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Corrigendum to “The impact of female political leadership on gender attitudes: Evidence from Taiwan's local councils” [J. Dev. Econ. Volume 174, May 2025, 103451] “女性政治领导对性别态度的影响：来自台湾地方议会的证据”[J]。Dev,经济学。第174卷，2025年5月，103451]

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103696

Yen-Chien Chen , Elliott Fan , Yu-Hsin Ho , Matthew Yi-Hsiu Lee , Jin-Tan Liu

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A parsimonious approach to predicting income distributions 一种预测收入分配的节俭方法

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103695

Daniel Gerszon Mahler, Marta Schoch, Christoph Lakner, Minh Cong Nguyen

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Expressways, market access, and industrial development in China: Using walled-city panel instrumental variables of minimum spanning tree 高速公路、市场准入与中国产业发展：基于最小生成树的城墙城市面板工具变量

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103707

Kecen Jing , Wen-Chi Liao

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Large firms and the intensive margin of labor informality evidence from an enforcement intervention in Peru 秘鲁一项执法干预的证据表明，大公司和密集的劳动力边际

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103679

Mariano Bosch , Guillermo Cruces , Stephanie González , María Teresa Silva-Porto

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Poverty and parental discipline 贫穷和父母管教

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-05 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103694

Mo Alloush , Emily Conover , Susan Godlonton

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Beliefs, information sharing, and mental health care use among university students 大学生信仰、信息共享与心理保健使用

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103646

Alisher Batmanov , Idaliya Grigoryeva , Bruno Calderón-Hernández , Roberto González-Téllez , Alejandro Guardiola Ramírez

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Bring a friend: Leveraging financial and peer support to improve women’s reproductive agency in India 带上朋友：利用经济和同伴支持来改善印度妇女的生殖机构

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103706

S. Anukriti , Catalina Herrera-Almanza , Mahesh Karra

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Labor market consequences of homicides: A gender perspective from Mexico 杀人案对劳动力市场的影响：来自墨西哥的性别视角

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2026.103718

Lorenzo Aldeco Leo , Matteo F. Ghilardi , Hugo Tuesta

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Do resource rents drive urbanization and structural transformation? A global analysis 资源租金驱动城市化和结构转型吗？全球分析

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103709

Qing Huang , Victoria Wenxin Xie , Wei You

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Informal fiscal systems in developing countries 发展中国家的非正式财政制度

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103712

Shan Aman-Rana , Clement Minaudier , Sandip Sukhtankar

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