World Bank Economic Review

Papers
(The median citation count of World Bank Economic Review is 1. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Class Size and Learning: Has India Spent Too Much on Reducing Class Size?57
Taking Cover: Human Capital Accumulation in the Presence of Shocks and Health Insurance31
Addressing Social Desirability Bias When Measuring Child Labor Use: An Application to Cocoa Farms in Côte d’Ivoire23
Does Aid Induce Foreign Direct Investment: Updated Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment20
Impact of Twin Lockdowns on Hunger, Labor-Market Outcomes, and Household Coping Mechanisms: Evidence from Uganda18
Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?17
The Intergenerational Effects of Economic Sanctions17
Social Protection amid a Crisis: New Evidence from South Africa’s Older Person’s Grant16
Poverty and Prices: Assessing the Impact of the 2017 PPPs on the International Poverty Line and Global Poverty16
The Effects of Community Health Worker Visits and Primary Care Subsidies on Health Behavior and Health Outcomes for Children in Urban Mali14
Energy Efficiency and Local Macro Rebound Effects: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Rwanda14
What Do Local Government Education Managers Do to Boost Learning Outcomes?13
Do Women Contribute More Effort than Men to a Real Public Good?12
Infrastructure and Structural Change in Africa12
Deep Trade Agreements and FDI in Partial and General Equilibrium: A Structural Estimation Framework12
Shifting Attitudes towards Domestic Violence: The Impact of Primary Education on Women’s Marital Outcomes in Benin12
Trade Networks in Latin America: Spatial Inefficiencies and Optimal Expansions10
Unilateral Trade Preferences and Export Growth in Developing Countries9
Group Incentives for the Public Good: A Field Experiment on Improving the Urban Environment9
International Commodity Prices Transmission to Consumer Prices in Africa8
Mobile Money and Economic Activity: Evidence from Kenya8
The Learning Crisis of Developing Country Elites: Lessons from PISA-D7
Hidden Costs of War: Evidence from Nepal’s Maoist Insurgency7
Domestically “Flying Geese”: Regional Manufacturing Investment Flows within China7
Import Competition, Formalization, and the Role of Contract Labor7
The Combined Role of Subsidy and Discussion Intervention in the Demand for a Stigmatized Product7
Infrastructure Quality and FDI Inflows: Evidence from the Arrival of High-Speed Internet in Africa6
Foreign Direct Investment and Structural Transformation in Africa6
Gender Differences in Informal Labor-Market Resilience6
Does the Source of FDI Matter? The Case of Tax Havens5
Does It Matter Who You Ask For Time Use Data?5
Investment Treaties, Local Institutions and Policies in the Global Land Rush5
Long-Term Effects of an Education Stipend Program on Domestic Violence: Evidence from Bangladesh5
Direct Shock Experience vs. Tangential Shock Exposure: Indirect Effects of Flood Shocks on Well-Being and Preferences5
Reducing Delay in Payments in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from an Information Dissemination Intervention4
Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India4
Child Labor Bans, Employment, and School Attendance: Evidence from Changes in the Minimum Working Age4
Job Loss and Household Labor Supply Adjustments in Developing Countries: Evidence from Argentina4
Heterogeneous Trade Effects of Pre-Shipment Inspections4
Method Matters: The Underreporting of Intimate Partner Violence4
Trade Shocks, Population Growth, and Migration4
Catch-Up Growth and Inter-industry Productivity Spillovers: Evidence from Trade Data4
Minimum Wages around Birth and Child Health3
Public Pre-Primary and Maternal Employment in Algeria: Evidence from a Natural Experiment3
Fertility Following Natural Disasters and Epidemics in Africa3
The Gendered Impact of Digital Jobs Platforms: Experimental Evidence from Mozambique3
Volume, Risk, Complexity: What Makes Development Finance Projects Succeed or Fail?3
(Joint) Bank Savings, Female Empowerment, and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia3
Firms and Labor in Times of Violence: Evidence from the Mexican Drug War3
Minding the Gap: Aid Effectiveness, Project Ratings and Contextualization3
Chiefs, Courts, and Upholding Property Rights: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Sierra Leone3
Disclosure of Violence against Women and Girls in Senegal3
Heuristics on Call: The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice3
Subnational Income, Growth, and the COVID-19 Pandemic3
Village Fairness Norms and Land-Rental Markets3
The Labor-Supply Consequences of Having a Child in China3
The Effect of Shortening High-School Duration by One Year on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Ghana3
The Causal Effect of Early Marriage on Women's Bargaining Power: Evidence from Bangladesh2
C-Sections, Obesity, and Healthcare Specialization: Evidence from Mexico2
Measuring Inequality Using Geospatial Data2
Raising the Age of Marriage Entry and Child's Nutrition Intake? Evidence from the Reform of Ethiopia's Family Law2
Making Data Count: Estimating a Poverty Trend for Nigeria between 2009 and 20192
Subsistence Farming and Factor Misallocation: Evidence from Ugandan Agriculture2
Mind the Gap: Schooling, Informality, and Fiscal Externalities in Nepal2
Extreme Weather Events Impact Risk Tolerance and Time Preferences2
The Social Protection Engel Curve2
Place-Based Policies and Migration: Evidence from India2
Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia2
Agricultural Productivity and Land Inequality: Evidence from the Philippines2
The Role of Income Inequality for Poverty Reduction2
Corrigendum to: Structural Reforms and Labor Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Intra or Inter-Reallocation Channel?2
Labor Market and Macroeconomic Dynamics in Latin America amid COVID: The Role of Digital-Adoption Policies2
The Double Dividend of a Joint Tariff and VAT Reform: Evidence from Iran2
The Distribution of Effort: Physical Activity, Gender Roles, and Bargaining Power in an Agrarian Setting2
Unfolding Trade Effect in Two Margins of Informality. The Peruvian Case2
Technology, Skills, and Globalization: Explaining International Differences in Routine and Nonroutine Work Using Survey Data2
Women Legislators in Africa and Foreign Aid2
How Important Is Temptation Spending? Maybe Less than We Thought2
From Workfare to Economic and Sociopolitical Stability? Evidence from a Randomized Trial in Eastern Congo2
A Measurement of Aggregate Trade Restrictions and Their Economic Effects1
Cash Transfers, Trust, and Inter-household Transfers: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania1
Performance Pay Increases Dog Vaccinations to Reduce Human Rabies1
Female Education and Brideprice: Evidence from Primary Education Reform in Uganda1
Predicting Poverty1
Food Inflation and Child Health1
Africa's Manufacturing Puzzle: Evidence from Tanzanian and Ethiopian Firms1
Organizational Hierarchies and Export Destinations1
Rural Road Infrastructure and Women’s Empowerment in India1
Why Programs Fail: Lessons for Improving Public Service Quality from a Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Unsuccessful Teacher Training Program in Nepal1
Knowledge and Adoption of Complex Agricultural Technologies: Evidence from an Extension Experiment1
Digital Training for Micro-Entrepreneurs: Experimental Evidence from Guatemala1
The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times1
Import Trade Liberalization and Structural Transformation: Evidence from China1
The Occupation Content of Trade1
Conflicts and Growth: The R&D Channel1
Filling the “Decency Gap”? Donors’ Reaction to US Policy on International Family Planning Aid1
When Water Runs Out: Adaptation to Gradual Environmental Change in Indian Agriculture1
Is There a Bright Side to the China Syndrome? Rising Export Opportunities and Life Satisfaction in China1
Polygyny and Drought Resilience in Village Economies: Evidence from Rural Mali1
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