Journal of Development Economics

1974 - 2025

Current editor(s): M. R. Rosenzweig

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Volume 84, issue 2, 2007

How corruption hits people when they are down pp. 574-589

Jennifer Hunt

Health and the evolution of welfare across Brazilian municipalities pp. 590-608

Rodrigo Soares

Migration as an antidote to rent-seeking? pp. 609-630

Fabio Mariani

The Cultural Revolution and returns to schooling in China: Estimates based on twins pp. 631-639

Junsen Zhang, Pak-Wai Liu and Linda Yung

IMF concern for reputation and conditional lending failure: Theory and empirics pp. 640-666

Silvia Marchesi and Laura Sabani

Fungibility and the flypaper effect of project aid: Micro-evidence for Vietnam pp. 667-685

Dominique van de Walle and Ren Mu

How does the impact of an HIV/AIDS information campaign vary with educational attainment? Evidence from rural Uganda pp. 686-714

Damien de Walque

Credit layering in informal financial markets pp. 715-730

Ghazala Mansuri

Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh pp. 731-754

Malgosia Madajewicz, Alexander Pfaff, Alexander van Geen, Joseph Graziano, Iftikhar Hussein, Hasina Momotaj, Roksana Sylvi and Habibul Ahsan

Inequality does cause underdevelopment: Insights from a new instrument pp. 755-776

William Easterly

Age-differentiated minimum wages in developing countries pp. 777-797

Mauricio Larrain and Joaquin Poblete

Foreign equity trading and emerging market volatility: Evidence from Indonesia and Thailand pp. 798-811

Jianxin Wang

Volume 84, issue 1, 2007

Network effects and the dynamics of migration and inequality: Theory and evidence from Mexico pp. 1-24

David McKenzie and Hillel Rapoport

Only income diverges: A neoclassical anomaly pp. 25-45

Kevin Grier and Robin Grier

On the static and dynamic costs of trade restrictions for small developing countries pp. 46-60

Charles Marrewijk and Koen G. Berden

Socioeconomic status or noise? Tradeoffs in the generation of school quality information pp. 61-75

Alejandra Mizala, Pilar Romaguera and Miguel Urquiola

Urbanization, informal sector, and development pp. 76-103

Kazuhiro Yuki

Revisiting the infant industry argument pp. 104-117

Philip Sauré

Mortality risks, education and child labor pp. 118-137

Fernanda Estevan and Jean-Marie Baland

Effects of longevity and dependency rates on saving and growth: Evidence from a panel of cross countries pp. 138-154

Hongbin Li, Jie Zhang and Junsen Zhang

Are external shocks responsible for the instability of output in low-income countries? pp. 155-187

Claudio Raddatz

Effects of economic shocks on children's employment and schooling in Brazil pp. 188-214

Suzanne Duryea, David Lam and Deborah Levison

Financial liberalization, financial sector development and growth: Evidence from Malaysia pp. 215-233

James Ang and Warwick McKibbin

Quality dualism pp. 234-250

Arup Banerji and Sanjay Jain

Persistent inequality: An explanation based on limited parental altruism pp. 251-270

Mausumi Das

Nonlinear economic growth: Some theory and cross-country evidence pp. 271-290

Davide Fiaschi and Andrea Lavezzi

Nonlinearities and heterogeneity in environmental quality: An empirical analysis of deforestation pp. 291-309

Phu Nguyen Van and Theophile Azomahou

Evaluation of training in African enterprises pp. 310-329

Michael Rosholm, Helena Nielsen and Andrew Dabalen

Does poverty constrain deforestation? Econometric evidence from Peru pp. 330-349

Alix Peterson Zwane

Trade policy in a Ricardian model with a continuum of goods under nonhomothetic preferences pp. 350-377

Joachim Stibora and Albert de Vaal

Comparisons of real output and productivity of Chinese and Indian manufacturing, 1980-2002 pp. 378-416

Boon Lee, D.S. Prasada Rao and William Shepherd

Trade unions vs. statistical discrimination: Theory and application to post-apartheid South Africa pp. 417-444

Jean-Paul Azam and Sandrine Rospabe

Self-fulfilling prophecies in the quality ladders economy pp. 445-464

Guido Cozzi

Bribery, inefficiency, and bureaucratic delay pp. 465-486

Christian Ahlin and Pinaki Bose

Group-lending with sequential financing, contingent renewal and social capital pp. 487-506

Prabal Roy Chowdhury

Foreign aid and economic growth: The role of flexible labor supply pp. 507-533

Santanu Chatterjee and Stephen J Turnovsky

Reforms and confidence pp. 534-550

Pertti Haaparanta and Jukka Pirttilä

Can a raise in your wage make you worse off? A public goods perspective pp. 551-571

Suman Ghosh and Alexander Karaivanov

Volume 83, issue 2, 2007

The social dimensions of microeconomic behavior in low-income communities: Introduction to a symposium pp. 253-255

Christopher Barrett and Andrew Foster

Social affiliation and the demand for health services: Caste and child health in South India pp. 256-279

Nancy Luke and Kaivan Munshi

Descent rules and strategic transfers. Evidence from matrilineal groups in Ghana pp. 280-301

Eliana La Ferrara

Heterogeneity, social esteem and feasibility of collective action pp. 302-325

Jean-Philippe Platteau and Erika Seki

The formation of risk sharing networks pp. 326-350

Marcel Fafchamps and Flore Gubert

Strategic analysis of petty corruption: Entrepreneurs and bureaucrats pp. 351-367

Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky, Mukul Majumdar and Roy Radner

Coordinating development: Can income-based incentive schemes eliminate Pareto inferior equilibria? pp. 368-391

Philip Bond and Rohini Pande

A numerical simulation analysis of (Hukou) labour mobility restrictions in China pp. 392-410

John Whalley and Shunming Zhang

Moral hazard and Marshallian inefficiency: Evidence from Tunisia pp. 411-445

Jean-Louis Arcand, Chunrong Ai and Francois Ethier

Remittances and savings from international migration: Theory and evidence using a matched sample pp. 446-465

Una Osili

A quantile regression decomposition of urban-rural inequality in Vietnam pp. 466-490

Binh Nguyen, James Albrecht, Susan Vroman and M. Daniel Westbrook

Semiparametric Bayesian inference of the Kuznets hypothesis pp. 491-505

Ho-Chuan Huang and Shu-Chin Lin

Democracy, visibility and public good provision pp. 506-529

Anandi Mani and Sharun Mukand

An efficiency and welfare classification of rationing by waiting in the presence of bribery pp. 530-548

Praveen Kulshreshtha

Quality-enhancing trade liberalization pp. 549-561

Mukesh Eswaran and Ashok Kotwal

Does financial liberalization improve the allocation of investment?: Micro-evidence from developing countries pp. 562-587

Arturo Galindo, Fabio Schiantarelli and Andrew Weiss

Volume 83, issue 1, 2007

Money for nothing: The dire straits of medical practice in Delhi, India pp. 1-36

Jishnu Das and Jeffrey Hammer

Social learning, neighborhood effects, and investment in human capital: Evidence from Green-Revolution India pp. 37-62

Futoshi Yamauchi

Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? Firm level evidence pp. 63-75

Raymond Fisman and Jakob Svensson

International migration and "educated unemployment" pp. 76-87

C. Fan and Oded Stark

Land and the transition from a dual to a modern economy pp. 88-108

Eugenio Proto

Equity and policy effectiveness with imperfect targeting pp. 109-140

Sami Bibi and Jean-Yves Duclos

Tariff bindings and bilateral cooperation on export cartels pp. 141-156

Bernard Hoekman and Kamal Saggi

Historical legacies: A model linking Africa's past to its current underdevelopment pp. 157-175

Nathan Nunn

Donor fragmentation and bureaucratic quality in aid recipients pp. 176-197

Stephen Knack and Aminur Rahman

Poverty alleviation through geographic targeting: How much does disaggregation help? pp. 198-213

Chris Elbers, Tomoki Fujii, Peter Lanjouw, Berk Özler and Wesley Yin

Inequality and outside options in common-property resource use pp. 214-239

Nori Tarui

Purchasing power parity and country characteristics: Evidence from panel data tests pp. 240-251

Joseph Alba and David Papell