliveira, Guilherme Mendes Resende, Diego Firmino Costa da Silva and Caio Nogueira Gonçalves

Distress financing of out‐of‐pocket health expenditure in India pp. 314-330

Shivendra Sangar, Varun Dutt and Ramna Thakur

Population growth and the transfer paradox in an overlapping generations model pp. 331-347

Kojun Hamada, Tsuyoshi Shinozaki and Mitsuyoshi Yanagihara

Residential segregation and educational attainment of children from regional migrant families in China pp. 348-375

Xiangjun Ma and Yean Zhou

China's export tax rebate and the duration of firm export spells pp. 376-394

Sajid Anwar, Beibei Hu, Yuying Jin and Kai Wang

Productivity, capital intensity, and ISO 14001 adoption: Theory and evidence pp. 395-414

Bin Ni

Does a foreign degree pay? The return to foreign education in China pp. 415-434

Mengmeng Guo, Yaxin Zhang and Jingjing Ye

Are free trade agreements good for the environment? A panel data analysis pp. 435-453

Mehdi Nemati, Wuyang Hu and Michael Reed

The apparel industry in the post‐Multifiber Arrangement environment: A review pp. 454-474

M. S. Alam, E. A. Selvanathan, S. Selvanathan and Md Saddam Hossain

Domestic agricultural value chain development and pro‐poor growth: A computable general equilibrium microsimulation application for the Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 475-500

Christian Samen Otchia

Intergenerational transmission of education in China: New evidence from the Chinese Cultural Revolution pp. 501-527

Yanbin Chen, Yumei Guo, Jingyi Huang and Yang Song

Income inequality among minority farmers in China: Does social capital have a role? pp. 528-551

Lin Liu, Krishna Paudel, Guanghao Li and Ming Lei

Volume 22, issue 4, 2018

Market effects of farmer field schools in Sub‐Saharan Africa: The case for cocoa pp. e160-e184

Francis Tsiboe, Jeff Luckstead, Lawton L. Nalley, Jennie S. Popp and Bruce L. Dixon

Household coping behavior and its contribution to resilience to global macroeconomic shocks in Vanuatu and Solomon Islands pp. e185-e201

Lachlan McDonald

Monetary authority's transparency and income inequality pp. e202-e227

Helder de Mendonça and Diogo Martins Esteves

The detrimental effects of luxury goods consumption on socially excluded groups pp. e228-e238

Kenneth Chan, Bharat Hazari and Vijay Mohan

Do big countries always win a tariff war? A reappraisal pp. e239-e249

Jean‐Marc Malambwe Kilolo

Microloans, education and growth pp. e250-e265

Patrick M. Emerson and Bruce McGough

Impact of trade imbalances on domestic trade policy: Does multilateral trade policy matter? pp. e266-e289

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon

Female autonomy and women's welfare: An introduction pp. 1385-1389

Smriti Sharma and Finn Tarp

Impact of soil conservation adoption on intra‐household allocations in Zambia pp. 1390-1408

Conor Carney and Monica Carney

Political role models and child marriage in India pp. 1409-1431

Carolina Castilla

Female leaders and gender gaps within the firm: Evidence from three Sub‐Saharan African countries pp. 1432-1460

Giulia La Mattina, Gabriel Picone, Alban Ahoure and Jose Carlos Kimou

The impact of hosting refugees on the intra‐household allocation of tasks: A gender perspective pp. 1461-1488

Isabel Ruiz and Carlos Vargas‐Silva

Does economic crisis have different impact on husbands and wives? Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis in Indonesia pp. 1489-1512

Sarah Xue Dong

Social norms and female labor participation in Brazil pp. 1513-1535

Karen Codazzi, Valéria Pero and André Albuquerque Sant'Anna

Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru pp. 1536-1560

Ingo Outes, Alan Sanchez and Oswaldo Molina

The impact of natural disasters on children's education: Comparative evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam pp. 1561-1589

Cuong Nguyen and Nguyet Minh Pham

The microeconomic impact of political instability: Firm‐level evidence from Tunisia pp. 1590-1619

Samer Matta, Simon Appleton and Michael Bleaney

Mechanize or exit farming? Multiple‐treatment‐effects model and external validity of adoption impacts of mechanization among Nepalese smallholders pp. 1620-1641

Hiroyuki Takeshima

Parental absence, remittances and educational investment in children left behind: Evidence from Nepal pp. 1642-1666

Nirmal Raut and Ryuichi Tanaka

Female labor supply, fertility rebounds, and economic development pp. 1667-1681

Akira Yakita

Job quality and poverty in Latin America pp. 1682-1708

Peter Brummund, Christopher Mann and Carlos Rodriguez‐Castelan

Impact of improved maize varieties on food security in Eastern Zambia: A doubly robust analysis pp. 1709-1728

Julius Manda, Cornelis Gardebroek, Elias Kuntashula and Arega D. Alene

Corruption and the shadow economy at the regional level pp. 1729-1743

Robert Gillanders and Sinikka Parviainen

Gone with the wind: Demographic transitions and domestic saving pp. 1744-1764

Eduardo Cavallo, Gabriel Sánchez and Patricio Valenzuela

Labor market segmentation and occupational mobility in Algeria: Repeated cross‐sectional and longitudinal analyses (2007 to 2012) pp. 1765-1783

Philippe Adair and Youghourta Bellache

Volume 22, issue 3, 2018

Smoke screen: Estimating the tax pass‐through to cigarette prices in Pakistan pp. e1-e15

Serhan Cevik

A North–South model of outsourcing and growth pp. e16-e35

Yuki Saito

Export performance of developing countries: Does landlockedness matter? pp. e36-e62

Ramesh C. Paudel and Arusha Cooray

Forecast accuracy of small and large scale dynamic factor models in developing economies pp. e63-e78

German Lopez‐Buenache

Factor‐biased public infrastructure and wage inequality pp. e79-e94

Jiancai Pi and Pengqing Zhang

How do mutual recognition agreements influence trade? pp. e95-e114

Yong Joon Jang

Workers’ remittances and government size pp. e115-e134

Kevin Williams

The determinants of interest rates in microfinance: Age, scale and organizational charter pp. e135-e159

Jacinta Nwachukwu, Aqsa Aziz, Uchenna Tony‐Okeke and Simplice Asongu

Aging in Asia: Introduction to Symposium pp. 879-884

Charles Horioka, Peter Morgan, Yoko Niimi and Guanghua Wan

Aging and inequality: The link and transmission mechanisms pp. 885-903

Zhi Luo, Guanghua Wan, Chen Wang and Xun Zhang

Intergenerational transfers, demographic transition, and altruism: Problems in developing Asia pp. 904-927

Yoshitaka Koda and Manachaya Uruyos

Demographic change and long‐term growth in China: Past developments and the future challenge of aging pp. 928-952

Minchung Hsu, Pei-Ju Liao and Min Zhao

Who cares about the day after tomorrow? Pension issues when households are myopic or time inconsistent pp. 953-989

Axel Börsch‐Supan, Klaus Härtl and Duarte Semedo Leite

Occupation pension for public employees in the People's Republic of China: A new approach with defined benefit underpin pension plan pp. 990-1004

Kai Chen

Long‐term care and pay‐for‐performance programs pp. 1005-1021

Edward Norton

An extended household model of eldercare by children and children‐in‐law based on Far‐Eastern traditions pp. 1022-1038

Shoshana Grossbard

Does providing informal elderly care hasten retirement? Evidence from Japan pp. 1039-1062

Yoko Niimi

Differences in the effects of informal family caregiving on health and life satisfaction between wives and husbands as caregivers pp. 1063-1080

Midori Wakabayashi and Wataru Kureishi

Using the stochastic health state function to forecast healthcare demand and healthcare financing: Evidence from Singapore pp. 1081-1104

Ngee Choon Chia and Shu Peng Loh

Sources of efficiency, productivity and output growth in Botswana agriculture pp. 1105-1124

Omphile Temoso, David Hadley and Renato Villano

Children's schooling in Nicaragua: What is the link between educational achievement, borrowing, and gender? pp. 1125-1145

Olga Kondratjeva and Joyce Chen

The impact of rural electrification on income and education: Evidence from Bhutan pp. 1146-1165

Santosh Kumar and Ganesh Rauniyar

Does energy‐related aid affect emissions? Evidence from a global dataset pp. 1166-1194

Sambit Bhattacharyya, Maurizio Intartaglia and Andy McKay

A generalized Okun's Law: Uncovering the myth of China's labor market resilience pp. 1195-1216

Xiaoguang Liu, Raphael Lam, Alfred Schipke and Guangjun Shen

Recent developments in China's labor market: Labor shortage, rising wages and their implications pp. 1217-1238

Yuming Cui, Jingjing Meng and Changrong Lu

The continuous treatment effect of an antipoverty program on children's educational attainment: Colombia's Familias en Accion pp. 1239-1262

Juan M. Villa

Do regional trade agreements stimulate FDI? Evidence for the Agadir, MERCOSUR and AFTA regions pp. 1263-1277

Mondher Cherif and Christian Dreger

Private tutoring expenditure: An empirical analysis based on Sri Lankan households pp. 1278-1295

Asankha Pallegedara

Boosting tourism's contribution to growth and development: Analysis of the evidence pp. 1296-1320

Onil Banerjee, Martín Cicowiez, Emily J. Morris and Adela Moreda

The peculiar insertion of Brazil into global value chains pp. 1321-1342

Julia Callegari, Tatiana Massaroli Melo and Carlos Eduardo Carvalho

Real effects of banking crises: Imports of capital goods by developing countries pp. 1343-1359

Nektarios A. Michail and Andreas Savvides

When do in‐service teacher training and books improve student achievement? Experimental evidence from Mongolia pp. 1360-1383

Habtamu Fuje and Prateek Tandon

Volume 22, issue 2, 2018

Maternal group participation and child nutritional status in Peru pp. 459-483

Marta Favara

Intermediaries, transport costs and interlinked transactions pp. 484-506

Mélanie Lefèvre and Joe Tharakan

Unemployment, rural–urban migration and environmental regulation pp. 507-539

Karlygash Kuralbayeva

The effect of the National Food Reserve Agency on maize market prices in Tanzania pp. 540-557

Guillaume Pierre, Karl Pauw and Emiliano Magrini

Competitive devaluations in commodity†based economies: Colombia and the Pacific Alliance Group pp. 558-572

Guglielmo Maria Caporale, Rodrigo Costamagna and Gustavo Rossini

The effects of off†farm work on fertilizer and pesticide expenditures in China pp. 573-591

Wanglin Ma, Awudu Abdulai and Chunbo Ma

Schooling and household welfare: The case of Sri Lanka from 1990 to 2006 pp. 592-609

Rozana Himaz and Harsha Aturupana

International inequality in subjective well†being: An exploration with the Gallup World Poll pp. 610-631

Pablo Gluzmann and Leonardo Gasparini

Consumption dynamics and inequality of opportunity with an application to Uganda pp. 632-657

Paolo Brunori, Flaviana Palmisano and Vito Peragine

Relationship between trade openness and economic growth in Latin America: A causality analysis with heterogeneous panel data pp. 658-684

Adolfo Roquez†Diaz and Lorenzo Escot

The more subsidies, the longer survival? Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms pp. 685-705

Qilin Mao and Jiayun Xu

Does the political party in the government increase intentional homicide in Brazil? pp. 706-726

Paulo R. A. Loureiro, Tito Moreira, Antônio Nascimento and Roberto Ellery

Public firms' merger, employment, and welfare in developing countries: A general equilibrium analysis pp. 727-735

Chi†Chur Chao, Mong Shan Ee and Leonard F. S. Wang

The measurement of disaster risk: An example from tropical cyclones in the Philippines pp. 736-765

Rio Yonson, Ilan Noy and Gaillard Jc

Access to credit and investment decisions of small†and medium†sized enterprises in China pp. 766-786

Paulo Regis

Unemployment burden and its distribution: Theory and evidence from India pp. 787-807

Sripad Motiram and Karthikeya Naraparaju

Remittances and financial development in Latin America and the Caribbean countries: A dynamic approach pp. 808-826

Vincent Fromentin

Rural–urban human capital disparity and skilled–unskilled wage inequality in China pp. 827-843

Jiancai Pi and Pengqing Zhang

Growth, intergenerational welfare, and environmental policies in an overlapping generations economy pp. 844-861

Hsun Chu, Chu†chuan Cheng and Ching†chong Lai

Is urbanization improving real estate investment? A cross†regional study of China pp. 862-878

Tie†Ying Liu, Chi†Wei Su, Hsu†Ling Chang and Chien†Chi Chu

Volume 22, issue 1, 2018

Is Tinkering with Institutional Quality a Panacea for Firm Performance? Insights from a Semiparametric Approach to Modeling Firm Performance pp. 1-22

Sumon Bhaumik, Ralitza Dimova, Subal Kumbhakar and Kai Sun

Aid, institutions and economic growth in sub†Saharan Africa: Heterogeneous donors and heterogeneous responses pp. 23-44

Hassen Wako

ICT for financial access: Mobile money and the financial behavior of rural households in Uganda pp. 45-66

Ggombe Kasim Munyegera and Tomoya Matsumoto

Cyclicality of Fiscal Policy in Latin America over the period 1990 †2015 pp. 67-90

Bruno Martorano

Child endowments and parental investments: Intra†household allocation in oportunidades families in Mexico pp. 91-114

Hadia Majid

Is the shadow economy a bane or boon for economic growth? pp. 115-132

James Saunoris

Service delivery weaknesses within education and healthcare: Applying empirics from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Senegal pp. 133-147

Kjell Hausken and Mthuli Ncube

Foreign workers and productivity in an emerging economy: The case of Malaysia pp. 148-173

Jacob Jordaan

Remittances and return migration pp. 174-202

William Collier, Matloob Piracha and Teresa Randazzo

Political reservation for women and delivery of public works program pp. 203-219

Nayana Bose and Shreyasee Das

Gender asymmetries: Impacts of an early†stage school intervention in the Philippines pp. 220-241

Futoshi Yamauchi and Yanyan Liu

What drives the localization of Spanish multinationals in developing and transition countries? pp. 242-262

Maite Alguacil, Josep Martí and Vicente Orts

Export tightening, competition, and firm innovation: Evidence from the renminbi appreciation pp. 263-286

Mi Dai, Miaojie Yu and Chunming Zhao

Human capital consequences of violence in schools: Estimating the impact of violence in schools on education outcomes in Brazil pp. 287-310

Sumit S. Deole

Corruption: The good, the bad, and the uncertain pp. 311-332

Jamie Bologna Pavlik

The spillover effects of innovative ideas on human capital pp. 333-360

Barış Alpaslan and Abdilahi Ali

Relative standing and temporary migration: Empirical evidence from the South Caucasus pp. 361-383

Armenak Antinyan and Luca Corazzini

Waste not, want not: The efficiency of health expenditure in emerging and developing economies pp. 384-403

Francesco Grigoli and Javier Kapsoli

Can labor provisions in trade agreements promote gender equality? Empirical evidence from Cambodia pp. 404-433

Elva López Mourelo and Daniel Samaan

The effect of macroeconomic variables on the opening of antidumping measures: A robust analysis for Brazilian and Argentine economy pp. 434-457

Vinícius Firme, Cláudio R. Fóffano Vasconcelos and Rogério Silva de Mattos