World Bank Economic Review

Papers
(The H4-Index of World Bank Economic Review is 12. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Addressing Social Desirability Bias When Measuring Child Labor Use: An Application to Cocoa Farms in Côte d’Ivoire78
Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?45
Taking Cover: Human Capital Accumulation in the Presence of Shocks and Health Insurance29
The Intergenerational Effects of Economic Sanctions20
Does Aid Induce Foreign Direct Investment: Updated Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment20
Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?17
Poverty and Prices: Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty15
Social Protection amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant14
Impact of Twin Lockdowns on Hunger, Labor-Market Outcomes, and Household Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Uganda14
What Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?13
The Effects of Community Health Worker Visits and Primary Care Subsidies on Health Behavior and Health Outcomes for Children in Urban Mali13
Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?12
Energy Efficiency and Local Macro Rebound Effects: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Rwanda12
Infrastructure and Structural Change in Africa12
Opposition Media, State Censorship, and Political Accountability: Evidence from Chavez’s Venezuela12
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