Report NEP-DEV-2025-12-22

This is the archive for NEP-DEV, a report on new working papers in the area of Development. Jacob A. Jordaan issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Erik Andres-Escayola & Luis Molina & Javier J. Pérez & Elena Vidal, 2025, "How economic policy uncertainty spreads across borders: the case of Latin America," Working Papers, Banco de España, number 2549, Dec, DOI: https://doi.org/10.53479/41984.
• Limosani, Michele & Millemaci, Emanuele & Monteforte, Fabio & Mustica, Paolo Fabrizio, 2025, "Do Special Economic Zones Boost Employment? Evidence from a Meta-Analysis," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number mf2n6_v2, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/mf2n6_v2.
• Raul Caruso & Emma Galli & Giulia Tringali, 2025, "Does corruption trigger political violence? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa (1970-2020)," DISCE - Working Papers del Dipartimento di Politica Economica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche (DISCE), number dipe0053, Dec.
• Fuerst, John & Kirkegaard, Emil O. W., 2025, "Continental Genetic Ancestries as Predictors of Socioeconomic and Cognitive Variation Across the Americas," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number vgfrb_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/vgfrb_v1.
• Matthew Collins & Eleonora Guarnieri & Helmut Rainer, 2025, "Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Interplay between Policy, Culture, and Intra-Household Bargaining∗," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK, number 25/802, Apr.
• Manh-Duc Doan, 2025, "Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Investment: 20 Years of Evidence from Vietnam," Working Papers, Development and Policies Research Center (DEPOCEN), Vietnam, number 197.
• Wannaphong Durongkaveroj & Riswandi Riswandi, 2025, "Social protection for the poor: Evaluating Thailand's state welfare card programme," WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER), number wp-2025-103.
• Srinivas Goli & Nandeen Bhattacharyya & Shalem Balla & Harchand Ram, 2025, "Effect of exposure to conflicts and childhood mortality: Analyses of pooled cross-sectional data from 105 surveys from 52 countries," HiCN Working Papers, Households in Conflict Network, number 446.
• Julieta Pérez Amador & Adriana Robles, 2025, "The Changing Demographics of Cohabiting Unions in Latin America: The Income Gradient," LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg, number 905, Sep.
• Okumu, Boscow & Tibanywana, Julieth & Ntiyakunze, Matilda & Oyarzo, Mauricio, 2025, "Impact of Carbon Trading Schemes on Mangrove Forest Ecosystem Services and Household Welfare: Evidence from Kenya’s Coastal Communities," EfD Discussion Paper, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg, number 25-13, Dec.
• Vladimir Hlasny, 2025, "The Ebb and Flow of Economic Distribution Amid a Long-Running Civil War: Mali," LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg, number 907, Nov.