Review of Development Economics

Papers
(The median citation count of Review of Development Economics 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
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Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan110
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Effects of COVID‐19 restrictions on mechanization service providers and mechanization equipment retailers: Insights from phone surveys in Myanmar41
Government spending and the exchange rate: Exploring this relationship in Mexico using a cointegrated system of equations35
Special economic zones, export status, and firms’ productivity: Theory and evidence from China30
Decomposition of the impact of government and private transfers on income inequality in China28
Employment transitions and COVID‐19 containment measures: Evidence from a developing country24
Is rapid urbanisation in Africa jeopardising the health and education of the population?22
The shadow wage of child labor: An application to Nepal19
Comparative responses of renewable energy stock market to economic policy uncertainty and climate policy uncertainty shocks: Evidence from China19
The impact of a disaster recovery policy on health status of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake victims: Evidence from a natural experiment19
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The effect of mini‐grid rural electrification on urbanization: Evidence from the pilot mini‐grid systems in Ghana17
Advantage integration: A methodological framework for growth and development17
Income inequality among peers in China: Does internet penetration have a role?16
Empowering women through microcredit in Djibouti16
The impact of rural e‐commerce platforms on the transformation of industrial structure: Evidence from China16
Assessing the impacts of Brazil's expenditure ceiling with a multiple‐household CGE model15
Profit sharing, industrial upgrading, and global supply chains: Theory and evidence15
Does social integration matter for cohort differences in the political participation of internal migrants in China?15
Once NEET, always NEET? A synthetic panel approach to analyze the Moroccan labor market15
Autoregressive conditional durations: An application to the Surinamese dollar versus the US dollar exchange rate14
Predicting FDI inflows: Exploring a nonlinear relationship between peace years, oil wealth, and the rule of law14
Violence in pandemic times: The dynamic relationship between COVID‐19 and intimate partner violence13
The role of fisheries for poverty reduction and food security: Evidence from household‐level data13
Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter?13
Institutional endowment, curse, and the impact of external political shock: The case of Macao12
Do fertilizer and seed subsidies strengthen farmers' market participation? Evidence from Tanzania's subsidy program12
Cross‐industry interlinkages in employment growth: Evidence from Brazil11
Monetary, fiscal, and structural drivers of inflation in Ethiopia: new empirical evidence from time series analysis11
School dropout and overeducation in developing economies: Feasibility of a budgetary solution11
Bribery and firm survival in Vietnam: Moderating effects of market competition, credit, and institutional constraints11
Impacts of climate change on food utilization in Nepal10
Trade policy and input liberalization: The effect on Egyptian firms’ productivity10
Interregional inequality in Africa, convergence, and multiple equilibria: Evidence from nighttime light data10
Does the impact of private education on growth differ at different levels of credit market development?10
Assessment of the effects of targeted poverty alleviation policy on differently poverty‐stricken households: A multi‐propensity score weighting model10
The New Development Bank and the structure of the multilateral development financial system9
Conditional cash transfers tools to combat child labor: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Costa Rica9
Drivers of changes in child nutritional conditions: A panel data‐based study on Indonesian households, 1997–20149
Asymmetric impacts of ICT and energy intensity on agricultural productivity: Evidence from Asia‐Pacific region9
Does It Help or Hinder? The Impact of Population Aging on Industrial Structure Upgrading in Transition Economic Systems9
Redistributive Impacts of Civil War: The Case of Côte d'Ivoire9
Spatial tax regimes and location choices of manufacturing firms: Survey evidence in southern Tunisia9
Internet use and agricultural productivity in rural Vietnam9
Build or Break? The Impact of Rural E‐Commerce on Household Income Inequality in China8
The nexus between public sector corruption and private sector efficiency: Evidence from worldwide firm‐level data8
Urban segregation and consumption inequality: Does hukou conversion matter in China?8
The remittance‐growth nexus in leading remittance‐earning nations, controlling regulatory quality, trade openness, energy use, and financial expansion8
A good mix against ultra‐poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh8
Assessing the Impact of Financing on SMEs' Innovation in China8
Digital financial inclusion and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in China8
Minimum wages and household income distribution: Evidence from China8
The effect of export composition on energy demand: A fresh evidence in the context of economic complexity8
Does rubber expansion hinder the migration of rural labor? Evidence from southwest China?8
Does money bring aspirations? Evidence from China7
Old wine in a new bottle? Impact of the ISPAAD input subsidy program on the subsistence economy in Botswana7
Women's Inheritance Rights and Wages in India: Measuring Impact Through Unobservable Human Capital Improvements7
The welfare implications of COVID‐19 for fragile and conflict‐affected regions7
Poverty and vulnerability in Mozambique: An analysis of dynamics and correlates in light of the Covid‐19 crisis using synthetic panels7
Urban poverty, growth, and inequality: A needed paradigm shift?7
Economic openness, financial bias, and the urban–rural income gap7
Mechanization services, factor allocation, and farm efficiency: Evidence from China7
Impact of mobile payment adoption on household expenditures and subjective well‐being7
Race‐based affirmative action for higher education in Brazil: Impact assessment on performance, time, and delay in completion*6
The Myth of Meritocracy: Does Meritocracy Promote Economic Growth? Evidence From Turkey6
Investigating the well‐being implications of mobile money access and usage from a multidimensional perspective6
Mobile phones, income diversification, and poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh6
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Do fiscal opacity, fiscal impulse, and fiscal credibility affect disagreement about economic growth forecasts? Empirical evidence from Brazil considering the period of political instability and presid6
Effects of future pension benefits on pre‐retirement labor supply: Evidence from Chile6
Does the quality of institutions matter for foreign investment concentration in Africa? Understanding the controversial role of international aid6
Algeria: A three‐sector macrofiscal model for debt sustainability and growth policy analysis5
Average and heterogeneous effects of smallholder farm sizes on dietary diversity in northern Ghana5
Does Fiscal Efficiency Affect Green Total Factor Productivity: Evidence Based on Spatial Panel Data Models5
Free to escape? Economic freedoms, growth and poverty traps5
Open‐access renewable resources and pollution: Trade and policy implications in a two‐country model5
Distance of doing business and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical study of China5
Why do some African firms export? The role of regional economic communities?5
Engel’s law in China: Some new evidence5
Redistribution Trends in Turkey: Unintended Consequences vs. Deliberate Policies5
More transparency, more trust: Evidence from anti‐corruption campaign in China5
Health Shocks, Vulnerability and Coping Mechanisms of Poor Households in Eastern India: Observations From NSSO Data5
Effects of free textbooks on academic performance: Evidence from China's compulsory education5
Environmental disasters and mental health: Evidence from oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon5
Monetary policy and inflation–output variability in Sri Lanka: Lessons for developing economies5
The Impacts of Weather Variability and Shocks on Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Consumption: Evidence From Panama5
Impact of Microcredit on Performance of Women‐Owned Non‐Farm Microenterprises5
Is the demographic dividend diminishing in China? Evidence from population aging and economic growth during 1990–20155
International or national implementers—Who is better? Evidence from a framing experiment5
Medical emergencies and farm productivity in Côte d'Ivoire4
Long‐term regional convergence in Mexico: A new look4
Once again “smile curve”: Is chain upgrading possible?4
The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the “Great Gatsby Curve” in Brazil4
Has the information and communication technology sector become the engine of China’s economic growth?4
Agricultural productivity‐environmental sustainability nexus through the lens of digitalization and energy intensity in BRICS countries4
Finding the right products for export diversification4
Financial inclusion and healthcare in Africa: Examining the moderating role of education4
Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members4
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and learning4
Decomposing changes in inequality: Evidence from Myanmar4
Central bank securities and foreign exchange market intervention in a developing economy4
Parents' pension eligibility and migrant consumption in urban China: Evidence from a quasi‐experiment4
The unintended energy efficiency gain from tax incentives for investment: Micro‐evidence from quasi‐natural experiments in China4
Pandemic‐induced job loss and mental health: Evidence from a moderated mediation model4
On the inclusiveness of rural road improvement: Evidence from Morocco4
Crop diversification, impulsivity, and resilience in Ethiopia4
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Structural changes and economic landscape of the Indian economy: 2000‐20194
The influence of international trade on labour productivity in services: The case of Brazil in the 1990s4
Gendered effects of sanctions on manufacturing employment: Evidence from Iran4
Risk preference interactions between individual farmers and small farmer groups: Experimental evidence from rural Ethiopia3
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What effect does development aid have on productivity in recipient countries?3
Exploring the role of pesticide traders in protecting farmers' benefit3
Does Mobile Money Adoption and Credit Access Improve Enterprise Innovation and Performance in Sierra Leone?3
Taxation in the context of high informality: Conceptual challenges and evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa3
Patriarchal norms and women's labor market outcomes3
The effect of capital structure on the financial sustainability of microfinance institutions: A meta‐analysis3
Innovation‐adjusted economic complexity and growth: Do patent flows reveal enhanced economic capabilities?3
The impacts of imports and trade liberalization in Brazil: Insights from an aggregate cost function3
Exporting and the wage premium: The case of South African manufacturing firms3
Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from georeferenced household surveys in sub‐Saharan Africa3
Traditional Versus Improved Varieties of Seed: Is There a Trade‐Off Between Productivity and Risk?3
The trade openness–gender wage differential nexus: Household‐level evidence from Ghana3
Building smallholder farmers' capacity to adopt climate‐smart agricultural practices in flood prone areas: Lessons from Bangladesh3
Redistribution and efficiency: An empirical analysis of the relevant trade‐offs of welfare state fiscal policies3
Impact of manufacturing servitization on total factor productivity under global trade openness3
How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria3
Timing of international market openings and shrinking middle‐income class3
The impact of low‐skilled migrants on firm productivity: Evidence from hukou reform in China3
Agricultural producer service subsidies and agricultural pollution: An approach based on endogenous agricultural pollution3
Climate threat and price stability: A case study of Belize3
Climate change and spatial agricultural development in Turkey3
Labor policy and multinational firms: The “race to the bottom” revisited3
Child labor, social capital, and economic development*3
Why cash grants fail to raise household investment in child education in developing countries3
Microfinance competition and multiple borrowing: Evidence using panel data from Bangladesh3
An introduction to rural and agricultural development in the digital age2
Dynamic correlation between crude oil and agricultural futures markets2
Application of the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis in the Indian core industries: Towards a greener economy2
Partial privatization, producer services, and unemployment in developing countries2
Trade liberalization, domestic reforms, and income inequality: Evidence from Taiwan2
Macroeconomic volatility and anti‐refugee violence in developing countries: Evidence from commodity price shocks2
Military spending and sustainable development2
Are Credit Doors Equally Open? Gender Perspectives on Agricultural Credit Access in Sub‐Saharan Africa2
Assessment of the effect of broadband expansion on the economy reviewed2
Re‐evaluating Africa's growth, poverty and inequality nexus2
Can microcredit reduce vulnerability to poverty? Evidence from rural Vietnam2
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Research collaboration in development economics2
Does fiscal expenditure matter for agricultural development? Examining the impact of technological progress on food production2
An empirical comparison of stabilization funds and futures hedging for oil exporting developing countries2
Whither ethics in research? Randomized controlled trials at the nexus of technocratization and Eurocentrism2
How does education affect intergenerational income mobility in Chinese society?2
Smartphone‐based agricultural extension services and farm incomes: Evidence from Zhejiang Province in China2
An analysis of Fundeb's contribution to the quality of public education in Brazilian municipalities2
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Exits from the poverty trap and growth accelerations in a dual economy model2
Correction to “Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan”2
Population density, urbanisation and agricultural mechanisation in modern Ghana2
The impact of international sanctions on income mobility: Evidence from Iran2
Direct and indirect effects of a massive piped water expansion on child‐related outcomes2
The classical and neoclassical perspectives: A theoretical framework for studying the advent and growth of mobile money—The Tanzanian experience2
Economic Growth Expectations and Corporate Innovation: Evidence From China2
Unveiling the synergy: How natural resources, energy prices and financial development drive the energy transition in N‐11 countries2
The tax revenue implication of trade liberalisation in sub‐Saharan Africa: Some new evidence2
Son preference and the demographic transition2
The impact of trade barriers on outward foreign direct investment: Evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms2
On the determinants and interrelationship of components of government spending2
Agricultural labor markets and the inverse plot size–productivity relationship: Evidence from China's apple growers2
Market resilience in times of crisis: The case of Darfur2
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Equal Opportunity Sensitive Aggregate Wellbeing Measurement: Food Security and Basic Household Income on Sub‐Sahara African Farms2
Inclusive growth in the face of increasing urbanization: What experience for African countries?2
Make concentrated trade not war?2
The perils of embedded experiments2
Estimating the health production function for Pakistan: Do environmental factors matter?1
The effect of crime on mental health in South Africa1
Nutrition for all? Input subsidies and equitable diets1
Drought and social conflict in rural Zimbabwe: Does the burden fall on women and girls?1
Dynamics of energy transition and climate actions on sustainable cities: A cross country comparison of East Asia and Pacific1
Understanding poverty dynamics and vulnerability in Tanzania: 2012–20181
Poverty decompositions with counterfactual income and inequality dynamics1
Gender inequality, corruption, and economic development1
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Factors of production, productivity, institutions, and development: Evidence from Brazil1
Gendered distributional impacts of ownership of mobile money account on farm input expenditures: A micro perspective from rural maize farmers in Ghana1
Linguistic distance and economic development: A cross‐country analysis1
Poverty, vulnerability and Covid‐19: Introduction and overview1
Relative contributions of indirect taxes and inflation on inequality: What does the Turkish data reveal?1
The effects of school‐based management on Indian government schools1
Does Pollution Control Foster Innovation? Quasi‐Experimental Evidence From China's Two‐Control Zone Policy1
“Rising Women”: Evidence From China's Agricultural Mechanization1
Internet use and consumption diversity: Evidence from rural China1
Inequality in Africa: Does injustice matter?1
How climate change leads to emigration: Conditional and long‐run effects1
From cultivation to culture: Wheat farming and sex selection in China1
Pollution haven or pollution halo? The role of global value chains in Belt and Road economies1
Labor supply responses to rainfall shocks1
Does household welfare change with finance access? The case of women and the youth in The Gambia1
The determinants of inequality in child nutrition status: Evidence from Jordan1
Revisiting the Schooling Inputs Debate: Experimental Evidence From an Early Grade Literacy Intervention in Lao PDR1
Poverty reduction and migration in rural Vietnam: Role of local firm clusters1
A possible mechanism for partial crowding‐out of R&D subsidies in developing countries1
Technology adoption and the middle‐income trap: Lessons from the Middle East and East Asia1
Environmental regulation and foreign direct investment attractiveness: Evidence from China provinces1
Quid pro quo1
Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse?1
Complementarity and substitutability between farm and nonfarm activities: Evidence from agricultural households in Tanzania1
Formalization of manufacturing firms in Bangladesh1
Trade credit, labor employment, and demand for skills: An empirical investigation of Vietnamese small and medium enterprises1
The detection dilemma of marginally non‐poor households in poverty alleviation evaluation: Evidence from a linear quantile mixed model1
The case for mixed methods research: Embracing qualitative research to understand the (informal) economy1
Wage inequality in the developing world: Evidence from Latin America1
The Spatial Analysis of the Impact of Economic Uncertainty on Household Consumption in Taiwan1
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The economic cost of conflict: Evidence from South Sudan1
How is China's trade imbalance overstated? An analysis based on trade in value‐added1
Do farmers get a greater return from selling their agricultural products through e‐commerce?1
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Mobile Money Use and Entrepreneurs' Access to Trade Credit in the Informal Sector1
Transferring remittances through central banks: A tool applied to the Guatemalan exchange rate1
Green technological progress, agricultural modernization, and wage inequality: Lessons from China1
Unemployment only temporarily lowers happiness in an eastern society1
Digitalization and Food Security: Evidence From Developing Countries1
Constructing synthetic panels for the purpose of studying poverty dynamics: A primer1
Is wealth found in the soil or in the brain? Investing in farm people in Malawi1
Role of Globalization and Innovation Pattern in Growth of Bank Credit: Evidence From Emerging and Advanced Asia1
The effect of negative human recognition on farmland access and well‐being: Evidence from women farmers in Malawi1
Gender and corruption in firms: The importance of regional context1
Analyzing vulnerability to poverty and assessing the role of universal public works and food security programs to reduce it: Evidence from an eastern Indian state1
IMF Standby Agreements and Inequality: The Role of Informality1
The impact of financial inclusion on rural–urban households welfare inequality in Ghana: A decomposition analysis1
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Duration of exposure to inheritance law in India: Examining the heterogeneous effects on empowerment1
Foreign direct investment spillovers and regional innovation in China: The spatial moderating role of absorptive capacity1
Do personal remittances influence economic growth in South Asia? A panel analysis1
Assessing the role of tax‐benefit policies during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Evidence from the Andean region1
Rural development in the digital age: Does information and communication technology adoption contribute to credit access and income growth in rural China?1
Does aid for trade promote FDI from enterprises of donors to recipient countries? Based on the spatial spillover effect of China's Aid for Trade1
Political instability and youths unemployment in sub‐Saharan Africa1
Growing up in the Iran–Iraq war and preferences for strong defense1
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