Journal of Development Economics

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Development Economics is 33. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board279
Assessors influence results: Evidence on enumerator effects and educational impact evaluations257
Growing apart: Declining within- and across-locality insurance in rural China121
Poverty and perseverance: The detrimental effect of poverty on effort provision110
Measuring honesty and explaining adulteration in naturally occurring markets87
How do political connections of firms matter during an economic crisis?71
Heterogenous teacher effects of two incentive schemes: Evidence from a low-income country68
Lost in transition? The persistence of dictatorship mayors68
Social media as a recruitment and data collection tool: Experimental evidence on the relative effectiveness of web surveys and chatbots61
Overcoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania55
How should the government bring small firms into the formal system? Experimental evidence from Malawi54
Mobile Internet access and political outcomes: Evidence from South Africa53
Winners and losers from agrarian reform: Evidence from Danish land inequality 1682–189553
Behavioral change promotion, cash transfers and early childhood development: Experimental evidence from a government program in a low-income setting50
Child marriage as informal insurance: Empirical evidence and policy simulations49
Communist propaganda and women’s status45
Affording expensive ceremonies: Evidence from quinceañeras in Mexico43
Unlocking the benefits of credit through saving42
Editorial Board42
Overtreatment and benevolent provider moral hazard: Evidence from South African doctors42
Weather and population size effects on water and sewer treatment costs: Evidence from Brazil42
Social ties at work and effort choice: Experimental evidence from Tanzania39
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India39
Land expropriation, household behaviors, and health outcomes: Evidence from China38
The Generalized System of Preferences and NGO activism37
Persistent effects of colonial land tenure institutions: Village-level evidence from India37
Whom to ask? Testing respondent effects in household surveys36
Trust and saving in financial institutions by the poor35
Firms and inequality when unemployment is high35
Social barriers to female migration: Theory and evidence from Bangladesh35
Temporary migration for long-term investment34
Place-based policies, rural employment, and intra-household resources allocation: Evidence from China’s economic zones34
A behavioral intervention to increase preschool attendance in Uruguay33
Welfare effects of an in-kind transfer program: Evidence from Mexico33
Does social capital positively influence loan performance even during a crisis?33
Agricultural revolution and industrialization33
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