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Volume 39, issue 2, 2025

Organizational Hierarchies and Export Destinations pp. 229-259

Irene Brambilla, Andrés César, Guillermo Falcone and Guido Porto

Does Aid Induce Foreign Direct Investment: Updated Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment pp. 260-280

Junyan Tian

Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium: A Structural Estimation Framework pp. 281-307

Mario Larch and Yoto Yotov

Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms pp. 308-340

Xinshen Diao, Mia Ellis, Margaret McMillan and Dani Rodrik

Chiefs, Courts, and Upholding Property Rights: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone pp. 341-361

Henry Musa Kpaka

Subnational Income, Growth, and the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 362-376

M Ali Choudhary, Ilaria Dal Barco, Ijlal A Haqqani, Federico Lenzi and Nicola Limodio

Integrating Survey and Geospatial Data for Geographical Targeting of the Poor and Vulnerable: Evidence from Malawi pp. 377-409

Melany Gualavisi and David Newhouse

(Joint) Bank Savings, Female Empowerment, and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia pp. 410-438

Jose Galdo

Food Transfers, Cash Transfers, Behavior Change Communication and Child Nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 439-472

Akhter Ahmed, John Hoddinott and Shalini Roy

Why Programs Fail: Lessons for Improving Public Service Quality from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Unsuccessful Teacher Training Program in Nepal pp. 473-496

Julie Schaffner, Paul Glewwe and Uttam Sharma

Volume 39, issue 1, 2025

The Temptation of Social Networks under Job Search Frictions pp. 1-25

Norihiko Matsuda and Shinsaku Nomura

Too Hard, Too Easy, or Just Right: The Productivity of Schooling and the Match between Child Skill and School Complexity pp. 26-41

Juan Castro and Lucciano Villacorta

Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 42-60

Graziella Bertocchi, Arcangelo Dimico and Gian Luca Tedeschi

Free Trade and Subnational Development: Economic Activity and Human Welfare pp. 61-84

John Cruzatti C

The Impact of Weather Shocks on Violent and Property Crimes in Jamaica pp. 85-103

Nicholas Wright and Aubrey M Stewart

Better Roads, Better Off? Evidence on Upgrading Roads in Tanzania pp. 104-123

Christelle Dumas and Ximena Játiva

Do Factory Jobs Improve Welfare? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 124-142

Girum Abebe, Niklas Buehren and Markus Goldstein

The Gendered Impact of Digital Jobs Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique pp. 143-163

Sam Jones and Kunal Sen

Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age pp. 164-190

Mireille Kozhaya and Fernanda Martínez Flores

Minimum Wage Policy and Poverty in Indonesia pp. 191-210

Nurina Merdikawati and Ridho Al Izzati

Can Discussions about Girls’ Education Improve Academic Outcomes? Evidence from a Randomized Development Project pp. 211-227

Christopher Cotton, Ardyn Nordstrom, Jordan Nanowski and Eric Richert

Volume 38, issue 4, 2024

Positioning in Global Value Chains: World Map and Indicators, a New Dataset Available for GVC Analyses pp. 669-690

Michele Mancini, Pierluigi Montalbano, S Nenci and D Vurchio

Deep Trade Agreements and Firm Ownership in GVCs pp. 691-707

Peter Egger and Gerard Masllorens

Is There a Bright Side to the China Syndrome? Rising Export Opportunities and Life Satisfaction in China pp. 708-740

Matthieu Crozet, Laura Hering and Sandra Poncet

Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor pp. 741-771

Pavel Chakraborty, Rahul Singh and Vidhya Soundararajan

Documenting Decentralization: Empirical Evidence on Administrative Unit Proliferation from Uganda pp. 772-795

Isabelle Cohen

Village Fairness Norms and Land-Rental Markets pp. 796-823

Kwabena Krah, Annemie Maertens, Wezi Mhango, Hope Michelson and Vesall Nourani

Group Incentives for the Public Good: A Field Experiment on Improving the Urban Environment pp. 824-845

Carol Newman, Tara Mitchell, Marcus Holmlund and Chloë Fernandez

Public Child Care Provision: Unraveling the Consequences of Implementation Variations for Women's Time Allocation pp. 846-860

Catherine Mata

Measuring the Size of the “Third Pillar”: A Global Dataset pp. 861-873

Fritz Schiltz, Kelsey J MacKay and Philippe Vandekerckhove

Volume 38, issue 3, 2024

How Much Are Government Jobs in Developing Countries Worth? pp. 443-465

Kunal Mangal

Crime and Gender Segregation: Evidence from the Bogota “Pico y Genero” Lockdown pp. 466-482

Brian Knight, Maria Mercedes Ponce de Leon and Ana Tribin

Infrastructure and Structural Change in Africa pp. 483-513

Matias Herrera Dappe and Mathilde Lebrand

Religious Leaders’ Compliance with State Authority: Experimental Evidence from COVID-19 in Pakistan pp. 514-534

Kate Vyborny

Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India pp. 535-557

Pavitra Govindan

Job Loss and Household Labor Supply Adjustments in Developing Countries: Evidence from Argentina pp. 558-579

Matías Ciaschi and Guido Neidhöfer

Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice pp. 580-597

Shawn Cole, Mukta Joshiideas and Antoinette Schoar

The Causal Effect of Early Marriage on Women's Bargaining Power: Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 598-624

Salauddin Tauseef and Farha Deba Sufian

Addressing Social Desirability Bias When Measuring Child Labor Use: An Application to Cocoa Farms in Côte d’Ivoire pp. 625-646

Marine Jouvin

Making Data Count: Estimating a Poverty Trend for Nigeria between 2009 and 2019 pp. 647-668

Jonathan Lain, Marta Schoch and Tara Vishwanath

Volume 38, issue 2, 2024

Removing Barriers to Entry in Medicine: Evidence from Pakistan pp. 209-228

Fatima Aqeel

Agricultural Productivity and Land Inequality: Evidence from the Philippines pp. 229-250

Ludovic Bequet

Allocative Efficiency between and within the Formal and Informal Manufacturing Sectors in Zimbabwe pp. 251-273

Godfrey Kamutando and Lawrence Edwards

Catch-Up Growth and Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Trade Data pp. 274-295

Marijn A Bolhuis

Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Program pp. 296-318

Richard Freund, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter and Jere Behrman

The Rise in Women’s Labor-Force Participation in Mexico—Supply vs. Demand Factors pp. 319-350

Sonia Bhalotra and Manuel Fernández

The Short- and Longer-Term Effects of a Child Labor Ban pp. 351-370

Caio Piza, André Souza, Patrick M Emerson and Vivian Amorim

Social Protection amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant pp. 371-393

Mo Alloush, Jeffrey Bloem and J G Malacarne

Digital Training for Micro-Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala pp. 394-421

Alejandro Estefan, Martina Improta, Romina Ordoñez and Paul Winters

How Much Does the Food Insecurity Experience Scale Overlap with Poor Food Consumption and Monetary Poverty? Evidence from West Africa pp. 422-442

Jonathan Lain, Sharad Tandon and Tara Vishwanath

Volume 38, issue 1, 2024

Infrastructure Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from the Arrival of High-Speed Internet in Africa pp. 1-23

Justice Tei Mensah and Nouhoum Traore

Import Uncertainty and Export Dynamics pp. 24-50

Mariana Vijil, Laurent Wagner and Martha Tesfaye Woldemichael

Employment Mismatches Drive Expectational Earnings Errors among Mozambican Graduates pp. 51-73

Sam Jones, Ricardo Santos and Gimelgo Xirinda

Public Pre-Primary and Maternal Employment in Algeria: Evidence from a Natural Experiment pp. 74-94

Caroline Krafft and Moundir Lassassi

Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence: The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin pp. 95-116

Sarah Deschênes and Rozenn Hotte

Raising the Age of Marriage Entry and Child's Nutrition Intake? Evidence from the Reform of Ethiopia's Family Law pp. 117-138

Uchenna Efobi

C-Sections, Obesity, and Healthcare Specialization: Evidence from Mexico pp. 139-160

Catalina Herrera-Almanza, Fernanda Marquez-Padilla and Silvia Prina

Labor Market and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Latin America amid COVID: The Role of Digital-Adoption Policies pp. 161-184

Alan Finkelstein Shapiro, Victoria Nuguer and Santiago Novoa Gomez

Filling the “Decency Gap”? Donors’ Reaction to US Policy on International Family Planning Aid pp. 185-207

Nathalie Ferriere