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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
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The remittance‐growth nexus in leading remittance‐earning nations, controlling regulatory quality, trade openness, energy use, and financial expansion43
Government spending and the exchange rate: Exploring this relationship in Mexico using a cointegrated system of equations40
Conditional cash transfers tools to combat child labor: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Costa Rica37
A good mix against ultra‐poverty? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in Bangladesh33
Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan28
Empowering women through microcredit in Djibouti28
Special economic zones, export status, and firms’ productivity: Theory and evidence from China25
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Does Monetary Policy Affect Urban Food Inflation? Some Evidence From India22
Climate threat and price stability: A case study of Belize21
Correction to “Overeducation and skill mismatch of university graduates in Taiwan”21
Does Fiscal Efficiency Affect Green Total Factor Productivity: Evidence Based on Spatial Panel Data Models20
Why do some African firms export? The role of regional economic communities?19
COVID‐19 and the Unequal Distribution of Poverty Risks: Evidence From Urban India19
Teaching in the right context: Textbook supply program, language, and learning19
Has the information and communication technology sector become the engine of China’s economic growth?18
Research collaboration in development economics18
The effect of capital structure on the financial sustainability of microfinance institutions: A meta‐analysis18
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Innovation‐adjusted economic complexity and growth: Do patent flows reveal enhanced economic capabilities?17
Inequality in Africa: Does injustice matter?16
“Rising Women”: Evidence From China's Agricultural Mechanization16
From cultivation to culture: Wheat farming and sex selection in China15
Rural development in the digital age: Does information and communication technology adoption contribute to credit access and income growth in rural China?15
Internet use and consumption diversity: Evidence from rural China15
Does Mobile Payment Raise the Poverty‐Alleviation Resilience of Chinese Households?14
Impact of financial inclusion on household welfare in Liberia: A gendered perspective14
Impact of global value chains on total factor productivity: The case of Indian manufacturing13
Aspirations and Investments in Agricultural Risk Mitigation Strategies13
Corruption, Land, and Housing: The Cleaning and Chilling Effects of China's Anti‐Corruption Campaign12
The Impact of Income Inequality on Rural Household's Adoption of Climate‐Smart Agriculture Practices: Evidence From Yellow River Basin Region, China12
The impact of financial inclusion on rural–urban households welfare inequality in Ghana: A decomposition analysis12
Beyond the scenery: Understanding the impact of rural tourism development on household consumption in China11
Wage inequality in the developing world: Evidence from Latin America11
Challenges in water and sanitation services: Do natural disasters make matters worse?11
Drain on your health: Sanitation externalities from dirty drains in India11
Crime, elections, and political competition11
Economic transition, dualism and informality inIndia: Nature and patterns of household‐level transitions10
Oil discovery, boom‐bust cycle and manufacturing slowdown: Evidence from a large industry level dataset10
From non‐renewables to renewables and high‐tech production: The impact of natural wealth and technology on ecological load capacity in sub‐Saharan Africa10
Poverty decompositions with counterfactual income and inequality dynamics10
Fruitless or Fruitful? Examining Ghana's Agricultural Inputs Subsidy and Household Welfare10
Beyond Competitiveness: Is Productivity Everything?10
Correction of China's income inequality for missing top incomes10
The effects of free primary education in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A difference‐in‐differences approach9
How do small formal and informal firms in Egypt compare? An analysis of firm characteristics and implications for formalization efforts9
A Novel Decomposition Framework for Agricultural Growth Accounting: A Global Supply Chain Perspective9
The Bias of Chinese Agricultural Enterprises’ Export: Profit Margin or Productivity?9
Parental aspirations and child private‐school enrollment: Evidence from India9
Local droughts and income risk among Thai households9
(En‐)‘lightening’ children: Assessing the impacts of access to electricity on learning achievement levels9
Financial inclusion and education: An empirical study of financial inclusion in the face of the pandemic emergency due to Covid‐19 in Latin America and the Caribbean9
Exports, skills, and wage inequality in Kenya's manufacturing firms9
Poverty and vulnerability transitions in Myanmar: An analysis using synthetic panels9
Equal opportunity and poverty reduction: How should aid be allocated?8
Do chairmen with China's Great Famine experience in early‐life affect firm tax avoidance activities?8
One‐child policy and marriage market in China8
Household income mobility in India, 1993–20118
Does intrahousehold bargaining power enhance women's marital satisfaction? A perspective from two competing forces in China8
“Rely (only) on the rigorous evidence” is bad advice8
Female labor force participation in Egypt and Palestine: An age–period–cohort analysis*8
Selection and performance in post‐compulsory education8
Remittances in Russia and Caucasus and Central Asia: The gravity model7
Constructing Country‐Specific Debt Indices for Developing Countries7
Can world heritage sites boost sales in non‐tourism firms? The role of visibility7
Does It Help or Hinder? The Impact of Population Aging on Industrial Structure Upgrading in Transition Economic Systems7
Government Digitalization: A Catalyst for Innovation Across Economies7
Informality, foreign ownership and bribery in developing countries7
Connecting the fields: How ICT improve agricultural productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa7
Modeling the dynamics of oil and agricultural commodity price nexus in linear and nonlinear frameworks: A case of emerging economy7
Social networks and internal migration in China: A spatial autoregressive model7
Unveiling complexities: Income inequality and inequality of opportunity in China7
Trade liberalization, wilful credit defaults and bank bribery in a credit‐constrained economy7
The impact of a disaster recovery policy on health status of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake victims: Evidence from a natural experiment7
Does democracy stimulate remittances?7
Bribery and firm survival in Vietnam: Moderating effects of market competition, credit, and institutional constraints6
Predicting FDI inflows: Exploring a nonlinear relationship between peace years, oil wealth, and the rule of law6
The effect of mini‐grid rural electrification on urbanization: Evidence from the pilot mini‐grid systems in Ghana6
Do fertilizer and seed subsidies strengthen farmers' market participation? Evidence from Tanzania's subsidy program6
Impacts of climate change on food utilization in Nepal6
Understanding the Inequality of Opportunity in Stunting Among Chinese Children and Adolescents: An Urban–Rural Comparison6
Monetary, fiscal, and structural drivers of inflation in Ethiopia: new empirical evidence from time series analysis6
Democracy and Human Capital in Africa6
Assessment of the effects of targeted poverty alleviation policy on differently poverty‐stricken households: A multi‐propensity score weighting model6
Assessing the impacts of Brazil's expenditure ceiling with a multiple‐household CGE model6
Spatial tax regimes and location choices of manufacturing firms: Survey evidence in southern Tunisia6
Open‐access renewable resources and pollution: Trade and policy implications in a two‐country model5
Women, Violence and Work: Threat of Sexual Violence and Women's Decision to Work5
Mechanization services, factor allocation, and farm efficiency: Evidence from China5
Impact of mobile payment adoption on household expenditures and subjective well‐being5
The Impacts of Weather Variability and Shocks on Farmers and Indigenous Peoples' Consumption: Evidence From Panama5
Dynamic correlation between crude oil and agricultural futures markets5
Trade liberalization, domestic reforms, and income inequality: Evidence from Taiwan5
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On the inclusiveness of rural road improvement: Evidence from Morocco5
Inclusive growth in the face of increasing urbanization: What experience for African countries?5
International or national implementers—Who is better? Evidence from a framing experiment5
Agricultural producer service subsidies and agricultural pollution: An approach based on endogenous agricultural pollution5
Son preference and the demographic transition5
Finding the right products for export diversification5
Timing of international market openings and shrinking middle‐income class5
Parents' pension eligibility and migrant consumption in urban China: Evidence from a quasi‐experiment5
Partial privatization, producer services, and unemployment in developing countries5
Green technological progress, agricultural modernization, and wage inequality: Lessons from China5
The unintended energy efficiency gain from tax incentives for investment: Micro‐evidence from quasi‐natural experiments in China5
Pandemic‐induced job loss and mental health: Evidence from a moderated mediation model5
Central bank securities and foreign exchange market intervention in a developing economy5
Re‐evaluating Africa's growth, poverty and inequality nexus5
The New Development Bank and the structure of the multilateral development financial system5
Structural changes and economic landscape of the Indian economy: 2000‐20195
Military spending and sustainable development5
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Financial inclusion and healthcare in Africa: Examining the moderating role of education5
Coastal proximity and individual living standards: Econometric evidence from georeferenced household surveys in sub‐Saharan Africa5
Evaluating the effectiveness of labor market interventions on reducing the impacts of the COVID‐19 pandemic4
Global Value Chain Participation and Sustainable Development in Belt and Road Initiative Economies: A Blessing or a Curse?4
The Geopolitics of Foreign Aid4
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Growth, Crises, and COVID‐19: Tracking Poverty Changes in Turkey From 2003 to 20214
Income‐linked pathways towards sustainable development goals: Analyzing the interplay of green energy, financial inclusion, and militarization in shaping aggregated economic sustainability4
Nutrition for all? Input subsidies and equitable diets4
Charting the RMB's Development as a Global Currency Anchor: An Empirical Analysis4
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Macroeconomic volatility and anti‐refugee violence in developing countries: Evidence from commodity price shocks4
Revisiting the Schooling Inputs Debate: Experimental Evidence From an Early Grade Literacy Intervention in Lao PDR4
Female Labor Supply in Latin America and the Business Cycle: Instability and Asymmetry4
Does access to financial services improve nutritional intake among rural residents? Assessing potential action mechanism pathways4
The effects of school‐based management on Indian government schools4
Impact of information and communication technologies on fertilizer and pesticide use efficiency of China's grain production4
Did the nationwide implementation of electronic fund management in the Indian employment guarantee scheme result in reduced expenditures? A re‐examination of the evidence4
Unveiling the Causes of Low Women's Political Participation: Novel Perspectives From China4
Unemployment only temporarily lowers happiness in an eastern society4
Population Aging and Corporate Innovation: A U‐Shaped Evidence From China4
Immigration and the economic performance of countries4
The effect of negative human recognition on farmland access and well‐being: Evidence from women farmers in Malawi4
Language and learning in ethnically mixed communities3
Quantile Insights Into Sustainability: Financial Inclusion, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Damage in EAGLE Countries3
Microfinance and poverty reduction: Evidence from Djibouti3
Credit market imperfection, lack of entrepreneurship and capital outflow from a developing economy3
Smartphone use, off‐farm employment, and women's decision‐making power: Evidence from rural China3
To obey or not to obey? Can game theory explain human behavior in the context of coronavirus disease?3
Do Structural Transformation and Energy Transition Cause Growth?3
Race among equals? An inquiry into the segmentation of Indian labor market3
Women's Economic Empowerment and Financial Well‐Being: Evidence From Rural China3
Gender Wage Gap in Early Careers: Evidence From University Graduates in China3
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Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter?3
Do public pension programmes reduce elderly poverty in China?3
The distributional effects of government spending shocks in developing economies3
Budget support to the health sector—The right choice for strong institutions? Evidence from panel data3
Role of Regulatory Quality Toward a Sustainable Economic Development: A Dual Study of Ease of Doing Business and Economic Growth Amid Bank Efficiency3
Multifaceted Assessment of the Relationship Between FDI and Sustainable Development in Latin America: The Role of the FDI Surplus Upon Environmental Productivities3
Does manager education play a role in the productivity of informal firms in developing economies? Evidence from firm‐level surveys3
Asset accumulation, financial inclusion and subjective well‐being: The role of financial formality in South Africa's households3
Does the Asset‐Type Matter in Vulnerability Reduction? Evidence From Rural Indian Households3
Population aging and saving: Evidence from China3
Leader selection and why it matters: Education and the endogeneity of favouritism in 11 African countries3
The Role of Energy Poverty on the Gender‐Health Gap in Ghana3
The informal economy and the reach of policy interventions: Evidence from the COVID‐19 lockdown in India3
Unpacking the COVID‐19 Gender Employment Gap Among Young People in the Global South3
Hand pollination, mass spraying, and hybrid seedlings: Do these technologies affect the welfare of smallholder cocoa farmers in Ghana?3
Revenue losses from corporate tax avoidance: Estimations from the UNUWIDER Government Revenue Dataset3
Is maternal employment detrimental to children’s nutritional status? Evidence from Bangladesh3
Institutional difference and foreign direct investment location choice: Evidence from China3
Correction to “Exchange rate pass‐through to import prices: Evidence from a heterogeneous panel of West African countries”3
Does it matter how we measure poverty? Correlates of income and multidimensional poverty in Sri Lanka3
The welfare implications of COVID‐19 for fragile and conflict‐affected regions2
Asymmetric impacts of ICT and energy intensity on agricultural productivity: Evidence from Asia‐Pacific region2
Women's Inheritance Rights and Wages in India: Measuring Impact Through Unobservable Human Capital Improvements2
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The Path to Overcoming the Middle‐Income Trap2
Foreign direct investment spillovers and regional innovation in China: The spatial moderating role of absorptive capacity2
Quid pro quo2
Corruption and economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean2
Poverty, vulnerability and Covid‐19: Introduction and overview2
Economic Growth Expectations and Corporate Innovation: Evidence From China2
Nutri‐Farming! Estimating the Impacts of a Nutritional Security Programme on Agricultural Productivity2
Can We Do Well, While Doing Good? A Comparison Between Sustainable and Conventional Investments2
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The geography of intergenerational mobility: Evidence of educational persistence and the “Great Gatsby Curve” in Brazil2
Why cash grants fail to raise household investment in child education in developing countries2
Assessing the Impact of Financing on SMEs' Innovation in China2
Cross‐industry interlinkages in employment growth: Evidence from Brazil2
Effects of free textbooks on academic performance: Evidence from China's compulsory education2
Diaspora and Sustainable Economic Development in Lebanon: New Survey‐Informed Analysis2
The case for mixed methods research: Embracing qualitative research to understand the (informal) economy2
Taxation in the context of high informality: Conceptual challenges and evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa2
The effects of local economic development on female obesity (overweight) in sub‐Saharan Africa2
Multidimensional Determinants of Life Expectancy in Developing Countries: Evidence From Preston Curve Hypothesis2
Forced formalization and informal sector: A simple Chayanov model2
Endogenous Employment Protection and Total Factor Productivity: Plant‐Level Evidence From India2
The impacts of imports and trade liberalization in Brazil: Insights from an aggregate cost function2
Free zones and manufactured export competitiveness from Africa2
Does fiscal expenditure matter for agricultural development? Examining the impact of technological progress on food production2
The tax revenue implication of trade liberalisation in sub‐Saharan Africa: Some new evidence2
Reforming Tax Systems: The Interplay of Governance, Informality, and Institutional Strength in Developing Countries2
Digital financial inclusion and corporate investment efficiency: Evidence from small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in China2
Employment transitions and COVID‐19 containment measures: Evidence from a developing country2
The impact of rural e‐commerce platforms on the transformation of industrial structure: Evidence from China2
Transferring remittances through central banks: A tool applied to the Guatemalan exchange rate2
Agricultural Mechanization Socialized Services and Gender Disparities in Labor Reallocation: Insights From Rural China2
The Spatial Analysis of the Impact of Economic Uncertainty on Household Consumption in Taiwan2
The long‐term impact of education on dietary diversity among women in Zimbabwe2
Enhancing rural income through public agricultural R&D: Spatial spillover and infrastructure thresholds2
Understanding poverty dynamics in Ethiopia: Implications for the likely impact of COVID‐192
Temporary migrants and gender housework division among left‐behind household members2
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The perils of embedded experiments2
Judicial efficiency and the comparative disadvantage of Indian manufacturing2
How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria2
An empirical comparison of stabilization funds and futures hedging for oil exporting developing countries2
Constructing synthetic panels for the purpose of studying poverty dynamics: A primer1
More transparency, more trust: Evidence from anti‐corruption campaign in China1
Impact of manufacturing servitization on total factor productivity under global trade openness1
Does Mobile Money Adoption and Credit Access Improve Enterprise Innovation and Performance in Sierra Leone?1
Distance of doing business and outward foreign direct investment: An empirical study of China1
Gender gap and access to finance: A cross‐country analysis1
Long‐term regional convergence in Mexico: A new look1
Power to the researchers: Calculating power after estimation1
The influence of international trade on labour productivity in services: The case of Brazil in the 1990s1
The determinants of inequality in child nutrition status: Evidence from Jordan1
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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
How is China's trade imbalance overstated? An analysis based on trade in value‐added1
An introduction to rural and agricultural development in the digital age1
The impact of low‐skilled migrants on firm productivity: Evidence from hukou reform in China1
Traditional Versus Improved Varieties of Seed: Is There a Trade‐Off Between Productivity and Risk?1
Does the quality of institutions matter for foreign investment concentration in Africa? Understanding the controversial role of international aid1
How does education affect intergenerational income mobility in Chinese society?1
Effects of housing demolition on labor supply: Evidence from China1
Exploring the role of pesticide traders in protecting farmers' benefit1
Urban poverty, growth, and inequality: A needed paradigm shift?1
Engel’s law in China: Some new evidence1
The effect of export composition on energy demand: A fresh evidence in the context of economic complexity1
Does opening up change customs? Evidence from trade liberalization and marriage payments in China1
Relative contributions of indirect taxes and inflation on inequality: What does the Turkish data reveal?1
Political instability and youths unemployment in sub‐Saharan Africa1
Unpacking Mundell‐Fleming Trilemma Tradeoffs: Asymmetric Pathways to Energy Diversification1
Drought and social conflict in rural Zimbabwe: Does the burden fall on women and girls?1
Equal Opportunity Sensitive Aggregate Wellbeing Measurement: Food Security and Basic Household Income on Sub‐Sahara African Farms1
The Long‐Term Effects of a Medical Intervention: Determinants and Implications of Orthotic Equipment Failure in Uganda1
Unveiling the synergy: How natural resources, energy prices and financial development drive the energy transition in N‐11 countries1
Comparative responses of renewable energy stock market to economic policy uncertainty and climate policy uncertainty shocks: Evidence from China1
Crop diversification, impulsivity, and resilience in Ethiopia1
Are Credit Doors Equally Open? Gender Perspectives on Agricultural Credit Access in Sub‐Saharan Africa1
Digitalization and Food Security: Evidence From Developing Countries1
How Does Digital Inclusive Finance Impact Consumption Structure of Urban–Rural Residents? Evidence From Household Survey Data in China1
On the determinants and interrelationship of components of government spending1
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