Journal of Development Economics

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• High-speed railroads and local agricultural development AI翻译
  作者：Chen, Xiaoguang; Gong, Binlei; Qin, Zhilong; Wang, Xiaoli
  作者单位：Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China; Zhejiang University; Zhejiang University; Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China
  摘要：We estimate the impacts of China's extensive high-speed railroads (HSR) expansions using both county-level and household-level agricultural data. Our estimates indicate that HSR expansions: (i) facilitated the outflow of labor from agriculture and reduced cropland in connected rural areas, particularly in underdeveloped regions; (ii) increased agricultural total factor productivity (TFP), effectively offsetting the negative impacts on agricultural output from reduced inputs; (iii) significantl...
• Persistent effects of universities on local industrial growth: Evidence from China's policy-induced college relocation in the 1950s AI翻译
  作者：Fan, Jianyong; Tang, Wei; Zhang, Feng
  作者单位：Fudan University; Shanghai University of Finance & Economics; Nanjing University of Finance & Economics
  摘要：This paper examines the long-term impact of universities on local industrial development by leveraging a largescale department relocation program in China during the 1950s, which reassigned more than two thirds of all university departments nationwide. While these relocations had limited influence under the planned economy, their impact became increasingly pronounced after China's economic liberalization in 1978. Our findings reveal substantial effects on total employment, firm numbers, and pr...
• Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? Experimental evidence from North Macedonia AI翻译
  作者：Armand, Alex; Carneiro, Pedro; Tagliati, Federico; Xia, Yiming
  作者单位：Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; University College London; University of London; University College London; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Banco de Espana; Southwestern University of Finance & Economics - China
  摘要：This study experimentally assesses the effects of temporary wage subsidies on employment in North Macedonia. The target group consists of vulnerable unemployed individuals participating in an employment program that provides employers with a subsidy covering half of the wage payments during the first year of employment, as well as training expenses. Applicants are initially matched to job openings and then randomly selected for job interviews with employers, who decide whether to hire them und...
• Air pollution and manufacturing productivity: Understanding the roles of technology and adaptation AI翻译
  作者：Hansen-Lewis, Jamie
  作者单位：University of California System; University of California Davis
  摘要：I analyze the impact of air pollution on manufacturing productivity in India, examining how technology and adaptation influence the damages. Using firm panel and satellite-derived pollution data, I estimate the effect of pollution on productivity, with wind velocity serving as an instrument for air pollution. While sensitivity is detected among labor-intensive industries, no meaningful average effect is found. To explain these patterns, I present a model showing that firms adapt by lowering ou...
• Judicial institution and innovation: Evidence from China's intellectual property courts reform AI翻译
  作者：Wan, Liyang; Wan, Qian; Yang, Zichao; Zhao, Ying
  作者单位：Zhejiang University; Zhejiang University; Zhongnan University of Economics & Law; Zhongnan University of Economics & Law; Zhongnan University of Economics & Law
  摘要：This paper examines the impact of intellectual property judicial institutions on innovation, focusing on the intellectual property courts (IPCs) reform in China. We find that IPCs reform leads to a significant 22.6 % increase in the number of invention patents at the city level, equating to an average rise of 215 annually. Notably, we rule out the possibility of inter-region and intra-conglomerate transfer of patents, indicating that the effect of the IPCs reform on innovation is not a zero-su...
• Confined to stay: Migration restrictions, natural disasters, and poverty AI翻译
  作者：Cinque, Andrea; Gehrke, Esther; Reiners, Lennart
  作者单位：Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD); Wageningen University & Research; Asian Development Bank
  摘要：How do restrictions to international migration affect communities' ability to cope with natural disasters? We exploit the implementation of an emigration ban for millions of Indonesians wanting to migrate to Saudi Arabia as a natural experiment. Our identification strategy relies on pre-determined migration networks and on the exogenous timing of the ban and of natural disasters. Using a panel of the universe of Indonesian villages and a triple difference approach, we demonstrate that poverty ...
• The agricultural productivity gap: Informality matters AI翻译
  作者：Jat, Rajveer; Ramaswami, Bharat
  作者单位：University of California System; University of California Riverside; Ashoka University
  摘要：The measured agricultural productivity gap (APG) in developing countries typically compares agriculture with the entire non-farm economy, implicitly treating the latter as homogeneous. In developing countries, most nonfarm employment is informal, concentrated in small, unregistered enterprises with low productivity. This paper compares the productivity of agriculture to the informal and formal non-farm sectors in India. Using Indian sectoral data from the India KLEMS database linked with natio...
• Beyond poverty reduction: Evidence from a multifaceted program on poverty, nutrition and child development AI翻译
  作者：Bouguen, Adrien; Dillon, Andrew
  作者单位：Santa Clara University; Northwestern University
  摘要：We study the impacts of a multifaceted program implemented in Burkina Faso that targets ultra-poor households with young children or pregnant women. The design includes a cash transfer program (T1), T1 plus animal transfer (T2) and T2 plus a nutrition bundle which includes fortified flour, a gardening kit and nutrition education (T3). We find that the program reduces extreme poverty in all treatment branches, but only T3 positively impacts child nutrition. T3 also impacts motor and cognitive d...
• The mismeasure of weather: Using earth observation data for estimation of socioeconomic outcomes AI翻译
  作者：Josephson, Anna; Michler, Jeffrey D.; Kilic, Talip; Murray, Siobhan
  作者单位：University of Arizona; The World Bank
  摘要：The availability of weather data from remotely sensed earth observation (EO) products has reduced the cost to economists of including weather variables in econometric models. Weather variables are common instrumental variables used to predict socioeconomic outcomes and serve as an input into modeling crop productivity in rainfed agriculture. The use of EO data in econometric applications has only recently been met with a critical assessment of the suitability and quality of this data in econom...
• Do minimum wage hikes lead to employment destruction? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design in Argentina AI翻译
  作者：Abbate, Nicolas; Jimenez, Bruno
  作者单位：National University of La Plata; National University of La Plata; New York University
  摘要：In this study, we examine the impact of eight minimum wage increases in Argentina during the early 21st century by analyzing administrative records of registered employment. Utilizing a regression discontinuity design, we compare job separation rates between a group affected by the minimum wage hikes and a control group slightly out of their legal scope. Our findings indicate that, overall, these minimum wage hikes had no significant impact on separation rates. However, the 2008 increase trigg...