Review of Development Economics

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Volume 26, issue 4, 2022

Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from georeferenced household surveys in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 1883-1901

Frederik Wild and David Stadelmann

Household income mobility in India, 1993–2011 pp. 1902-1943

Mehtabul Azam

Wage inequality in the developing world: Evidence from Latin America pp. 1944-1970

Carlos Rodríguez‐Castelán, Luis Felipe López‐Calva, Nora Lustig and Daniel Valderrama-Gonzalez

Trade costs and the composition of developing countries' exports pp. 1971-1996

Salamat Ali and Chris Milner

Female labor force participation in Egypt and Palestine: An age–period–cohort analysis* pp. 1997-2020

Moundir Lassassi and Aysıt Tansel

Cross‐industry interlinkages in employment growth: Evidence from Brazil pp. 2021-2039

Daniel R. Carvalho and Jean N. Lee

Gendered effects of sanctions on manufacturing employment: Evidence from Iran pp. 2040-2069

Firat Demir and Saleh S. Tabrizy

Parental aspirations and child private‐school enrollment: Evidence from India pp. 2070-2089

Andreas Georgiadis, Liza Benny, Sheikh Galab, Prudhvikar Reddy and Jere Behrman

The effects of school‐based management on Indian government schools pp. 2090-2108

Panchali Guha

The effects of free primary education in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A difference‐in‐differences approach pp. 2109-2120

Oasis Kodila‐Tedika and Christian Samen Otchia

Forced formalization and informal sector: A simple Chayanov model pp. 2121-2139

Atanu Sengupta and Sanjoy De

Crop diversification, impulsivity, and resilience in Ethiopia pp. 2140-2162

Hyunjyung Oh, Robert Quinlan and Jonathan Yoder

Agricultural labor markets and the inverse plot size–productivity relationship: Evidence from China's apple growers pp. 2163-2183

Xingguang Li and Xuexi Huo

Pandemics and technology engagement: New evidence from m‐Health intervention during COVID‐19 in India pp. 2184-2217

Sawan Rathi, Anindya S. Chakrabarti, Chirantan Chatterjee and Aparna Hegde

How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria pp. 2218-2250

Dongqin Wang

Drain on your health: Sanitation externalities from dirty drains in India pp. 2251-2273

Vikram Dayal, Anand Murugesan and Tauhidur Rahman

Remittances and domestic violence pp. 2274-2295

Adan Silverio‐Murillo and Jose Roberto Balmori de la Miyar

Analyzing vulnerability to poverty and assessing the role of universal public works and food security programs to reduce it: Evidence from an eastern Indian state pp. 2296-2316

Sunil Khosla and Pradyot Jena

Parents' pension eligibility and migrant consumption in urban China: Evidence from a quasi‐experiment pp. 2317-2335

Yuke He, Geng Niu and Guochang Zhao

Alternative paths of diversification for developing countries pp. 2336-2355

Wonsub Eum and Jeong‐Dong Lee

Do fiscal opacity, fiscal impulse, and fiscal credibility affect disagreement about economic growth forecasts? Empirical evidence from Brazil considering the period of political instability and presidential impeachment pp. 2356-2393

Gabriel Montes and Paulo Henrique Lourenço Luna

Crime, elections, and political competition pp. 2394-2413

Shabana Mitra and Althaf Shajahan

On the determinants and interrelationship of components of government spending pp. 2414-2435

Samuel K. Obeng

Credit market imperfection and goods market deregulation in OLG model pp. 2436-2453

Atsushi Miyake and Kazunobu Muro

Profit sharing, industrial upgrading, and global supply chains: Theory and evidence pp. 2454-2493

Xiao Jie Liu, Haiyue Liu, Shi Yi Liu, Jim Huangnan Shen and Chien-Chiang Lee

Volume 26, issue 3, 2022

The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the “Great Gatsby Curve” in Brazil pp. 1227-1251

Tharcisio Leone

Agglomeration and innovation effort: A longitudinal study on small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Vietnam pp. 1252-1268

Luong Vinh Quoc Duy and Damien Cassells

Employment effects of joining global production networks: Does domestic value added matter? pp. 1269-1285

Wannaphong Durongkaveroj

Trade liberalization, domestic reforms, and income inequality: Evidence from Taiwan pp. 1286-1309

Judith Liu, Mei‐Ying Lai and Zong‐Shin Liu

Industrial subsidies and impact on exports of trading partners: Case of China pp. 1310-1337

Dessie Ambaw and Shandre Mugan Thangavelu

Special economic zones, export status, and firms’ productivity: Theory and evidence from China pp. 1338-1360

Yang Liu and Yidan Jin

How is China's trade imbalance overstated? An analysis based on trade in value‐added pp. 1361-1392

Dongwei Wen and Guoming Xian

Advantage integration: A methodological framework for growth and development pp. 1393-1410

Sherman Xie and Lin Xia

Distance of doing business and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical study of China pp. 1411-1437

Xinbei Qian, Dexue Liu, Liangxiong Huang and Hanchao Li

What effect does development aid have on productivity in recipient countries? pp. 1438-1465

Elena Groß and Felicitas Nowak‐Lehmann Danzinger

Military spending and sustainable development pp. 1466-1490

Ceyhun Elgin, Adem Elveren, Gokcer Ozgur and Gül Dertli

The detection dilemma of marginally non‐poor households in poverty alleviation evaluation: Evidence from a linear quantile mixed model pp. 1491-1517

Zhineng Hu, Jing Ma, Qiong Feng, C. Scott and Hani I. Mesak

Free to escape? Economic freedoms, growth and poverty traps pp. 1518-1554

Donatella Saccone and Matteo Migheli

Does social integration matter for cohort differences in the political participation of internal migrants in China? pp. 1555-1573

Haiyang Lu, Ivan T. Kandilov and Rong Zhu

The distributional effects of government spending shocks in developing economies pp. 1574-1599

Davide Furceri, Jun Ge, Prakash Loungani and Giovanni Melina

Welfare impact of asymmetric price transmission on rice consumers in Bangladesh pp. 1600-1617

Mohammad Chhiddikur Rahman, Valerien O. Pede and Jean Balié

Mechanization services, factor allocation, and farm efficiency: Evidence from China pp. 1618-1639

Meili Huan, Fengxia Dong and Liang Chi

Engel’s law in China: Some new evidence pp. 1640-1662

Menggen Chen

Effects of housing demolition on labor supply: Evidence from China pp. 1663-1692

Xuecun Zhao and Yanrong Liu

Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan pp. 1693-1712

Yih‐chyi Chuang and Chia‐Yu Liang

Unemployment only temporarily lowers happiness in an eastern society pp. 1713-1732

Hung‐Lin Tao

Modeling the dynamics of oil and agricultural commodity price nexus in linear and nonlinear frameworks: A case of emerging economy pp. 1733-1784

Waseem Khan, Vishal Sharma and Saghir Ahmad Ansari

Financial inclusion and education: An empirical study of financial inclusion in the face of the pandemic emergency due to Covid‐19 in Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 1785-1797

Amirreza Kazemikhasragh and Marianna Vanessa Buoni Pineda

Dynamic correlation between crude oil and agricultural futures markets pp. 1798-1849

Zhuo Chen, Bo Yan and Hanwen Kang

Political instability and youths unemployment in sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 1850-1879

Benjamin Fomba Kamga, Dieu Ne Dort Talla Fokam and Paul Ningaye

Volume 26, issue 2, 2022

Social norms and child labor pp. 627-638

Shirit Katav Herz and Gil Epstein

Fragility exposure index: Concepts, measurement, and application pp. 639-660

Ghassan Baliki, Tilman Brück, Neil Ferguson and Sindu Workneh Kebede

Make concentrated trade not war? pp. 661-686

Pavel Yakovlev and Brandon Spleen

The effect of export composition on energy demand: A fresh evidence in the context of economic complexity pp. 687-703

Muhlis Can, Jan Brusselaers and Mehmet Mercan

Impact of global value chains on total factor productivity: The case of Indian manufacturing pp. 704-735

Karishma Banga

An empirical analysis of Colombia's trade liberalization process and its effect on the equilibrium of its structural trade deficit pp. 736-755

Carlos Abreo, Ricardo Bustillo and Carlos Rodriguez

Corruption and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean pp. 756-773

Lucas Dutra de Paulo, Ricardo Andrade Lima and Robson Tigre

How does education affect intergenerational income mobility in Chinese society? pp. 774-792

Shu Wang, Xiao Yu, Kuo Zhang, Jipeng Pei, Karlis Rokpelnis and Xuelong Wang

Linguistic distance and economic development: A cross‐country analysis pp. 793-834

Mariko Nakagawa and Shonosuke Sugasawa

Language and learning in ethnically mixed communities pp. 835-846

Hemanshu Kumar, Rohini Somanathan and Mahima Vasishth

FDI and spillovers: New evidence from Malaysia’s manufacturing sector pp. 847-877

Miao Zhang and Rui Yang

Exchange rate uncertainty and foreign direct investment in Africa: Does financial development matter? pp. 878-898

Michael Effah Asamoah, Imhotep Alagidede and Frank Adu

Environmental regulation and foreign direct investment attractiveness: Evidence from China provinces pp. 899-917

Qian Wang, Zhuoya Du, Boyu Wang, Yung-Ho Chiu and Tzu‐Han Chang

Interregional inequality in Africa, convergence, and multiple equilibria: Evidence from nighttime light data pp. 918-940

Kacou Yves Thierry Kacou

Urban poverty, growth, and inequality: A needed paradigm shift? pp. 941-961

Edgar J. Wilson, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran and Reetu Verma

Does manager education play a role in the productivity of informal firms in developing economies? Evidence from firm‐level surveys pp. 962-984

Mohammad Amin and Asif Islam

Investigating the well‐being implications of mobile money access and usage from a multidimensional perspective pp. 985-1009

Carlos Sakyi‐Nyarko, Ahmad Hassan Ahmad and Christopher J. Green

Digital inclusive finance and urban innovation: Evidence from China pp. 1010-1034

Jingrong Li and Bowen Li

Contract farming, community effect, and farmer valuation of biofortified crop varieties in China: The case of high‐zinc wheat pp. 1035-1055

Jian Li, Ping Qing, Wuyang Hu and Minglai Li

The role of fisheries for poverty reduction and food security: Evidence from household‐level data pp. 1056-1082

Antonio Martuscelli

Enhancing rural income through public agricultural R&D: Spatial spillover and infrastructure thresholds pp. 1083-1107

Jintao Zhan, Yubei Ma, Wuyang Hu, Chao Chen and Qinan Lu

Does rubber expansion hinder the migration of rural labor? Evidence from southwest China? pp. 1108-1131

Ningan Yang, Yawen Ding, Shi Min and Junfei Bai

Social networks and internal migration in China: A spatial autoregressive model pp. 1132-1163

Chuanmin Zhao and Xi Qu

Microfinance competition and multiple borrowing: Evidence using panel data from Bangladesh pp. 1164-1188

Minhaj Mahmud, Yasuyuki Sawada and Mari Tanaka

Microfinance and poverty reduction: Evidence from Djibouti pp. 1189-1224

Mohamed Abdallah Ali, Mazhar Mughal and Dina Chhorn

Volume 26, issue 1, 2022

Selection and performance in post‐compulsory education pp. 3-31

Uzma Ahmad, Steven McIntosh and Gurleen Popli

Son preference and the demographic transition pp. 32-56

Anna‐Maria Aksan

One‐child policy and marriage market in China pp. 57-84

Jun Han and Zhong Zhao

Is maternal employment detrimental to children’s nutritional status? Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 85-111

Mohammad Jakaria, Rejaul Karim Bakshi and M. Mehedi Hasan

The determinants of inequality in child nutrition status: Evidence from Jordan pp. 112-132

Caroline Krafft

Urban cash transfers and poverty in Ghana pp. 133-155

Jose Cuesta and Michael Danquah

The trade openness–gender wage differential nexus: Household‐level evidence from Ghana pp. 156-179

Emmanuel Orkoh, Derick Blaauw and Carike Claassen

Gender gap and access to finance: A cross‐country analysis pp. 180-207

Radeef Chundakkadan and Subash Sasidharan

International remittances and nonfarm entrepreneurship among the left‐behind: Evidence from Nepal pp. 208-241

Paras Kharel, Jorge Davalos and Kshitiz Dahal

Do personal remittances influence economic growth in South Asia? A panel analysis pp. 242-258

Md. Saiful Islam

Monetary policy and inflation–output variability in Sri Lanka: Lessons for developing economies pp. 259-279

Kesavarajah Mayandy and Paul Middleditch

Central bank securities and foreign exchange market intervention in a developing economy pp. 280-297

Eli Direye and Tarron Khemraj

Old wine in a new bottle? Impact of the ISPAAD input subsidy program on the subsistence economy in Botswana pp. 298-322

Tebogo Seleka

Heterogeneity in returns to agricultural technologies with incomplete diffusion: Evidence from Ghana pp. 323-353

Sadick Mohammed and Awudu Abdulai

Does the quality of institutions matter for foreign investment concentration in Africa? Understanding the controversial role of international aid pp. 354-374

Ludovic Feulefack Kemmanang and Jonas Juleo Dongmo Zamké

Judicial efficiency and the comparative disadvantage of Indian manufacturing pp. 375-404

Santosh Adhikari and Michael Alexeev

Market competition, exchange rate uncertainty, and foreign direct investment pp. 405-422

Chia‐Ching Lin and Kun‐Ming Chen

Partial privatization, producer services, and unemployment in developing countries pp. 423-441

Xiaochun Li and Tiantian Jia

Innovation‐adjusted economic complexity and growth: Do patent flows reveal enhanced economic capabilities? pp. 442-483

Travis Lybbert and Mingzhi (Jimmy) Xu

Effects of pollution abatement activities on environmental efficiency and productivity: Empirical evidence from the Chinese industrial sector pp. 484-509

Masayuki Shimizu

Has the information and communication technology sector become the engine of China’s economic growth? pp. 510-533

Yongming Huang and Jamal Khan

Aid for Trade, export product diversification, and foreign direct investment pp. 534-561

Sèna Kimm Gnangnon

Redistribution and efficiency: An empirical analysis of the relevant trade‐offs of welfare state fiscal policies pp. 562-586

Leonel Muinelo‐Gallo and Ronald Miranda

Government spending and the exchange rate: Exploring this relationship in Mexico using a cointegrated system of equations pp. 587-605

Moritz Cruz and Armando Sánchez‐Vargas

Joint effects of exporting and outward FDI on firm‐level capital investment in India pp. 606-624

Sourafel Girma and Hibret Maemir