Journal of Development Economics

1974 - 2025

Current editor(s): M. R. Rosenzweig

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Volume 117, issue C, 2015

“Flypaper effects” in transfers targeted to women: Evidence from BRAC's “Targeting the Ultra Poor” program in Bangladesh pp. 1-19

Shalini Roy, Jinnat Ara, Narayan Das and Agnes Quisumbing

Reducing nonpayment for public utilities: Experimental evidence from South Africa pp. 20-31

Andrea Szabo and Gergely Ujhelyi

Resource concentration and civil wars pp. 32-47

Massimo Morelli and Dominic Rohner

The persistent effects of in utero nutrition shocks over the life cycle: Evidence from Ramadan fasting pp. 48-57

Muhammad Farhan Majid

African polygamy: Past and present pp. 58-73

James Fenske

Assessing teacher quality in India pp. 74-83

Mehtabul Azam and Geeta Kingdon

Buying votes versus supplying public services: Political incentives to under-invest in pro-poor policies pp. 84-93

Stuti Khemani

Poverty, labor markets and trade liberalization in Indonesia pp. 94-106

Krisztina Kis-Katos and Robert Sparrow

Human capital and the dynamic effects of trade pp. 107-118

Raphael Auer

Pay, peek, punish? Repayment, information acquisition and punishment in a microcredit lab-in-the-field experiment pp. 119-133

Kristina Czura

Long run effects and intergenerational transmission of natural disasters: A case study on the 1970 Ancash Earthquake pp. 134-150

German Caruso and Sebastian Miller

Stability of experimental and survey measures of risk, time, and social preferences: A review and some new results pp. 151-170

Yating Chuang and Laura Schechter

Volume 116, issue C, 2015

Failure vs. displacement: Why an innovative anti-poverty program showed no net impact in South India pp. 1-16

Jonathan Bauchet, Jonathan Morduch and Shamika Ravi

Productive inefficiency in extended agricultural households: Evidence from Mali pp. 17-27

Catherine Guirkinger, Jean-Philippe Platteau and Tatiana Goetghebuer

Watchdogs of the Invisible Hand: NGO monitoring and industry equilibrium pp. 28-42

Gani Aldashev, Michela Limardi and Thierry Verdier

Do better property rights improve local income?: Evidence from First Nations' treaties pp. 43-56

Fernando Aragon

The resource curse exorcised: Evidence from a panel of countries pp. 57-73

Brock Smith

Child mortality risk and fertility: Evidence from prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV pp. 74-88

Nicholas Wilson

Fiscal incentives and policy choices of local governments: Evidence from China pp. 89-104

Li Han and James Kung

Quality signaling through certification in developing countries pp. 105-121

Emmanuelle Auriol and Steven G.M. Schilizzi

Financial development and the choice of trade partners pp. 122-145

Jackie M.L. Chan and Kalina Manova

Effects of renminbi appreciation on foreign firms: The role of processing exports pp. 146-157

Barry Eichengreen and Hui Tong

Social accountability to contain corruption pp. 158-168

Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky

A positive analysis of Fairtrade certification pp. 169-185

Andrea Podhorsky

The relationship between federal budget amendments and local electoral power pp. 186-198

Sergio Firpo, Vladimir Ponczek and Viviane Sanfelice

A heterogeneous agent model of credit-linked index insurance and farm technology adoption pp. 199-211

Katie Farrin and Mario Miranda

Segregation and conflict: An empirical analysis pp. 212-222

Alejandro Corvalan and Miguel Vargas

Leveling with friends: Social networks and Indian farmers' demand for a technology with heterogeneous benefits pp. 223-251

Nicholas Magnan, David Spielman, Travis Lybbert and Kajal Gulati

All in the family: Explaining the persistence of female genital cutting in West Africa pp. 252-265

Marc Bellemare, Lindsey Novak and Tara L. Steinmetz

Volume 115, issue C, 2015

Manufacturing growth and the lives of Bangladeshi women pp. 1-15

Rachel Heath and Ahmed Mobarak

Banking the poor via savings accounts: Evidence from a field experiment pp. 16-31

Silvia Prina

Economic shocks, civil war and ethnicity pp. 32-44

Thorsten Janus and Daniel Riera-Crichton

Glass slippers and glass ceilings: An analysis of marital anticipation and female education pp. 45-61

Saqib Jafarey and Dibyendu Maiti

Rainfall and conflict: A cautionary tale pp. 62-72

Heather Sarsons

Microfinance and dynamic incentives pp. 73-84

D.A. Shapiro

Efficient informal trade: Theory and experimental evidence from the Cape Town taxi market pp. 85-98

Niklas Bengtsson

The impact of a social program on labor informality: The case of AUH in Argentina pp. 99-110

Santiago Garganta and Leonardo Gasparini

Assessing the impact of World Bank preparation on project outcomes pp. 111-123

Christopher Kilby

Public education spending and private substitution in urban China pp. 124-139

Cheng Yuan and Lei Zhang

The role of group size in group lending pp. 140-155

Christian Ahlin

How geography affects quality pp. 156-180

Volodymyr Lugovskyy and Alexandre Skiba

Multinational price premium pp. 181-199

Ying Ge, Huiwen Lai and Susan Chun Zhu

Evaluating seasonal food storage and credit programs in east Indonesia pp. 200-216

Karna Basu and Maisy Wong

Fertility and rural labor market inefficiencies: Evidence from India pp. 217-232

Prashant Bharadwaj

Volume 114, issue C, 2015

Vote suppression and insecure property rights pp. 1-19

Paul Castañeda Dower and Tobias Pfutze

Corrupt governments do not receive more state-to-state aid: Governance and the delivery of foreign aid through non-state actors pp. 20-33

Martin Acht, Toman Omar Mahmoud and Rainer Thiele

Hicksian separability does not hold over space: Implications for the design of household surveys and price questionnaires pp. 34-40

John Gibson and Bonggeun Kim

Social capital, product imitation and growth with learning externalities pp. 41-54

Pierre-Richard Agénor and Hinh Dinh

The resource curse: A statistical mirage? pp. 55-63

Alexander James

Suicide and property rights in India pp. 64-78

Siwan Anderson and Garance Genicot

Heterogeneity and the formation of risk-sharing coalitions pp. 79-96

Fernando Jaramillo, Hubert Kempf and Fabien Moizeau

Protecting child nutritional status in the aftermath of a financial crisis: Evidence from Indonesia pp. 97-106

John Giles and Elan Satriawan

Economic shocks in the fisheries sector and maritime piracy pp. 107-125

Matthias Flückiger and Markus Ludwig

Oil, governance and the (mis)allocation of talent in developing countries pp. 126-141

Christian Hubert Ebeke, Luc Omgba and Rachid Laajaj

A gender-based theory of the origin of the caste system of India pp. 142-158

Chris Bidner and Mukesh Eswaran

Impact of the business environment on output and productivity in Africa pp. 159-171

El-hadj Bah and Lei Fang

Electricity shortages and firm productivity: Evidence from China's industrial firms pp. 172-188

Karen Fisher-Vanden, Erin Mansur and Wang, Qiong (Juliana)

Migration, congestion externalities, and the evaluation of spatial investments pp. 189-202

Taryn Dinkelman and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl

New exports from emerging markets: Do followers benefit from pioneers? pp. 203-223

Rodrigo Wagner and Andres Zahler

Labor regulations and contract labor use: Evidence from Indian firms pp. 224-232

Ritam Chaurey

Empowering women? Inheritance rights, female education and dowry payments in India pp. 233-251

Sanchari Roy