Journal of Comparative Economics

1977 - 2025

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Volume 52, issue 4, 2024

Changing the pace of the melting pot: The effects of immigration restrictions on immigrant assimilation pp. 733-754

Jeff Chan

Gendered language and gendered violence pp. 755-772

Lewis Davis, Astghik Mavisakalyan and Clas Weber

The colonial legacy of education: Evidence from Tunisia pp. 773-792

Mhamed Ben Salah, Cédric Chambru and Maleke Fourati

Canal and trade: Transportation infrastructure and market integration in China, 1780–1911 pp. 793-812

Shuo Chen, Jianan Li and Qin Yao

Minor monarchs: The ‘Bad-Emperor’ problem in Chinese history pp. 813-824

Heyu Xiong

The impact of an online game-based financial education course: Multi-country experimental evidence pp. 825-847

Marta Cannistrà, Kenneth De Beckker, Tommaso Agasisti, Aisa Amagir, Kaire Põder, Lukáš Vartiak and Kristof De Witte

Management practices and energy efficiency: Evidence from firms in China pp. 848-870

Jing Cao and Soo Keong Yong

Stock liquidity and the signaling value of patents: Evidence from china's national equities exchange and quotations market pp. 871-896

Ruigang Bi, Zonglai Kou, Pingyi Lou and Hong Song

Hospital response to increases in prices of pediatric services: Evidence from China pp. 897-924

Hongqiao Fu, Jialin Huang, Ling Li and Winnie Yip

The impact of anti-corruption on mental health: Evidence from China pp. 925-950

Jiawei Fu and Congyi Zhou

Can digital financial inclusion facilitate intergenerational income mobility? Evidence from China pp. 951-962

Xiaolan Yang, Lele Zhang, Xiaoyue Hong and Wenchao Li

Measuring the attitude towards a European public budget: A cross-country experiment pp. 963-979

Marco Catola, Pietro Guarnieri, Veronica Pizziol and Chiara Rapallini

Volume 52, issue 3, 2024

Changes to our editorial board pp. 591-591

Ruben Enikolopov, Timur Kuran and Hongbin Li

Citizen empowerment through land reform pp. 592-613

Pablo Jimenez-Ayora, Devashish Mitra, Lan Tong and Mehmet Ulubasoglu

The social behavior of immigrants during natural disasters: Lessons from the United States pp. 614-633

Veeshan Rayamajhee and Jayash Paudel

Bureaucracy-business relationship, corruption and the implications for marketization pp. 634-644

Shaoqing Huang, Weisi Xie and Xiaoshu Xu

Growing up amid armed conflict: Women's attitudes toward domestic violence pp. 645-662

Giulia La Mattina and Olga N. Shemyakina

Voting from abroad: Assessing the impact of local turnout on migrants’ voting behavior pp. 663-678

Divya Dev, Ruben Poblete-Cazenave and Alessandro Toppeta

The compulsory education law, female education and fertility: An empirical study in China pp. 679-696

Shenglong Liu, Xiaoming Zhang and Shaojie Zhou

Closing the digital divide: The impact of teachers’ ICT use on student achievement in China pp. 697-713

Junjie Hong, Wanlin Liu and Qing Zhang

Individualism and the legal status of prostitution pp. 714-732

Lewis S. Davis and Astghik Mavisakalyan

Volume 52, issue 2, 2024

Hedging desperation: How kinship networks reduced cannibalism in historical China pp. 361-382

Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin and Xiaoming Zhang

The growth of firms, markets and rents: Evidence from China pp. 383-399

Daniel Berkowitz and Shuichiro Nishioka

Misinformation technology: Internet use and political misperceptions in Africa pp. 400-433

Joël Cariolle, Yasmine Elkhateeb and Mathilde Maurel

Social Status Inequality and Populism pp. 434-444

Mark Gradstein

Transparency and grand corruption: Lessons from the Colombia school meals program pp. 445-462

Philip Keefer and Benjamin Roseth

On the origins of national identity. German nation-building after Napoleon pp. 463-477

Felix Kersting and Nikolaus Wolf

A theory of symbiotic corruption pp. 478-494

Xuezheng Chen, Lin Gui, Tao Wu and Jun Zhang

Religious symbols in the public sphere and development of the third sector: Some evidence from rural Poland pp. 495-508

Jan Fałkowski and Przemysław J. Kurek

Transition from plan to market: Imperfect regulations in the electricity sector of China pp. 509-533

Jing Cao, Mun Ho, Rong Ma and Yu Zhang

Online teaching, gender differences and education outcomes: Evidence from Chinese urban high schools during the COVID-19 pp. 534-553

Liu Yang and Lei Zhang

Group composition of income types and the absolute-relative framing of public good contributions pp. 554-567

Li Yutong, Wang Xianghong and Dai Zhixin

Migration networks, export shocks, and human capital acquisition: Evidence from China pp. 568-589

Shu Cai, Xinzheng Shi and Zhufeng Xu

Volume 52, issue 1, 2024

The effects of superstition on firms' investment behavior: Evidence from Vietnam, an irreligious country✰ pp. 1-27

Dai Van Pham

How can migration unequalize inheritance: Theory and insights from Bolivia pp. 28-53

Anne Michels and Jean-Philippe Platteau

Trust we lost: The impact of the Treuhand experience on political alienation in East Germany pp. 54-75

Kim Leonie Kellermann

Politician’s childhood experience and government policies: Evidence from the Chinese Great Famine pp. 76-92

Cheng Li, Le Wang and Junsen Zhang

Epidemics, disease control, and China’s long-term development pp. 93-112

Jun Wang and James Ang

The rise of superstar firms in the United States: The role of global sourcing pp. 113-144

Yifan Li and Zhuang Miao

Caselaw and England's economic performance during the Industrial Revolution: Data and evidence pp. 145-165

Peter Grajzl and Peter Murrell

Conservative Talk Radio and political persuasion in the US,1950–1970 pp. 166-182

Oliver Engist, Paul Matzko and Erik Merkus

Misallocation across establishment gender pp. 183-206

Ashantha Ranasinghe

Can arms breed peace? The consequence of arms imports from the US on civil wars pp. 207-229

Xiaoyu He and Yixin Mei

Leadership vacuum and urban economic development: Evidence from a transition country pp. 230-252

Maoyong Cheng, Yutong Yao, Justin Y. Jin, Khalid Nainar and Yu Meng

Law and economic behaviour pp. 253-270

Ranoua Bouchouicha, L’Haridon, Olivier and Ferdinand Vieider

Institutions, abilities, and the allocation of talent: Evidence from Russian regions pp. 271-296

Michael Alexeev, Timur Natkhov and Leonid Polishchuk

The (dis)connection between R&D and productivity in China: Policy implications of R&D tax credits pp. 297-320

Qing Liu, Larry Qiu, Xing Wei and Chaoqun Zhan

Hukou Matters: The heterogeneous local labor market effects of export expansions in China pp. 321-340

Shuaizhang Feng, Jingliang Lu and Leilei Shen

Risk-sharing and entrepreneurship pp. 341-360

Matilda Kilström and Paula Roth

Volume 51, issue 4, 2023

Immigrants from more tolerant cultures integrate deeper into destination countries pp. 1095-1108

Niclas Berggren, Martin Ljunge and Therese Nilsson

The economics of extortion: Theory and the case of the Sicilian Mafia pp. 1109-1141

Luigi Balletta and Andrea Lavezzi

The short- and long-run effects of medical malpractice lawsuits on medical spending and hospital operations in China pp. 1142-1161

Gordon Liu, Junjian Yi, Ye Yuan and Shaoyang Zhao

Educational opportunity and children's migration: Evidence from China's Gaokao reform for children of migrant families pp. 1162-1185

Xueying Li and Lei Zhang

Picking winners? Government subsidies and firm productivity in China pp. 1186-1199

Lee G. Branstetter, Guangwei Li and Mengjia Ren

A simple method to ex-ante quantify the unobservable effects of trade liberalization and trade protection pp. 1200-1213

Mario Larch, Shawn Tan and Yoto Yotov

The economic effects of international sanctions: An event study pp. 1214-1231

Jerg Gutmann, Matthias Neuenkirch and Florian Neumeier

Near-real time analysis of war and economic activity during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pp. 1232-1243

Yuri M. Zhukov

Design and implementation of the price cap on Russian oil exports pp. 1244-1252

Simon Johnson, Lukasz Rachel and Catherine Wolfram

Divesting under Pressure: U.S. firms’ exit in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine pp. 1253-1273

Tetyana Balyuk and Anastassia Fedyk

Can Black Tulips stop Russia again? pp. 1274-1288

Dinissa Duvanova, Alex Nikolsko-Rzhevskyy and Olha Zadorozhna

Geopolitical fragmentation and trade pp. 1289-1315

Rodolfo Campos, Julia Estefania-Flores, Davide Furceri and Jacopo Timini

Labor markets during war time: Evidence from online job advertisements pp. 1316-1333

Tho Pham, Oleksandr Talavera and Zhuangchen Wu

Damaged collateral and firm-level finance: Evidence from Russia’s war in Ukraine pp. 1334-1343

Solomiya Shpak, John Earle, Scott Gehlbach and Mariia Panga

Short-run multiplier effects of military expenditures in NATO's Eastern Flank countries in 1999–2021 pp. 1344-1355

Łukasz Olejnik

Decentralization and trust in government: Quasi-experimental evidence from Ukraine pp. 1356-1365

Helge Arends, Tymofii Brik, Benedikt Herrmann and Felix Roesel

Volume 51, issue 3, 2023

Historical roots of political extremism: The effects of Nazi occupation of Italy pp. 723-743

Nicola Fontana, Tommaso Nannicini and Guido Tabellini

A rising tide that lifts all boats: An analysis of economic freedom and inequality using matching methods pp. 744-777

Justin T. Callais and Andrew T. Young

Catholics, Protestants and Muslims: Similar work ethics, different social and political ethics pp. 778-815

Miguel Abellán

Topography, borders, and trade across Europe pp. 816-832

Richard Frensch, Jarko Fidrmuc and Michael Rindler

Rethinking fiscal rules pp. 833-857

Luis Carranza-Ugarte, Julián Díaz-Saavedra and Jose Enrique Galdon-Sanchez

Is property driving income distribution? – An analysis of the linkage between income and wealth in Finland, France and Spain pp. 858-879

Ilja Kristian Kavonius and Veli-Matti Törmälehto

Maternity support and child health: Unintended gendered effects pp. 880-898

Aishwarya Kekre and Kanika Mahajan

Staying on top: Political cycles in private bank lending pp. 899-917

Zuzana Fungáčová, Koen Schoors, Laura Solanko and Laurent Weill

Political economy of real exchange rate levels pp. 918-940

Esra Nur Ugurlu and Arslan Razmi

Effects of public sector wages on corruption: Wage inequality matters pp. 941-959

Asli Demirguc-Kunt, Michael Lokshin and Vladimir Kolchin

Demilitarization and economic growth: Empirical evidence in support of a peace dividend pp. 960-988

Anthony A. Mayberry

Past exposure to macroeconomic shocks and populist attitudes in Europe pp. 989-1010

Despina Gavresi and Anastasia Litina

Did raising doing business scores boost GDP? pp. 1011-1030

Tamanna Adhikari and Karl Whelan

Firms’ access to finance in resource-based countries and the financial resource curse pp. 1031-1047

Olivier Damette, Akassi Kablan and Clément Mathonnat

Societal diversity, group identities and their implications for tax morale pp. 1048-1067

Fabian ten Kate, Mariko Klasing and Petros Milionis

The impact of educated leaders on economic development: Evidence from India pp. 1068-1093

Chandan Jain, Shagun Kashyap, Rahul Lahoti and Soham Sahoo

Volume 51, issue 2, 2023

State formation and market integration: Germany, 1780–1830 pp. 403-421

Hakon Albers and Ulrich Pfister

The effects of South Korean Protestantism on human capital and female empowerment, 1930–2010 pp. 422-438

Yutaro Izumi, Sangyoon Park and Hyunjoo Yang

When the message hurts: The unintended impacts of nudges on saving pp. 439-456

Alin Marius Andrieş and Sarah Walker

Leaping into the dark: A model of policy gambles pp. 457-476

Kartik Anand, Prasanna Gai and Philipp J. König

Rebundling Institutions: How property rights and contracting institutions combine for growth pp. 477-500

Katja Kalkschmied

The effects of discriminatory protections on cross-border mergers and acquisitions pp. 501-523

Haoyuan Ding, Haichao Fan, Chang Li and Larry Qiu

Dark side of environmental regulation: Wage inequality cost pp. 524-544

Yun Liu, Yifei Zhang, Yuxin Yang and Xin Chen

Do wages grow with experience? Deciphering the Russian puzzle pp. 545-563

Eugenia Chernina and Vladimir Gimpelson

Do non-cognitive skills matter for alcohol consumption? Evidence from Russia pp. 564-576

Ksenia Rozhkova, Sergey Roshchin and Yana Roshchina

Labor market hardships and preferences for public sector employment and employers: Evidence from Russia pp. 577-591

Olivia Jin and William Pyle

Wage and Employment Impact of Minimum Wage: Evidence from Lithuania pp. 592-609

Jose Garcia-Louzao and Linas Tarasonis

Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from China pp. 610-639

Wen-Tai Hsu, Yi Lu, Xuan Luo and Lianming Zhu

Street-level responsiveness of city governments in China, Germany, and the United States pp. 640-652

Ekkehard Köhler, John G. Matsusaka and Yanhui Wu

Youth responses to political populism: Education abroad as a step toward emigration pp. 653-673

Murat Demirci

Intangible capital, the labour share and national ‘growth regimes’ pp. 674-695

Aida Garcia-Lazaro and Nick Pearce

The effects of TV content on entrepreneurship: Evidence from German unification pp. 696-721

Viktor Slavtchev and Michael Wyrwich

Volume 51, issue 1, 2023

Legacies of Vietnam's imperial examinations, 1075–1919: More investment in education and better educational outcomes pp. 2-14

Tien Vu and Hiroyuki Yamada

Political survival, local accountability, and long-term development: Evidence from an authoritarian country pp. 15-40

Hanming Fang, Linke Hou, Mingxing Liu, Lixin Xu and Pengfei Zhang

Institutional-cultural coherence and economic development: The case of the Spanish regions pp. 41-89

David Soto-Oñate and Gustavo Torrens

Immigrant religious practices and criminality: The case of Ramadan pp. 90-104

Carlo Birkholz and David Gomtsyan

The motherhood penalty in China: Magnitudes, trends, and the role of grandparenting pp. 105-132

Lingsheng Meng, Yunbin Zhang and Ben Zou

The roots of female emancipation: Initializing role of Cool Water pp. 133-159

Manuel Santos Silva, Amy C. Alexander, Stephan Klasen and Christian Welzel

The gender education gap in developing countries: Roles of income shocks and culture pp. 160-180

Sylvain Dessy, Luca Tiberti and David Zoundi

Access to local citizenship and internal migration in a developing country: Evidence from a Hukou reform in China pp. 181-215

Zhangfeng Jin and Junsen Zhang

The effects of EU-funded enterprise grants on firms and workers pp. 216-234

Balazs Murakozy and Almos Telegdy

Melting pot or salad bowl: Cultural effects on industrial similarity during trade liberalization pp. 235-258

Yang Jiao, Leilei Shen and Yuyun Liu

Perception of political instability in election periods: Evidence from African firms pp. 259-276

Antoine Cazals and Florian Leon

Informal institution meets child development: Clan culture and child labor in China pp. 277-294

Can Tang and Zhong Zhao

Beyond climate and conflict relationships: New evidence from a Copula-based analysis on an historical perspective pp. 295-323

Olivier Damette and Stéphane Goutte

Ballot structure and political selection. Evidence from changes in electoral rules pp. 324-347

Erasmo Papagni, Anna Laura Baraldi and Maria Rosaria Alfano

Effects of corruption on foreign direct investment: Evidence from Swedish multinational enterprises pp. 348-371

Susanna Thede and Patrik Karpaty

Minimum wage spike and income underreporting: A back-of-the-envelope-wage analysis pp. 372-402

Nicolas Gavoille and Anna Zasova