Review of Development Economics

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Volume 27, issue 4, 2023

The welfare implications of COVID‐19 for fragile and conflict‐affected regions pp. 1977-2006

Chrysostomos Tabakis, Gi Khan Ten, David Newhouse, Utz Pape and Michael Weber

Material and nonmaterial impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from a low‐income country pp. 2007-2039

Rebecca Lohmann and Lisa Hoffmann

Consumption risk‐sharing under terror shocks: Evidence from value‐chain network rosters in Nigeria pp. 2040-2060

Chuku Chuku and Chisom Ubabukoh

Years of life lost to revolution and war in Iran pp. 2061-2103

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

Predicting FDI inflows: Exploring a nonlinear relationship between peace years, oil wealth, and the rule of law pp. 2104-2122

Hye‐Sung Kim and Jeheung Ryu

Crime and economic growth: A case study of Manaus, Brazil pp. 2123-2148

Pedro Drugowick and Paula Carvalho Pereda

Effects of regulatory burden and corruption on firm performance: Evidence from Moldova pp. 2149-2182

Shawn Tan and Dea Tusha

Trade liberalization, wilful credit defaults and bank bribery in a credit‐constrained economy pp. 2183-2213

Sushobhan Mahata, Rohan Kanti Khan, Ranjanendra Narayan Nag and Sharmi Sen

Do chairmen with China's Great Famine experience in early‐life affect firm tax avoidance activities? pp. 2214-2247

Siying Yang, Dawei Feng and Junbing Xu

Exploring the role of pesticide traders in protecting farmers' benefit pp. 2248-2270

Khondoker A. Mottaleb, Dil Rahut and Shamim Shakur

Hand pollination, mass spraying, and hybrid seedlings: Do these technologies affect the welfare of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana? pp. 2271-2300

Bright O. Asante, Kwabena N. Addai, Stephen Prah, Omphile Temoso and John Ng'ombe

Building smallholder farmers' capacity to adopt climate‐smart agricultural practices in flood prone areas: Lessons from Bangladesh pp. 2301-2330

Asma Akter, Mohammad Shah Jahan, Xianhui Geng, Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso, Fazlul Hoque and Adnan Adeel

Impact of information and communication technologies on fertilizer and pesticide use efficiency of China's grain production pp. 2331-2356

Qiubo Zhu, Mariska van der Voort, Guangcheng Ren and Junfei Bai

Agricultural productivity‐environmental sustainability nexus through the lens of digitalization and energy intensity in BRICS countries pp. 2357-2382

Junkai Qi, Jamal Hussain, Yexing Yin and Anwar Khan

From cultivation to culture: Wheat farming and sex selection in China pp. 2383-2400

Xiangpo Chen, Xinyan Hu, Xuxi Huang and Zhuo Chen

Once NEET, always NEET? A synthetic panel approach to analyze the Moroccan labor market pp. 2401-2437

Federica Alfani, Fabio Clementi, Michele Fabiani, Vasco Molini and Enzo Valentini

Economic transition, dualism and informality in India: Nature and patterns of household‐level transitions pp. 2438-2469

Surbhi Kesar

Can German vocational training combat skill shortages in developing countries? Evidence from dual training system in the Philippines pp. 2470-2488

Futoshi Yamauchi, Taejong Kim, Kye Woo Lee and Marites Tiongco

(En‐)‘lightening’ children: Assessing the impacts of access to electricity on learning achievement levels pp. 2489-2517

Somdeep Chatterjee, Shiv Hastawala and Jai Kamal

Effects of free textbooks on academic performance: Evidence from China's compulsory education pp. 2518-2537

Xinran Liu

International or national implementers—Who is better? Evidence from a framing experiment pp. 2538-2564

Lennart Kaplan, Jana Kuhnt and Katharina Richert

Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse? pp. 2565-2582

Jayash Paudel

Open‐access renewable resources and pollution: Trade and policy implications in a two‐country model pp. 2583-2617

Gökhan Güven and Selim İnançlı

Autoregressive conditional durations: An application to the Surinamese dollar versus the US dollar exchange rate pp. 2618-2637

Gavin Ooft, Philip Hans Franses and Sailesh Bhaghoe

Volume 27, issue 3, 2023

An introduction to rural and agricultural development in the digital age pp. 1273-1286

Wanglin Ma, Andy McKay, Dil Rahut and Tetsushi Sonobe

Internet use and consumption diversity: Evidence from rural China pp. 1287-1308

Puneet Vatsa, Junpeng Li, Phong Quoc Luu and Julio Cesar Botero‐R

Internet use and agricultural productivity in rural Vietnam pp. 1309-1326

Thanh‐Tung Nguyen, Trung Thanh Nguyen and Ulrike Grote

Smartphone use, off‐farm employment, and women's decision‐making power: Evidence from rural China pp. 1327-1353

Hongyun Zheng, Yuwen Zhou and Dil Rahut

Narrowing the gender digital divide in Pakistan: Mobile phone ownership and female labor force participation pp. 1354-1382

Hina Amber and Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu

Smartphone‐based agricultural extension services and farm incomes: Evidence from Zhejiang Province in China pp. 1383-1402

Ni Zhuo, Baozhi Li, Qibiao Zhu and Chen Ji

Overcoming digital poverty traps in rural Asia pp. 1403-1420

Edward Barbier

Rural development in the digital age: Does information and communication technology adoption contribute to credit access and income growth in rural China? pp. 1421-1444

Wanglin Ma, Huanguang Qiu and Dil Rahut

Reducing farmers' poverty vulnerability in China: The role of digital financial inclusion pp. 1445-1480

Bo Yang, Xiangnan Wang, Tong Wu and Weihua Deng

Do farmers get a greater return from selling their agricultural products through e‐commerce? pp. 1481-1508

Min Liu, Pengfei Shi, Jinxia Wang, Huimin Wang and Jikun Huang

Internet usage and the income gap between self‐employed individuals and employees: Evidence from China pp. 1509-1536

Xinxin Ma

Asymmetric impacts of ICT and energy intensity on agricultural productivity: Evidence from Asia‐Pacific region pp. 1537-1561

Arindam Paul, Dukhabandhu Sahoo and Amrita Jena

Leader selection and why it matters: Education and the endogeneity of favouritism in 11 African countries pp. 1562-1604

Laura Maravall, Joerg Baten and Johan Fourie

Population density, urbanisation and agricultural mechanisation in modern Ghana pp. 1605-1629

Frances Warren

Medical emergencies and farm productivity in Côte d'Ivoire pp. 1630-1648

Gabriel Picone, Assi José Carlos Kimou and Désiré Kanga

The role of peer imitation in agricultural index insurance adoption: Findings from lab‐in‐the‐field experiments in Kyrgyzstan pp. 1649-1672

Laura Moritz, Lena Kuhn and Ihtiyor Bobojonov

Green technological progress, agricultural modernization, and wage inequality: Lessons from China pp. 1673-1698

Dianshuang Wang, Hongyun Huang, Xin Zhao and Fang Fang

Climate change and spatial agricultural development in Turkey pp. 1699-1720

Burhan Karahasan and Mehmet Pinar

On the inclusiveness of rural road improvement: Evidence from Morocco pp. 1721-1745

Yasuharu Shimamura, Satoshi Shimizutani, Eiji Yamada and Hiroyuki Yamada

Poverty decompositions with counterfactual income and inequality dynamics pp. 1746-1768

Vanessa Hartmann and Konstantin Wacker

Correction of China's income inequality for missing top incomes pp. 1769-1791

Haiyuan Wan and Yangcheng Yu

Assessment of the effects of targeted poverty alleviation policy on differently poverty‐stricken households: A multi‐propensity score weighting model pp. 1792-1833

Shiyu Yan, Jiao Wang and Zhineng Hu

Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members pp. 1834-1854

Tien Vu

Credit market imperfection, lack of entrepreneurship and capital outflow from a developing economy pp. 1855-1873

Sugata Marjit and Suryaprakash Mishra

The role of unit labor costs in African manufacturing investment and export performance pp. 1874-1909

Karmen Naidoo and Léonce Ndikumana

Terrorism and inbound tourism in Egypt: Economy‐wide and distributional impacts pp. 1910-1933

Abeer Elshennawy and Khalid Siddig

Institutional difference and foreign direct investment location choice: Evidence from China pp. 1934-1956

Yi Che, Julan Du, Yi Lu and Zhigang Tao

The New Development Bank and the structure of the multilateral development financial system pp. 1957-1972

Fang Ye

Volume 27, issue 2, 2023

Family policy, intrahousehold bargaining, and child health pp. 663-684

Liyousew Borga

Empirical investigation of the agriculture–malnutrition nexus in Africa: Spatial clustering and spillover effects pp. 685-709

Oluyemi Okunlola and Yacouba Kassouri

The impact of Nepal's earthquake on the health status of rural children pp. 710-734

Khusiman Pun, Kira Villa and Matías Fontenla

Budget support to the health sector—The right choice for strong institutions? Evidence from panel data pp. 735-770

Tim Röthel

Environmental disasters and mental health: Evidence from oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon pp. 771-796

Alberto Chong and Carla Srebot

Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and learning pp. 797-824

Tomoki Fujii, Maki Nakajima and Sijia Xu

School dropout and overeducation in developing economies: Feasibility of a budgetary solution† pp. 825-852

Sayoree Gooptu and Vivekananda Mukherjee

Reforms and education inequality in Ghana pp. 853-878

Clifford Afoakwah, Xin Deng and Ilke Onur

An analysis of Fundeb's contribution to the quality of public education in Brazilian municipalities pp. 879-896

Kalinca Léia Becker

The long‐term impact of education on dietary diversity among women in Zimbabwe pp. 897-923

Marshall Makate and Chamunorwa Nyamuranga

Monetary, fiscal, and structural drivers of inflation in Ethiopia: new empirical evidence from time series analysis pp. 924-962

Léonce Ndikumana, Janvier D. Nkurunziza, Miguel Eduardo Sánchez Martín, Samuel Mulugeta and Zerihun Getachew Kelbore

Long‐term regional convergence in Mexico: A new look pp. 963-991

Vicente German‐Soto and Konstantin Gluschenko

Macroeconomic volatility and anti‐refugee violence in developing countries: Evidence from commodity price shocks pp. 992-1012

M. Christian Lehmann

The impacts of imports and trade liberalization in Brazil: Insights from an aggregate cost function pp. 1013-1033

Lila J. Truett and Dale B. Truett

Factors of production, productivity, institutions, and development: Evidence from Brazil pp. 1034-1055

Luciano Nakabashi and Ana Elisa Pereira

The nexus between public sector corruption and private sector efficiency: Evidence from worldwide firm‐level data pp. 1056-1077

Nandika Sanath Kumanayake, Ajantha Sisira Kumara and Asankha Pallegedara

To obey or not to obey? Can game theory explain human behavior in the context of coronavirus disease? pp. 1078-1091

Yuval Arbel, Yifat Arbel, Amichai Kerner and Miryam Kerner

Adapting to the new normal: A sustainable livelihood framework for the informal sectors during COVID‐19 pp. 1092-1112

Tuan Nguyen‐Anh, Shawn Leu, Anh Nguyen‐Thi‐Phuong, Thanh Ngo‐Dang and Nguyen To‐The

Estimating the link between trade uncertainty, pandemic uncertainty and food price stability in Togo: New evidence for an asymmetric analysis pp. 1113-1134

Kuamvi Sodji

Policy reform and farmers' coping strategies: The case of corn price shocks in Heilongjiang Province of China pp. 1135-1156

Zhihao Zheng, Yang Gao, Rodolfo Nayga and Yinyu Zhao

Risk preference interactions between individual farmers and small farmer groups: Experimental evidence from rural Ethiopia pp. 1157-1176

Ho Lun Wong and Haftom Bayray Kahsay

Agricultural producer service subsidies and agricultural pollution: An approach based on endogenous agricultural pollution pp. 1177-1198

Xiaochun Li and Huanan Fu

Partner country selection between development narratives and self‐interests: A new method for analysing complex donor approaches pp. 1199-1223

R. Melis Baydag and Stephan Klingebiel

Remittances in Russia and Caucasus and Central Asia: The gravity model pp. 1224-1241

Tigran Poghosyan

Bribery and firm survival in Vietnam: Moderating effects of market competition, credit, and institutional constraints pp. 1242-1269

Nam Pham Xuan and Thanh Ha Le

Volume 27, issue 1, 2023

Within‐family inequalities in human capital accumulation in India pp. 3-28

Heather Congdon Fors and Annika Lindskog

Quid pro quo pp. 29-61

Zhiyong Yao and Yao Huang

Once again “smile curve”: Is chain upgrading possible? pp. 62-88

Halit Yanıkkaya, Abdullah Altun and Pınar Tat

Complementarity and substitutability between farm and nonfarm activities: Evidence from agricultural households in Tanzania pp. 89-111

Jehovaness Aikaeli, Martin Julius Chegere and John Rand

The effect of negative human recognition on farmland access and well‐being: Evidence from women farmers in Malawi pp. 112-133

Ebelechukwu Maduekwe and Gertrud Buchenrieder, neé Schrieder

Is wealth found in the soil or in the brain? Investing in farm people in Malawi pp. 134-157

Maxwell Mkondiwa

The impacts of women's land ownership: Evidence from Vietnam pp. 158-177

My Nguyen and Kien Le

Drought and social conflict in rural Zimbabwe: Does the burden fall on women and girls? pp. 178-197

Lloyd Chigusiwa, George Kembo and Terrence Kairiza

Effects of future pension benefits on pre‐retirement labor supply: Evidence from Chile pp. 198-219

Oscar Becerra

Conditional cash transfers tools to combat child labor: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Costa Rica pp. 220-246

Jaime A. Meza‐Cordero

Race‐based affirmative action for higher education in Brazil: Impact assessment on performance, time, and delay in completion pp. 247-267

Priscila S. dos Santos, Kalinca L. Becker and Sibele V. de Oliveira

The influence of international trade on labour productivity in services: The case of Brazil in the 1990s pp. 268-290

H. Stephen Gardner, Lourenco Paz and John Ssozi

Does the impact of private education on growth differ at different levels of credit market development? pp. 291-322

Michael Hatcher and Panayiotis Pourpourides

Effects of COVID‐19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar pp. 323-351

Hiroyuki Takeshima, Ian Masias, Myat Thida Win and Phoo Pye Zone

Evaluating the effectiveness of labor market interventions on reducing the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic pp. 352-374

Ceyhun Elgin, Colin Williams and Gamze Öz Yalaman

On the economic impacts of COVID‐19: A text mining literature analysis pp. 375-394

Hugo Gonçalves and Sérgio Moro

Structural changes and economic landscape of the Indian economy: 2000‐2019 pp. 395-422

Yongming Huang, Mohammad Haseeb, Jamal Khan and Md. Emran Hossain

Effect of goods market segmentation on labor mobility: Evidence from China pp. 423-449

Dongmei Guo, Die Hu and Weizeng Sun

Does combining traditional and information and communications technology–based extension methods improve agricultural outcomes? Evidence from field experiments in Mali pp. 450-475

Fred Mawunyo Dzanku and Robert Osei

Does intrahousehold bargaining power enhance women's marital satisfaction? A perspective from two competing forces in China pp. 476-498

Zhongwu Li

Algeria: A three‐sector macrofiscal model for debt sustainability and growth policy analysis pp. 499-524

Emmanuel Pinto Moreira and Barış Alpaslan

Transformation of international migrants in head wind: Evidence from Tajikistan in the 2010s pp. 525-549

Satoshi Shimizutani and Eiji Yamada

Equal opportunity and poverty reduction: How should aid be allocated? pp. 550-607

Patrick Guillaumont, Phu Nguyen-Van, Thi Kim Cuong Pham and Laurent Wagner

Can microcredit reduce vulnerability to poverty? Evidence from rural Vietnam pp. 608-629

Chung Thanh Phan, Thang Tat Vo and Diem Thi Hong Vo

Impacts of climate change on food utilization in Nepal pp. 630-659

Wenmei Guo, Veeshan Rayamajhee and Alok Bohara