Review of Development Economics

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Volume 25, issue 4, 2021

Poverty, vulnerability and Covid‐19: Introduction and overview pp. 1797-1802

Peter Lanjouw and Finn Tarp

Constructing synthetic panels for the purpose of studying poverty dynamics: A primer pp. 1803-1815

David Garcés‐Urzainqui, Peter Lanjouw and Gerton Rongen

Poverty in India in the face of Covid‐19: Diagnosis and prospects pp. 1816-1837

Hai-Anh Dang, Peter Lanjouw and Elise Vrijburg

Understanding poverty dynamics in Ethiopia: Implications for the likely impact of COVID‐19 pp. 1838-1868

Tseday Jemaneh Mekasha and Finn Tarp

Understanding poverty dynamics and vulnerability in Tanzania: 2012–2018 pp. 1869-1894

Jehovaness Aikaeli, David Garcés‐Urzainqui and Kenneth Mdadila

Poverty and vulnerability in Mozambique: An analysis of dynamics and correlates in light of the Covid‐19 crisis using synthetic panels pp. 1895-1918

Vincenzo Salvucci and Finn Tarp

Poverty and vulnerability transitions in Myanmar: An analysis using synthetic panels pp. 1919-1944

Ines A. Ferreira, Vincenzo Salvucci and Finn Tarp

Growing up in the Iran–Iraq war and preferences for strong defense pp. 1945-1968

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan and Hassan Gholipour Fereidouni

The economic cost of conflict: Evidence from South Sudan pp. 1969-1990

Joseph Mawejje and Patrick McSharry

Smallholder farmers’ perception of climate change and drivers of adaptation in agriculture: A case study in Guinea pp. 1991-2012

Paolo Ceci, Lavinia Monforte, Chiara Perelli, Clara Cicatiello, Giacomo Branca, Silvio Franco, Fatoumata Binta Sombily Diallo, Emanuele Blasi and Giuseppe Scarascia Mugnozza

Liquidity defaults and progressive lending in microfinance: A lab‐in‐the field experiment in Bolivia pp. 2013-2030

Francesco Cecchi, Tinka Koster and Robert Lensink

Exporting and the wage premium: The case of South African manufacturing firms pp. 2031-2051

Carli Bezuidenhout, Marianne Matthee and Neil Rankin

A good mix against ultra‐poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh pp. 2052-2083

Atiya Rahman, Anindita Bhattacharjee and Narayan Das

Local droughts and income risk among Thai households pp. 2084-2112

C. Rashaad Shabab

Absent laws and missing women: Can domestic violence legislation reduce female mortality? pp. 2113-2132

Mohammad Amin, Asif Islam and Augusto Lopez‐Claros

Gender inequality, corruption, and economic development pp. 2133-2156

Gonzalo F. Forgues‐Puccio and Erven Lauw

Trade liberalization, export quality, and three dimensions of wage inequality pp. 2157-2179

Shrimoyee Ganguly and Rajat Acharyya

Race among equals? An inquiry into the segmentation of Indian labor market pp. 2180-2206

Rayees Ahmad Sheikh, Sarthak Gaurav and Trupti Mishra

Gender wage gap in small islands: Effect of a policy framework in Mauritius pp. 2207-2229

Roshini Brizmohun, Diana Alessandrini and Valentina Hartarska

Pension reform and self‐employment in Latin America pp. 2230-2254

Juan Pablo Martinez Guzman and Travis St. Clair

Is the demographic dividend diminishing in China? Evidence from population aging and economic growth during 1990–2015 pp. 2255-2274

Jinqi Ye, Ziyan Chen and Peng Bin

Timing of international market openings and shrinking middle‐income class pp. 2275-2297

Tatsuya Asami

Urban segregation and consumption inequality: Does hukou conversion matter in China? pp. 2298-2322

Le Wen, Krishna Paudel, Youhua Chen and Qinying He

How climate change leads to emigration: Conditional and long‐run effects pp. 2323-2349

Marc Helbling and Daniel Meierrieks

The role of resource reallocation in promoting total factor productivity growth: Insights from China’s agricultural sector pp. 2350-2371

Hongyun Zheng and Wanglin Ma

Adoption of agricultural technologies among rice farmers in Benin pp. 2372-2390

Gbêtondji Melaine Armel Nonvide

Productivity determinants in the construction sector in emerging country: New evidence from Ecuadorian firms pp. 2391-2413

Segundo Camino‐Mogro and Natalia Bermudez‐Barrezueta

Assessment of the effect of broadband expansion on the economy reviewed pp. 2414-2432

Mário Jorge Mendonça, Paulo Loureiro, Antônio Nascimento and Roberto Ellery

Institutional endowment, curse, and the impact of external political shock: The case of Macao pp. 2433-2453

Chaoqun Chen and Yonghong Zhou

Exchange rate pass‐through to import prices: Evidence from a heterogeneous panel of West African countries pp. 2454-2472

Mohamed Tidjane Kinda and Hamidou Barry

Volume 25, issue 3, 2021

Market resilience in times of crisis: The case of Darfur pp. 1107-1127

Alessandro De Matteis, Fethiye Burcu Turkmen Ceylan and Bereket Kebede

Income inequality among agricultural households in India: A regression‐based decomposition analysis pp. 1128-1149

Raya Das and Ravi Srivastava

The persistence of inequality across Indian states: A time series approach pp. 1150-1171

Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay

Decomposing changes in inequality: Evidence from Myanmar pp. 1172-1196

Lwin Lwin Aung and Peter Warr

Exits from the poverty trap and growth accelerations in a dual economy model pp. 1197-1215

Jean‐Claude Berthelemy

Foreign aid network diversification and its impact on growth, growth acceleration, and growth spell pp. 1216-1242

Sambit Bhattacharyya and Maurizio Intartaglia

Analyzing spillover effects of development of Asian highway on regional growth of Northeast Asian countries pp. 1243-1266

Euijune Kim, Seung‐Woon Moon and Yoojin Yi

How do the intended and unintended beneficiaries respond to the Philippines' conditional cash transfer program? pp. 1267-1292

Stella Luz Quimbo, Aleli D. Kraft, Rhea M. Molato‐Gayares, Carlos Antonio R. Tan and Joseph Capuno

Cash transfers and the supply of labor by poor households: Evidence from the livelihood empowerment against poverty program in Ghana pp. 1293-1304

Robert Osei and Monica Lambon‐Quayefio

Trade policy and input liberalization: The effect on Egyptian firms’ productivity pp. 1305-1325

Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Mona Said and Chahir Zaki

Does agricultural trade liberalization increase obesity in developing countries? pp. 1326-1350

Sébastien Mary and Avraham Stoler

Economic openness, government efficiency, and urbanization pp. 1351-1372

Zuocheng Chen and Krishna Paudel

Economic growth takeoffs and the extensive and intensive margins of trade pp. 1373-1396

Rishav Bista and Brandon Sheridan

Withdrawal of the multifibre agreement and Indian textile industry: Concerns, efforts, and achievements pp. 1397-1436

Anup Kumar Bhandari

The gender wage gap in Mongolia: Sectoral segregation as a driving factor pp. 1437-1465

Altantsetseg Batchuluun

Earnings gap between men and women in the informal labor market in Cameroon pp. 1466-1491

Ebenezer Lemven Wirba, Fiennasah Annif’ Akem and Francis Menjo Baye

Impacts of management training on workers: Evidence from Central America and the Caribbean region pp. 1492-1514

Go Shimada and Tetsushi Sonobe

Labor policy and multinational firms: The “race to the bottom” revisited pp. 1515-1537

Anindya Bhattacharya and Debapriya Sen

How do education resources respond to the quality of local governance in Africa? pp. 1538-1557

Maty Konte

Smoking habits in Mexico: Upward and downward comparisons of economic status pp. 1558-1575

Lucio Esposito, Shatakshee Dhongde and Christopher Millett

Direct and indirect effects of a massive piped water expansion on child‐related outcomes pp. 1576-1600

Alberto Chong and Virgilio Galdo

Does piped water improve adolescent health? Empirical evidence from rural China pp. 1601-1628

Jie Dong, Kuan Zhang, Xiguo Yin, Houjian Li and Mansoor Ahmed Koondhar

Family‐type public goods and intra‐household decision‐making by co‐resident South African couples pp. 1629-1647

Sevias Guvuriro and Frederik Booysen

Child labor, social capital, and economic development pp. 1648-1667

Atsue Mizushima

Formalization of manufacturing firms in Bangladesh pp. 1668-1694

Shamsuzzoha and Makoto Tanaka

Is specialization a strategy to improve farm efficiency in northwest China? pp. 1695-1710

Weiying Liu, Sriram Shankar and Lihua Li

Technology adoption and the middle‐income trap: Lessons from the Middle East and East Asia pp. 1711-1740

Rabah Arezki, Rachel Yuting Fan and Ha Nguyen

The impact of rent seeking on social infrastructure and productivity pp. 1741-1760

Fernando del Río

Return migrants in Albania: The determinants of “entrepreneurial gain” pp. 1761-1777

Merita Zulfiu Alili and Nick Adnett

Public works programs and crime: Evidence for El Salvador pp. 1778-1793

Pablo Acosta and Emma Monsalve Montiel

Volume 25, issue 2, 2021

Severity of the COVID‐19 pandemic in India pp. 517-546

Katsushi Imai, Nidhi Kaicker and Raghav Gaiha

Citizens’ preferences for taxation of internationally mobile corporations: Evidence from Tanzania pp. 548-562

Ivar Kolstad, Arne Wiig and Odd Fjeldstad

Growth in a macro‐Mincer model: Good results with schooling and experience interactions pp. 563-581

Theodore R. Breton and Andrew S. Breton

Biased FDI spillovers in incomplete datasets: An empirical examination pp. 582-600

Dea Tusha and Jacob Jordaan

Export quality and patent protection: Stage‐dependent effects in development pp. 601-629

Yan Liu, Walter Park and Dahai Fu

The impact of anti‐sweatshop activism on employment pp. 630-653

Ryo Makioka

Grading foreign aid agencies: Best practices across traditional and emerging donors pp. 654-676

Liya Palagashvili and Claudia R. Williamson

Do illiterate mothers learn from their literate kids? Evidence from maternal nutritional knowledge pp. 677-693

Yared Seid

Child health impact of the Nepalese civil war pp. 694-711

Hansoo Ko

Son‐biased fertility stopping, birth spacing, and child nutritional status in Pakistan pp. 712-736

Theresa Chaudhry, Maha Khan and Azka Sarosh Mir

Income inequality and economic growth: A re‐examination of theory and evidence pp. 737-757

Mehmet Balcilar, Rangan Gupta, Wei Ma and Philton Makena

Income inequality and macroeconomic instability pp. 758-789

Sonan Memon and Irfan Qureshi

Disparities in regional productivity, capital accumulation, and efficiency across Indonesia: A club convergence approach pp. 790-809

Carlos Mendez-Guerra and Mitsuhiko Kataoka

Urban household consumption in China: Price, income, and demographic effects pp. 810-833

Jing Cao, Mun Ho, Wenhao Hu and Dale Jorgenson

Technology licensing, entry mode, and trade liberalization pp. 834-853

Ya‐Po Yang, Ying‐Yi Tsai and Su‐Ying Hsu

The impact of minimum wages on wages, wage spillovers, and employment in China: Evidence from longitudinal individual‐level data pp. 854-877

Tony Fang, Morley Gunderson and Carl Lin

Risk preference and child labor: Econometric evidence pp. 878-894

Raymond Frempong and David Stadelmann

Political origins of financial structure in developing countries pp. 895-915

Wafa Ghardallou

The impact of conflict on the exchange rate of developing economies pp. 916-930

Nektarios Michail

Did Mali benefit from joining the CFA zone? An analysis using the synthetic control method pp. 931-955

Christine O. Strong

The sudden stops of debt‐led capital inflows, credit crunch, and exchange rate regimes pp. 956-977

Feng Guo, Jie Li and Ming Li

On the financial literacy, indebtedness, and wealth of Colombian households pp. 978-993

José J. Cao‐Alvira, Amalia Novoa‐Hoyos and Alexander Núñez‐Torres

Foreign direct investment, informality and technology transfer pp. 994-1015

Ceyhun Elgin

The multiplier effect of public employment on formal employment in the private sector: Evidence from Turkey pp. 1016-1031

Altan Aldan

Pollution permits, green taxes, and the environmental poverty trap pp. 1032-1052

Sichao Wei and David Aadland

Inclusive health and life insurance adoption: An empirical study in Guatemala pp. 1053-1077

María Roa García, Sonia Di Giannatale, Jonathan Barboza Pineda and Juliana Gamboa-Arbelaez

Can proactive fiscal policy achieve the goal of “Beyond Keynesianism”? pp. 1078-1103

Xiao Ke and Yuanke Yan

Volume 25, issue 1, 2021

The economic challenges and opportunities of urbanization and migration in China pp. 3-5

Roman Matousek and Chunchao Wang

International migration of entrepreneurs and the emergence of economic development traps pp. 6-22

Zhaobin Fan and Sajid Anwar

The gender wage gap among China’s rural–urban migrants pp. 23-47

Yan Wu, Janneke Pieters and Nico Heerink

Family ties and employment behavior: The role of financial intermediaries pp. 48-75

Wenyuan Liu and Ting Ren

Housing price, talent movement, and innovation output: Evidence from Chinese cities pp. 76-103

Xiongbin Lin, Ting Ren, Hao Wu and Youzhi Xiao

An appreciation of Professor Stephan Klasen and his contribution to development economics pp. 104-115

Sophia Kan and Simon Lange

Evaluating universal primary education in Uganda: School fee abolition and educational outcomes pp. 116-147

Sophia Kan and Stephan Klasen

Empowerment and intimate partner violence: Domestic abuse when household income is uncertain pp. 148-162

Erwin Bulte and Robert Lensink

Can individuals’ beliefs help us understand nonadherence to malaria test results? Evidence from rural Kenya pp. 163-182

Elisa Maria Maffioli, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara, Elizabeth L. Turner and Manoj Mohanan

Remittances and rural credit markets: Evidence from Senegal pp. 183-199

Linguère Mously Mbaye

Shedding light on the convergence debate: Using luminosity data to investigate economic convergence in Ecuador pp. 200-227

Sarah Carrington and Pablo Jiménez‐Ayora

Working conditions and factory survival: Evidence from better factories Cambodia pp. 228-254

Raymond Robertson, Drusilla Brown and Rajeev Dehejia

Class or caste? A study on the role of caste and wealth status in school choice decision pp. 255-276

Sukanta Bhattacharya, Aparajita Dasgupta, Kumarjit Mandal and Anirban Mukherjee

Educational growth: An analysis of distribution among Brazilian municipalities pp. 277-292

Laura Desirée Vernier Fujita and Izete Bagolin

National income and trust pp. 293-314

Markus Brückner, Alberto Chong and Mark Gradstein

Inflation and income distribution in Central America, Mexico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic pp. 315-339

Carlos Garcimartín, Jhonatan Astudillo and André Martínez Fritscher

Fiscal policy and economic activity in South Asia pp. 340-358

Robert Beyer and Lazar Milivojevic

Rethinking the aid–growth relationship: A network approach pp. 359-380

Andrew W. Horowitz, Raja Kali and Hongwei Song

Natural resources, technological progress, and economic modernization pp. 381-404

Elkhan Richard Sadik‐Zada

The effects of international remittances on expenditure patterns of the left‐behind households in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 405-429

Joseph B. Ajefu and Joseph O. Ogebe

The impacts of China’s exchange rate regime reform in 2005: A counterfactual analysis pp. 430-448

Zaichao Du, Jie Li and Pei Pei

Democracy in the neighborhood and foreign direct investment pp. 449-477

Mehmet Pinar and Thanasis Stengos

What explains trade costs? Institutional quality and other determinants pp. 478-499

Yulin Hou, Yun Wang and Wenjun Xue

Malnutrition in the shadow of economic growth pp. 500-514

Hamid Beladi, Sugata Marjit, Reza Oladi and Lei Yang