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The seeds of misallocation: Fertilizer use and maize varietal misidentification in Ethiopia 分配不当的种子：埃塞俄比亚的化肥使用和玉米品种识别错误

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103349

Nils Bohr , Tim Deisemann , Douglas Gollin , Frédéric Kosmowski , Travis J. Lybbert

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Energy policies and pollution in two developing country cities: A quantitative model 两个发展中国家城市的能源政策与污染：定量模型

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103348

Rainald Borck , Peter Mulder

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Allocating labor across small firms: Experimental evidence on information constraints 小企业之间的劳动力分配：信息约束的实验证据

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103345

Morgan Hardy , Seongyoon Kim , Jamie McCasland , Andreas Menzel , Marc Witte

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Land allocation and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from the 2007 reform in China 土地分配与产业集聚：中国 2007 年改革的证据

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103351

Wenjia Tian , Zhi Wang , Qinghua Zhang

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Corrigendum to Medication against conflict [Journal of Development Economics (2024) Volume 170, September 2024, 103306] 对冲突的药物治疗的更正[《发展经济学杂志》（2024年）第170卷，2024年9月，103306]

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103347

Andrea Berlanda , Matteo Cervellati , Elena Esposito , Dominic Rohner , Uwe Sunde

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Measuring sex-selective abortion: How many women abort? 衡量针对胎儿性别进行的选择性人工流产：有多少妇女堕胎？

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103342

Aditi Dimri , Véronique Gille , Philipp Ketz

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Communist propaganda and women’s status 共产党的宣传和妇女地位

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103341

Ruoyu Qian

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Supporting small firms in a fragile context: Comparing matching and cash grants in Burkina Faso 在脆弱环境中支持小企业：比较布基纳法索的配套赠款和现金赠款

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103344

Michael Grimm , Sidiki Soubeiga , Michael Weber

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Preprimary education and early childhood development: Evidence from government schools in rural Kenya 学前教育与幼儿发展：肯尼亚农村公立学校的证据

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103337

Pamela Jakiela , Owen Ozier , Lia C.H. Fernald , Heather A. Knauer

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When beer is safer than water: Beer availability and mortality from waterborne illnesses 当啤酒比水更安全时啤酒供应与水传播疾病的死亡率

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Journal of Development Economics Pub Date : 2024-07-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2024.103343

Francisca M. Antman , James M. Flynn

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