Economic Development and Cultural Change

1969 - 2025

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Volume 73, issue 3, 2025

Can Investment Incentives Crowd Out Innovation? Evidence from China pp. 1023 - 1072

Shaowei Ke, Yao Lu, Xinzheng Shi and Yeqing Zhang

Monitoring Corruption: Can Top-Down Monitoring Crowd Out Grassroots Participation? pp. 1073 - 1108

Robert Gonzalez, Matthew Harvey and Foteini Tzachrista

The Long-Run Effect of Migration on Firms’ Trade: Evidence from China pp. 1109 - 1143

Anna Baiardi and Christina Ammon

Elite College Education and Social Mobility in China pp. 1145 - 1186

Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li and Lingsheng Meng

Are Behavioral Change Interventions Needed to Make Cash Transfer Programs Work for Children? Experimental Evidence from Myanmar pp. 1187 - 1220

Erica Field and Elisa M. Maffioli

From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities pp. 1221 - 1249

Yuki Higuchi, Keisaku Higashida, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Mohammad Sujauddin, Ryo Takahashi and Kenta Tanaka

Aid Projects and Firm Performance pp. 1251 - 1295

Silvia Marchesi, Tania Masi and Saumik Paul

Economic Development and Environmental Conservation: Evidence from Ecotourism pp. 1297 - 1324

Santiago Saavedra

Regionalism and Tribal Insecurity in India pp. 1325 - 1364

Sacha Kapoor and Arvind Magesan

Effect of a Management Intervention on Firm Performance and Quality Defects pp. 1365 - 1408

Mahvish Faran and Karl Taylor

Relaxing Credit and Information Constraints: Five-Year Experimental Evidence from Tanzanian Agriculture pp. 1409 - 1437

Abdulrazzak Tamim, Aurélie P. Harou, Marshall Burke, David Lobell, Malgosia Madajewicz, Christopher Magomba, Hope Michelson, Cheryl A. Palm and Jiani Xue

Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Evidence from a Health Experiment in Pakistan pp. 1439 - 1474

Michael Callen, Saad Gulzar, Ali Hasanain, Muhammad Yasir Khan and Arman Rezaee

Motivating Public Sector Employees: Public Good Contributions in Addis Ababa Water and Sewerage Authority pp. 1475 - 1499

George Joseph, Josepa Miquel-Florensa, Sanjay Pahuja, Yi Rong Hoo and Tewodros Tebekew

Understanding Child Sex Trafficking by Use of Victim-Level Data pp. 1501 - 1526

Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Maria Kuecken, Eliana La Ferrara and Elsa Artadi

Social Status and Egalitarianism in Non-Lineage-Based, Agrarian Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of Funeral Attendance pp. 1527 - 1557

Abigail Barr and Mattea Stein

Scalable Nutrition Interventions in a Graduation Model Program: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 1559 - 1604

Harold Alderman, Daniel O. Gilligan, Jessica Leight, Tigist Mamo, Michael Mulford and Heleene Tambet

Volume 73, issue 2, 2025

Can Aid Buy Foreign Public Support? Evidence from Chinese Development Finance pp. 523 - 578

Lukas Wellner, Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Bradley C. Parks and Austin Strange

National Institutions and Self-Insurance pp. 579 - 606

Raphael Godefroy and Joshua Lewis

Gendered Barriers to Formal Health-Care Utilization: Modeling Health-Care Demand in a Low-Resource Setting pp. 607 - 649

Elisa Cavatorta, Wendy Janssens and Alice Mesnard

How and Why the Gender Pension Gap in Urban China Decreased between 1988 and 2018 pp. 651 - 678

Björn Gustafsson, Peng Zhan and Hanrui Jia

Import Tariff Liberalization and Child Labor: Evidence from China pp. 679 - 715

Kaihao Liu, Xuefang Wang and Tingru Zhang

Understanding Regional Price Convergence Clubs in China pp. 717 - 747

Marina Glushenkova

When Do Gender Quotas Change Policy? Evidence from Household Toilet Provision in India pp. 749 - 779

Sugat Chaturvedi, Sabyasachi Das and Kanika Mahajan

Discrimination against Women in Hiring pp. 781 - 809

Adam Osman, Jamin D. Speer and Andrew Weaver

Attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials: Using Tracking Information to Correct Bias pp. 811 - 834

Teresa Molina-Millán and Karen Macours

Does Better Parental Education Improve Child Health Outcomes? Evidence from the Compulsory Schooling Law in China pp. 835 - 873

Jingwei Huang

Can Role Models Influence Female Students’ Decision to Participate in the Labor Market? Evidence from a Field Experiment pp. 875 - 907

Christina A. Martini and Viviana Urueña

The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis pp. 909 - 940

Renato Herdeiro, Alison Pablo Oliveira and Naercio Menezes-Filho

The Power of the Anticorruption Campaign: Evidence from Cigarette and Alcohol Consumption in China pp. 941 - 977

Xiaobing Wang, Xinyu Liu, Yanjun Ren, Futoshi Yamauchi and Jikun Huang

Hukou Status and Children’s Education in China pp. 979 - 1021

Yue Sun, Liqiu Zhao and Zhong Zhao

Volume 73, issue 1, 2024

COVID-19, Job Loss, and Intimate Partner Violence in Peru pp. 1 - 35

Jorge Agüero, Erica Field, Ignacio Rodriguez Hurtado and Javier Romero

The Leaky Bucket: Transition Costs from Cash to Deposits in a Mexican Transfer Program pp. 37 - 59

Fernanda Marquez-Padilla and Susan Parker

Lottery Wins and Employment in a Low-Income Country: Impacts and Mechanisms pp. 61 - 86

Cuong Nguyen and Tung Phung

Judicial Presence and Rent Extraction pp. 87 - 126

Stephan Litschig and Yves Zamboni

Culture, Intrahousehold Distribution, and Individual Poverty pp. 127 - 165

Ulugbek Aminjonov, Maira Colacce, Olivier Bargain and Luca Tiberti

Addressing Gender-Based Segregation through Information: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Republic of Congo pp. 167 - 193

Marine Gassier, Léa Rouanet and Lacina Traore

A Pandemic Crossing the Border: The Impact of COVID-19 in the US on the Mexican Labor Market pp. 195 - 219

Irvin Rojas and Jisang Yu

Correcting Misperceptions about Support for Social Distancing to Combat COVID-19 pp. 221 - 242

James Allen, Arlete Mahumane, James Riddell, Tanya Rosenblat, Dean Yang and Hang Yu

Health Certification in Sex Markets: A Field Experiment in Dakar, Senegal pp. 243 - 272

Shanthi Manian

Short-Run Impacts of Reducing Water Collection Times on Time Use, Well-Being, and Education in Rural Kenya pp. 273 - 306

Joseph Cook, Jane Kabubo-Mariara and Peter Kimuyu

The Effect of Manager Gender and Performance Feedback: Experimental Evidence from India pp. 307 - 338

Martin Abel and Daniel Buchman

Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities: Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion pp. 339 - 379

Sylvie Démurger, Eric Hanushek and Lei Zhang

Richer and Healthier? Social Pensions and Unhealthy Consumption Behavior in China pp. 381 - 422

Xiaobing Wang, Xinyuan Lei, Yanjun Ren and Jianyu Yu

Psychology, Soft Skills, or Cash? Evidence on Marginal Investments pp. 423 - 450

Megan Lang, Edward Soule and Catherine H. Tinsley

Do Women Council Members Allocate More Public Goods? Evidence from Rural India pp. 451 - 486

Yuko Mori, D. Rajasekhar, R. Manjula, Takashi Kurosaki and Jun Goto

Mothers’ Social Networks and Socioeconomic Gradients of Isolation pp. 487 - 522

Alison Andrew, Orazio Attanasio, Britta Augsburg, Jere Behrman, Monimalika Day, Pamela Jervis, Costas Meghir and Angus Phimister

Volume 72, issue 4, 2024

Price Shocks and Human Capital: Timing Matters pp. 1567 - 1583

Habtamu Ali Beshir and Jean-François Maystadt

The Effects of Teacher Gender Composition on Students’ Noncognitive Characteristics pp. 1585 - 1614

Yinhe Liang, Suhong Yang and Shuang Yu

Media’s Influence on Citizen Demand for Public Goods pp. 1615 - 1651

Philip Keefer and Stuti Khemani

Impact of Colonial Institutions on Economic Growth and Development in India: Evidence from Night-Lights Data pp. 1653 - 1708

Priyaranjan Jha and Karan Talathi

Income, Psychological Well-Being, and the Dynamics of Poverty pp. 1709 - 1745

M. Alloush

Targeting High School Scholarships to the Poor: The Impact of a Program in Mexico pp. 1747 - 1768

Rafael de Hoyos, Orazio Attanasio and Costas Meghir

Effort and Social Comparison: Experimental Evidence from Uganda pp. 1769 - 1793

Ben D’Exelle, Rik Habraken and Arjan Verschoor

Alcohol Ban and Crime: The ABCs of the Bihar Prohibition pp. 1795 - 1827

Kalyani Chaudhuri, Natasha Jha, Mrithyunjayan Nilayamgode and Revathy Suryanarayana

The Power of Securing Property Rights: Evidence from China’s Land Titling Policy pp. 1829 - 1861

Le Wen, Krishna P. Paudel, Youhua Chen and Qinying He

The Demographic Transition and Rural Industrialization in China pp. 1863 - 1892

Qing Huang, Yu Xie and Xiaobo Zhang

Fighting the Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self-Learning at the Right Level pp. 1893 - 1921

Yasuyuki Sawada, Minhaj Mahmud, Mai Seki and Hikaru Kawarazaki

Isolating the “Tech” from EdTech: Experimental Evidence on Computer-Assisted Learning in China pp. 1923 - 1962

Yue Ma, Robert Fairlie, Prashant Loyalka and Scott Rozelle

Community-Wide Support for Primary Students to Improve Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: Empirical Evidence from Madagascar pp. 1963 - 1992

Takao Maruyama and Kengo Igei

How Well Do Worker Cooperatives Perform in Manufacturing? Evidence from a Large Low-Income Country pp. 1993 - 2029

Girum Abebe and Mulu Gebreeyesus

Why Guarantee Employment? Evidence from a Large Indian Public-Works Program pp. 2031 - 2067

Laura V. Zimmermann

Civil Conflict, Cash Transfers, and Child Nutrition in Yemen pp. 2069 - 2100

Olivier Ecker, Afnan Al-Malk and Jean-François Maystadt

Volume 72, issue 3, 2024

Labor Market Information and Parental Attitudes toward Women Working Outside the Home: Experimental Evidence from Rural Pakistan pp. 1041 - 1067

Momoe Makino

Mobilizing Parents at Home and at School: An Experiment on Primary Education in Angola pp. 1069 - 1116

Vincenzo Di Maro, Stefan Leeffers, Danila Serra and Pedro Vicente

Cash Transfers and Women’s Agency: Evidence from Pakistan’s BISP Program pp. 1117 - 1150

Kate Ambler and Alan de Brauw

The Impact of Armed Conflict Shocks on Local Cross-Border Trade: Evidence from the Border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 1151 - 1187

Andreas Eberhard-Ruiz

High Hopes: Experimental Evidence on Financial Inclusion and the Transition to High School in Kenya pp. 1189 - 1212

James Habyarimana and William Jack

Industrial Gold Mining and Female Empowerment pp. 1213 - 1266

Anja Tolonen

The Role of Information and Cash Transfers on Early-Childhood Development: Short- and Long-Run Evidence from Nepal pp. 1267 - 1293

Michael Levere, Gayatri Acharya and Prashant Bharadwaj

Incentives to Improve Government Agricultural Extension Agent Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial in Bangladesh pp. 1295 - 1316

Md. Rajibul Alam and Yoko Kijima

Does a Productivity Bonus Pay Off? The Effects of Teacher-Incentive Pay on Student Achievement in Brazilian Schools pp. 1317 - 1356

Tharcisio Leone

Banking with Agents: Experimental Evidence from Senegal pp. 1357 - 1389

Sinja Buri, Robert Cull, Xavier Gine, Sven Harten and Soren Heitmann

Seeking the Shelter of Governments: The Unintended Consequence of Environmental Regulation on Firm Ownership Dynamics pp. 1391 - 1423

Ni Qin and Dongmin Kong

Using Communications Technology to Promote Democratic Participation: Experimental Evidence from South Africa pp. 1425 - 1463

Aaron Erlich, Karen E. Ferree, Clark C. Gibson, Danielle F. Jung, James D. Long and Craig McIntosh

The Role of Mothers-in-Law in Determining Women’s Work: Evidence from India pp. 1465 - 1492

Madhulika Khanna and Divya Pandey

Are Educated Candidates Less Corrupt Bureaucrats? Evidence from Randomized Audits in Brazil pp. 1493 - 1526

Caíque Melo and Robson Tigre

The Effect of Future Pension Benefits on Labor Supply in a Developing Economy pp. 1527 - 1566

Oscar Becerra

Volume 72, issue 2, 2024

Wheels of Power: Can Free Bicycles for Schoolgirls Free Their Mothers? pp. 423 - 457

Anders Kjelsrud, Shabana Mitra and Karl Moene

Marital “Mismatch” from Changes in Women’s Litigant Rights pp. 459 - 491

Uchenna R. Efobi

Fetal Origins of Mental Health: Evidence from Africa pp. 493 - 515

Achyuta Adhvaryu, James Fenske, Namrata Kala and Anant Nyshadham

Study for Nothing? Gender and Access to Higher Education in a Developing Country pp. 517 - 561

Oswaldo Molina, Diego Santa María and Gustavo Yamada

Does Trade Liberalization Foster Intimate Partner Violence? pp. 563 - 602

Alberto Chong and Daniel Velásquez

Competition on Agricultural Markets and Quality of Smallholder Supply: The Role of Relational Contracting and Input Provision by Traders pp. 603 - 632

Erwin Bulte, Jérémy Do Nascimento Miguel and Banawe Plambou Anissa

The Effect of Monthly Cash Transfers during 5 Years on Households’ Wealth pp. 633 - 658

Andrea Molina-Vera and Hessel Oosterbeek

Heterogeneous Firms under Regional Temperature Shocks: Exit and Reallocation, with Evidence from Indonesia pp. 659 - 690

Victoria Wenxin Xie

Improving Tax Compliance without Increasing Revenue: Evidence from Population-Wide Randomized Controlled Trials in Papua New Guinea pp. 691 - 723

Christopher Hoy, Luke McKenzie and Mathias Sinning

Personalized Information as a Tool to Improve Pension Savings: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Chile pp. 725 - 770

Olga Fuentes, Jeanne Lafortune, Julio Riutort, José Tessada and Félix Villatoro

Income Tax Payers Are Not All the Same: A Behavioral Letter Experiment in Eswatini pp. 771 - 799

Fabrizio Santoro

Women’s Empowerment and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Multidimensional Policy in India pp. 801 - 832

Somdeep Chatterjee and Prashant Poddar

Developing Textbooks to Improve Math Learning in Primary Education: Empirical Evidence from El Salvador pp. 833 - 866

Takao Maruyama and Takashi Kurosaki

Land Reform and Child Health in the Kyrgyz Republic pp. 867 - 917

Katrina Kosec and Olga N. Shemyakina

Encouraging Female Graduates to Enter the Labor Force: Evidence from a Role Model Intervention in Pakistan pp. 919 - 957

Hamna Ahmed, Mahreen Mahmud, Farah Said and Zunia Tirmazee

Farm Size and Productivity: The Role of Family Labor pp. 959 - 995

Muhammad Ayaz and Mazhar Mughal

Internal Migration and Labor Market Outcomes in Indonesia pp. 997 - 1040

Tushar Bharati, Adnan M. S. Fakir and Wina Yoman

Volume 72, issue 1, 2023

The Salience of Information: Evidence from a Health Information Campaign in Rural China pp. 1 - 26

Yue Ma, Sean Sylvia, Dimitris Friesen, Katherine Overbey, Alexis Medina and Scott Rozelle

What Should I Aspire To? Peer Effects in Adolescents’ Friendship Networks pp. 27 - 78

Ben D’Exelle, Rik Habraken and Arjan Verschoor

Overconfidence, Trust, and Information-Seeking among Smallholder Farmers: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 79 - 122

Hiwot Mesfin, Francesco Cecchi, Eleonora Nillesen and Nyasha Tirivayi

Estimating the Demand for Business Training: Evidence from Jamaica pp. 123 - 158

Alessandro Maffioli, David McKenzie and Diego Ubfal

When Private Beats Public: A Flexible Value-Added Model with Tanzanian School Switchers pp. 159 - 206

Kasper Brandt

Crime, Income, and Inequality: Nonlinearities under Extreme Inequality in South Africa pp. 207 - 240

Amy Thornton, Haroon Bhorat, Adaiah Lilenstein, Jabulile Monnakgotla and Kirsten van der Zee

Education, Civic Engagement, and Political Participation: Evidence from School Construction in Malian Villages pp. 241 - 281

Pierre André and Paul Maarek

Stay at Home with Grandma, Mom Is Going to Work: The Impact of Grandmothers’ Retirement on Mothers’ Labor Decisions pp. 283 - 327

Maria Florencia Pinto

The Long-Term Effects of the Rwandan Genocide on Child Work pp. 329 - 360

Yoo-Mi Chin, Scott Cunningham and Van Pham

Early-Life Rainfall and Long-Term Human Capital Accumulation of African Women pp. 361 - 387

Kien Le and My Nguyen

The Origins of Optimism: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment among Microfinance Clients in Bolivia pp. 389 - 421

Francesco Cecchi, Elske Voermans and Robert Lensink