Journal: Journal of Development Economics

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J. dev. econ.

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Elsevier

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0304-3878
1872-6089

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Publications 1 - 9 of 9
  • Making an impact? The relevance of information on aid effectiveness for charitable giving. A laboratory experiment
    Item type: Journal Article
    Metzger, Laura; Günther, Isabel (2019)
    Journal of Development Economics
  • Development aid and international politics
    Item type: Journal Article
    Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond (2009)
    Journal of Development Economics
  • Evaluating the impact of general versus vocational education on labor market outcomes in Egypt by means of a regression discontinuity design
    Item type: Journal Article
    Bolli-Kemper, Johanna Mirka; Renold, Ursula (2024)
    Journal of Development Economics
    This study contributes to the scarce literature in developing countries by causally analyzing the long-term impact of secondary general versus vocational education on labor market outcomes in Egypt. Our regression discontinuity design (RDD) exploits a cutoff in exam scores that tracks students in upper-secondary vocational or general education. Pooling data from the 2012 and 2018 Egypt Labor Market Panel Survey (ELMPS), we find that among male upper-secondary graduates aged 25–49 and employed in the private sector, general education graduates experience a relative advantage in terms of formal employment. We find no impact on employment, public-sector employment for the employed, or wages for those in wage employment. Given the relatively poor prospects of vocational graduates, who account for two-thirds of enrollment at the upper-secondary level, improving the efficiency of vocational upper-secondary education could have a significant impact on the working conditions of many Egyptians.
  • African leaders and the geography of China's foreign assistance
    Item type: Journal Article
    Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; Hodler, Roland; et al. (2019)
    Journal of Development Economics
  • Spillovers in ICT adoption from formal to informal firms: Evidence from Zambia
    Item type: Journal Article
    Jolevski, Filip; Nayyar, Gaurav; Pleninger, Regina; et al. (2025)
    Journal of Development Economics
    This paper examines spillovers in the use of digital technologies from formal to informal businesses by exploring differences in geographic proximity. Using a unique set of geocoded data from the 2019 World Bank Enterprise Surveys in Zambia, the findings indicate that geographic proximity to formal firms is associated with a significantly higher likelihood of digital adoption by informal businesses. The finding holds for various types of digital technologies, including computers, tablets, cell phones, and mobile money, for various measures of geographic proximity, and for different empirical specifications that disentangle proximity to formal firms from other confounding factors. Further, the relationship between geographic proximity to formal firms and digital adoption by informal businesses varies by the owner's level of education and business age. The results also suggest that these spillovers in the adoption of digital technologies can be explained by competition in the local market and learning through enhanced interactions.
  • Tax competition between developed, emerging, and developing countries – Same same but different?
    Item type: Journal Article
    Mardan, Mohammed; Stimmelmayr, Michael (2020)
    Journal of Development Economics
  • Armed groups: Competition and political violence
    Item type: Journal Article
    Gassebner, Martin; Schaudt, Paul; Wong, Melvin H.L. (2023)
    Journal of Development Economics
    We show that the proliferation of armed groups increases the amount of organized political violence. The natural death of a tribal leader provides quasi-experimental variation in the number of armed groups across districts in Pakistan. Employing event study designs and IV-regressions allows us to isolate the effect of the number of armed groups on political violence from locational fundamentals of conflict, e.g., local financing and recruiting opportunities or government capacity. In line with the idea that armed groups compete for resources and supporters, we estimate semi-elasticities of an additional armed group on political violence ranging from 50 to 60%. Introducing a novel proxy for government counter-insurgency efforts enables us to show that this increase is driven by insurgency groups and not the state. Moreover, we show that groups splitting-up compensate for their capacity loss by switching to non-capital intensive attacks.
  • Informal employment in developing countries Opportunity or last resort?
    Item type: Journal Article
    Günther, Isabel; Launov, Andrey (2012)
    Journal of Development Economics
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