Journal of Development Economics

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• Correlated non-classical measurement errors, 'Second best' policy inference, and the inverse size-productivity relationship in agriculture AI翻译
  作者：Abay, Kibrom A.; Abate, Gashaw T.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Bernard, Tanguy
  作者单位：CGIAR; International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); CGIAR; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Cornell University; CGIAR; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Universite de Bordeaux
  摘要：We show that non-classical measurement errors (NCME) on both sides of a regression can bias the parameter estimate of interest in either direction. Furthermore, if these NCME are correlated, correcting for either one alone can aggravate bias relative to ignoring mismeasurement in both variables, a 'second best' result with implications for a broad class of economic phenomena of policy interest. We then use a unique Ethiopian dataset of matched farmer self-reported and precise ground-based meas...
• Monetary policy and bank lending in developing countries: Loan applications, rates, and real effects AI翻译
  作者：Abuka, Charles; Alinda, Ronnie K.; Minoiu, Camelia; Peydro, Jose-Luis; Presbitero, Andrea F.
  作者单位：Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve System Board of Governors; Pompeu Fabra University; Barcelona School of Economics; ICREA; Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI); Imperial College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; International Monetary Fund
  摘要：Recent studies of monetary policy in developing countries document a weak bank lending channel based on aggregate data. In this paper, we bring new evidence using Uganda's supervisory credit register, with microdata on loan applications, volumes and rates, coupled with unanticipated variation in monetary policy. We show that a monetary contraction reduces bank credit supply increasing loan application rejections and tightening loan volume and rates especially for banks with more leverage and s...
• Economic growth in the long run AI翻译
  作者：Tamura, Robert; Dwyer, Jerry; Devereux, John; Baier, Scott
  作者单位：Clemson University; City University of New York (CUNY) System
  摘要：We present new data on real output per worker, schooling per worker, human capital per worker, real physical capital per worker for 168 countries. The output data represent all available data from Maddison. The physical capital data represent all available data from Mitchell. One major contribution is a new data set of human capital per worker, the foundation of which comes mostly from Mitchell. We provide original estimates of schooling per worker & per young worker. Using standard Mincer hum...
• Ex ante and ex post effects of hybrid index insurance in Bangladesh AI翻译
  作者：Hill, Ruth Vargas; Kumar, Neha; Magnan, Nicholas; Makhija, Simrin; de Nicola, Francesca; Spielman, David J.; Ward, Patrick S.
  作者单位：The World Bank; CGIAR; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; Duke Kunshan University
  摘要：This study assesses both the demand for and effectiveness of an index insurance product designed to help smallholder fanners in Bangladesh manage crop production risk during the monsoon season. Villages were randomized into either an insurance treatment or a comparison group, and discounts and rebates were randomly allocated across treatment villages to encourage insurance take-up and to allow for the estimation of the price-elasticity of insurance demand. Among those offered insurance, we fin...
• The shifting natural wealth of nations: The role of market orientation AI翻译
  作者：Arezki, Rabah; van der Ploeg, Frederick; Toscani, Frederik
  作者单位：The World Bank; Harvard University; University of Oxford; International Monetary Fund
  摘要：This paper explores the effect of market orientation on (known or available) natural resource wealth using a novel dataset of world-wide major hydrocarbon and mineral discoveries. Our empirical estimates based on a large panel of countries show that increased market orientation causes a significant increase in discoveries of natural resources. In a thought experiment where economies in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa remain closed, they would have only achieved one quarter of the actual i...
• The internet and Chinese exports in the pre-ali baba era AI翻译
  作者：Fernandes, Ana M.; Mattoo, Aaditya; Huy Nguyen; Schiffbauer, Marc
  作者单位：The World Bank; International Monetary Fund
  摘要：The dramatic expansion of internet access in China allows us to analyze the impact of the internet on firm performance. Combining firm-level production data with province-level information on internet penetration, we examine how the internet rollout across Chinese provinces in 1999-2007 influenced firm export behavior. We show that the internet rollout boosted firm manufacturing exports, even before the rise of major e-commerce platforms. We take a closer look at why, addressing three question...
• Do children benefit from internet access? Experimental evidence from Peru AI翻译
  作者：Malamud, Ofer; Cueto, Santiago; Cristia, Julian; Beuermann, Diether W.
  作者单位：Northwestern University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru; Inter-American Development Bank
  摘要：This paper provides experimental evidence for the impact of home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes in Peru. We compare children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access to (i) those who did not receive laptops and (ii) those who only received laptops without internet. We find that providing free intemet access led to improved computer and internet proficiency relative to those without laptops and improved internet proficiency compared to thos...
• Vocational training programs and youth labor market outcomes: Evidence from Nepal AI翻译
  作者：Chakravarty, Shubha; Lundberg, Manias; Nikolov, Plamen; Zenker, Juliane
  作者单位：The World Bank; State University of New York (SUNY) System; Binghamton University, SUNY; University of Gottingen
• When the money runs out: Do cash transfers have sustained effects on human capital accumulation? AI翻译
  作者：Baird, Sarah; McIntosh, Craig; Ozler, Berk
  作者单位：George Washington University; University of California System; University of California San Diego; The World Bank
  摘要：The five-year evaluation of a cash transfer program targeted to adolescent females points to both the promise and limitations of cash transfers for persistent welfare gains. Conditional cash transfers produced sustained improvements in education and fertility for initially out-of-school females but caused no detectable gains in other outcomes. Significant declines in HIV prevalence, pregnancy and early marriage observed during the program among recipients of unconditional cash transfers (UCTs)...
• Spatially heterogeneous effects of a public works program AI翻译
  作者：Merfeld, Joshua D.
  作者单位：New York University
  摘要：Most research on labor market effects of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme focuses on outcomes at the district level. This paper shows that such a focus masks substantial spatial heterogeneity: treated villages located near untreated areas see smaller increases in casual wages than treated villages located farther from untreated areas. Spatial differences in implementation or program leakages do not appear to drive this spatial heterogeneity. The effects of the prog...