OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Development Economics is 36. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Lights, camera, school: Information provision though television during COVID-19 times	377
Growing apart: Declining within- and across-locality insurance in rural China	132
The national-integration effect of compulsory education: Evidence from Chinese minorities	115
Do bilateral labor agreements increase migration? Global evidence from 1960 to 2020	99
Heterogenous teacher effects of two incentive schemes: Evidence from a low-income country	94
How do political connections of firms matter during an economic crisis?	93
Behavioral change promotion, cash transfers and early childhood development: Experimental evidence from a government program in a low-income setting	86
Child marriage as informal insurance: Empirical evidence and policy simulations	83
Mobile Internet access and political outcomes: Evidence from South Africa	74
Get in the zone: The risk-adjusted welfare effects of data-driven vs. administrative borders for index insurance zones	69
Flexible contracting and quality upgrading under market volatility: Experimental evidence from Senegal	65
Participatory teaching improves learning outcomes: Evidence from a field experiment in Tanzania	62
Overcoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania	62
Assessors influence results: Evidence on enumerator effects and educational impact evaluations	61
Measuring honesty and explaining adulteration in naturally occurring markets	61
Poverty and perseverance: The detrimental effect of poverty on effort provision	61
How should the government bring small firms into the formal system? Experimental evidence from Malawi	59
Social media as a recruitment and data collection tool: Experimental evidence on the relative effectiveness of web surveys and chatbots	55
Communist propaganda and women’s status	54
The long-term effect of television on children's human capital development in China	52
Social ties at work and effort choice: Experimental evidence from Tanzania	50
Affording expensive ceremonies: Evidence from quinceañeras in Mexico	48
The impact of investment promotion on multinational production: Firm-level evidence	47
Social barriers to female migration: Theory and evidence from Bangladesh	47
Trust and development in conflict-affected countries: Introduction to a special feature	46

Large firms and the intensive margin of labor informality evidence from an enforcement intervention in Peru	45
Unlocking the benefits of credit through saving	44
Overtreatment and benevolent provider moral hazard: Evidence from South African doctors	44
Editorial Board	42
The Generalized System of Preferences and NGO activism	40
Can information about jobs improve the effectiveness of vocational training? Experimental evidence from India	39
Place-based policies, rural employment, and intra-household resources allocation: Evidence from China’s economic zones	39
Persistent effects of colonial land tenure institutions: Village-level evidence from India	38
Caste identity and teachers’ biased expectations: Evidence from Bihar, India	38
Grassland certification, grazing behavior, and ecological consequences: Evidence from pastoral China	37
Firms and inequality when unemployment is high	37