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Volume 31, issue 3, 2017

What Is Considered Development Economics? Commonalities and Differences in University Courses around the Developing World pp. 595-610

David McKenzie and Anna Luisa Paffhausen

Does Financial Education Impact Financial Literacy and Financial Behavior, and If So, When? pp. 611-630

Tim Kaiser and Lukas Menkhoff

A First Step up the Energy Ladder? Low Cost Solar Kits and Household’s Welfare in Rural Rwanda pp. 631-649

Michael Grimm, Anicet Munyehirwe, Jörg Peters and Maximiliane Sievert

The Cost of Fear: The Welfare Effect of the Risk of Violence in Northern Uganda pp. 650-669

Marc Rockmore

Identifying Gazelles: Expert Panels vs. Surveys as a Means to Identify Firms with Rapid Growth Potential pp. 670-686

Marcel Fafchamps and Christopher Woodruff

On Minimizing the Risk of Bias in Randomized Controlled Trials in Economics pp. 687-707

Alex Eble, Peter Boone and Diana Elbourne

Donor Competition for Aid Impact, and Aid Fragmentation pp. 708-729

Kurt Annen and Luc Moers

The Impacts of India's Food Security Policies on South Asian Wheat and Rice Markets pp. 730-746

Nelson Villoria and Elliot Wamboka Mghenyi

Effect of Lengthening the School Day on Mother's Labor Supply pp. 747-766

Dante Contreras and Paulina Sepúlveda

Can Agricultural Interventions Improve Child Nutrition? Evidence from Tanzania pp. 767-785

Anna Folke Larsen and Helene Bie Lilleør

The Impact of Positive and Negative Income Changes on the Height and Weight of Young Children pp. 786-808

Thomas Buser, Hessel Oosterbeek, Erik Plug, Juan Ponce and Jose Rosero

The Effect of a Transfer Program for the Elderly in Mexico City on Co-Residing Children's School Enrollment pp. 809-828

Emilio Gutierrez, Laura Juarez and Adrian Rubli

Volume 31, issue 2, 2017

Property Rights for Fishing Cooperatives: How (and How Well) Do They Work? pp. 295-328

Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Heather M. Leslie, Austen Mack-Crane, Sriniketh Nagavarapu, Sheila M.W. Reddy and Leila Sievanen

When Winners Feel Like Losers: Evidence from an Energy Subsidy Reform pp. 329-350

Oscar Calvo-Gonzalez, Barbara Cunha and Riccardo Trezzi

Does Input-Trade Liberalization Affect Firms’ Foreign Technology Choice? pp. 351-384

Maria Bas and Antoine Berthou

Long-term Gains from Electrification in Rural India pp. 385-411

Dominique van de Walle, Martin Ravallion, Vibhuti Mendiratta and Gayatri Koolwal

The Changing Structure of Africa’s Economies pp. 412-433

Xinshen Diao, Kenneth Harttgen and Margaret McMillan

Does Child Sponsorship Pay off in Adulthood? An International Study of Impacts on Income and Wealth pp. 434-458

Bruce Wydick, Paul Glewwe and Laine Rutledge

Political Connections and Tariff Evasion Evidence from Tunisia pp. 459-482

Bob Rijkers, Leila Baghdadi and Gaël Raballand

Pension Coverage for Parents and Educational Investment in Children: Evidence from Urban China pp. 483-503

Ren Mu and Yang Du

Prices, Engel Curves, and Time-Space Deflation: Impacts on Poverty and Inequality in Vietnam pp. 504-530

John Gibson, Trinh Le and Bonggeun Kim

Willing but Unable? Short-term Experimental Evidence on Parent Empowerment and School Quality pp. 531-552

Elizabeth Beasley and Elise Huillery

Providing Policy Makers with Timely Advice: The Timeliness-Rigor Trade-off pp. 553-569

Clive Bell and Lyn Squire

On the Effects of Enforcement on Illegal Markets: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment in Colombia* pp. 570-594

Daniel Mejía, Pascual Restrepo and Sandra V. Rozo

Volume 31, issue 1, 2017

Remittances and Vulnerability in Developing Countries pp. 1-23

Giulia Bettin, Andrea Presbitero and Nikola Spatafora

Asymmetric Information about Migrant Earnings and Remittance Flows pp. 24-43

Ganesh Seshan and Robertas Zubrickas

Comparing Cash and Voucher Transfers in a Humanitarian Context: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 44-70

Jenny C. Aker

Budget Rules and Resource Booms and Busts: A Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Analysis pp. 71-96

Shantayanan Devarajan, Yazid Dissou, Delfin Go and Sherman Robinson

Public Good Provision in Indian Rural Areas: The Returns to Collective Action by Microfinance Groups pp. 97-128

Paolo Casini, Lore Vandewalle and Zaki Wahhaj

Genuine Fakes: The Prevalence and Implications of Data Fabrication in a Large South African Survey pp. 129-157

Arden Finn and Vimal Ranchhod

Grain Price Spikes and Beggar-thy-Neighbor Policy Responses: A Global Economywide Analysis pp. 158-175

Hans G. Jensen and Kym Anderson

Volunteerism after the Tsunami: The Effects of Democratization pp. 176-195

Tiago Freire, J. Vernon Henderson and Ari Kuncoro

A New Cross-National Measure of Corruption pp. 196-219

Laarni Escresa and Lucio Picci

The Effects of Volumetric Pricing Policy on Farmers’ Water Management Institutions and Their Water Use: The Case of Water User Organization in an Irrigation System in Hubei, China pp. 220-240

Kei Kajisa and Bin Dong

On the Impact of Regulating Commissions: Evidence from the Indian Mutual Funds Market pp. 241-270

Santosh Anagol, Vijaya Marisetty, Renuka Sane and Buvaneshwaran Venugopal

The Effect of Metro Expansions on Air Pollution in Delhi pp. 271-294

Deepti Goel and Sonam Gupta

Volume 30, issue Supplement_1, 2017

Gains from Foreign Direct Investment: Macro and Micro Approaches pp. S2-S15

Laura Alfaro

Should Human Rights Law Play a Role in Development? pp. S16-S33

Eric A. Posner

On the Origins and Development of Pakistan's Soccer-Ball Cluster pp. S34-S41

David Atkin, Azam Chaudhry, Shamyla Chaudry, Amit Khandelwal, Tariq Raza and Eric Verhoogen

Cross-Sector Misallocation with Sector-Specific Distortions pp. S42-S56

Julio Leal Ordóñez

From Firm Productivity Dynamics to Aggregate Efficiency pp. S57-S66

Bernabe Lopez-Martin

Psychometrics as a Tool to Improve Credit Information pp. S67-S76

Irani Arraiz, Miriam Bruhn and Rodolfo Stucchi

Unitary or Noncooperative Intrahousehold Model? Evidence from Couples in Uganda pp. S77-S85

Nathan Fiala and Xi He

Opportunity versus Necessity: Understanding the Heterogeneity of Female Micro-Entrepreneurs pp. S86-S96

Gabriela Calderón, Leonardo Iacovone and Laura Juarez

Highways and Spatial Location within Cities: Evidence from India pp. S97-S108

Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover and William Kerr

ICT Use, Competitive Pressures, and Firm Performance in Mexico pp. S109-S118

Leonardo Iacovone, Mariana Pereira-López and Marc Schiffbauer

Do Deep Trade Agreements Boost Vertical FDI? pp. S119-S125

Alberto Osnago, Nadia Rocha and Michele Ruta

Exporters, Engineers, and Blue-collar Workers pp. S126-S136

Irene Brambilla, Daniel Lederman and Guido Porto

The Causal Impacts of Child Labor Law in Brazil: Some Preliminary Findings pp. S137-S144

Caio Piza and André Souza

The Effect of Publicly Provided Health Insurance on Education Outcomes in Mexico pp. S145-S156

Carlo Alcaraz Pribaz, Daniel Chiquiar, María José Orraca and Alejandrina Salcedoa

The Importance of Legitimacy pp. S157-S165

Robert Akerlof

Are Politically Connected Firms More Likely to Evade Taxes? Evidence from Tunisia pp. S166-S175

Bob Rijkersb, Hassen Arouri and Leila Baghdadi

Courting Economic Development pp. S176-S187

James Brown, J. Anthony Cookson and Rawley Z. Heimer

Volume 30, issue 3, 2016

Is Workfare Cost-effective against Poverty in a Poor Labor-Surplus Economy? pp. 413-445

Rinku Murgai, Martin Ravallion and Dominique van de Walle

What Is the Aggregate Economic Rate of Return to Foreign Aid? pp. 446-474

Channing Arndt, Sam Jones and Finn Tarp

Estimating Quarterly Poverty Rates Using Labor Force Surveys: A Primer pp. 475-500

Mohamed Douidich, Abdeljaouad Ezzrari, Roy van der Weide and Paolo Verme

Bridging the Gender Gap: Identifying What Is Holding Self-employed Women Back in Ghana, Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Republic of Congo pp. 501-521

Emily Nix, Elisa Gamberoni and Rachel Heath

The Cost of Road Infrastructure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries pp. 522-548

Paul Collier, Martina Kirchberger and Mans Soderbom

Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Schooling by Gender and Rural/Urban Residence? pp. 549-579

Murat Kırdar, Meltem Dayioglu and İsmet Koç

Promotion with and without Learning: Effects on Student Enrollment and Dropout Behavior pp. 580-602

Elizabeth King, Peter Orazem and Elizabeth M. Paterno

Volume 30, issue 2, 2016

Global Income Distribution: From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to the Great Recession pp. 203-232

Christoph Lakner and Branko Milanovic

The Government Response to Informed Citizens: New Evidence on Media Access and the Distribution of Public Health Benefits in Africa pp. 233-267

Philip Keefer and Stuti Khemani

The Whole is Greater than the Sum of Its Parts: Complementary Reforms to Address Microeconomic Distortions pp. 268-305

Raphael Bergoeing, Norman Loayza and Facundo Piguillem

Risky Business: Political Instability and Sectoral Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment in the Arab World pp. 306-331

Martijn Burger, Elena Ianchovichina and Bob Rijkers

The Impact of Business Environment Reforms on New Registrations of Limited Liability Companies pp. 332-353

Leora Klapper and Inessa Love

Deals and Delays: Firm-level Evidence on Corruption and Policy Implementation Times pp. 354-382

Caroline Freund, Mary Hallward-Driemeier and Bob Rijkers

The Role of Regulation on Entry: Evidence from the Italian Provinces pp. 383-411

Francesco Bripi

Volume 30, issue 1, 2016

Learning Dynamics and Support for Economic Reforms: Why Good News Can Be Bad pp. 1-23

Sweder van Wijnbergen and Tim Willems

A Helping Hand or the Long Arm of the Law? Experimental Evidence on What Governments Can Do to Formalize Firms pp. 24-54

Gustavo Henrique de Andrade, Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie

Economic Shocks and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment pp. 55-77

Jacob Gerner Hariri, Christian Bjørnskov and Mogens K. Justesen

Does Access to Foreign Markets Shape Internal Migration? Evidence from Brazil pp. 78-103

Laura Hering and Rodrigo Paillacar

The Decision to Invest in Child Quality over Quantity: Household Size and Household Investment in Education in Vietnam pp. 104-142

Hai-Anh Dang and Frederic Rogers

The Impact of Vocational Schooling on Human Capital Development in Developing Countries: Evidence from China pp. 143-170

Prashant Loyalka, Xiaoting Huang, Linxiu Zhang, Jianguo Wei, Hongmei Yi, Yingquan Song, Yaojiang Shi and James Chu

Financial Inclusion, Productivity Shocks, and Consumption Volatility in Emerging Economies pp. 171-201

Rudrani Bhattacharya and Ila Patnaik