Report NEP-SEA-2025-09-22

This is the archive for NEP-SEA, a report on new working papers in the area of South East Asia. Subash Sasidharan issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Han, Yajie & Pkhikidze, Nino & Qin, Yu & Yang, Yi, 2025. "Rural Roads and Local Economic Development in China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 11212, The World Bank.
• Otto, Christian & Schult, Christoph & Vogt, Thomas, 2025. "Climate change economics in Vietnam: Redefining economic impact," IWH Discussion Papers 15/2025, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
• Ibrahim Kholilul Rohman & Mohammad Marza Naufal & Ibrahim Naufal, 2025. "Indonesian Service Sector Review: Telecommunications," Working Papers DP-2025-06, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
• Madhabendra Sinha & Gemma Estrada & Donghyun Park & Shu Tian, 2025. "Digitalization and Employment: Lessons from Developed and Developing Economies," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 802, Asian Development Bank.
• Hilmy Prilliadi & Mahirah Mahusin, 2025. "Strengthening Open Government Data for Digital Cooperation in ASEAN," Working Papers PB-2025-07, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
• UNICEF Indonesia, "undated". "Embracing Diversity and Inclusion for All: Landscape Analysis on Children with Disabilities in Indonesia," Working Papers 4320, Communications Section.
• Sandy H. S. Herho & Siti N. Kaban & Cahya Nugraha, 2025. "100-Day Analysis of USD/IDR Exchange Rate Dynamics Around the 2025 U.S. Presidential Inauguration," Papers 2506.18738, arXiv.org.
• Hyunduk Suh & Nathaniel A. Throckmorton, 2025. "Low Fertility and the Fiscal Limit: Inflation Possibilities in East Asia," Working Papers 171, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary.
• Krenz, Astrid & Strulik, Holger, 2025. "Male excess mortality during the epidemiological transition: theory and evidence from India," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 129467, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• UNICEF Indonesia & Ministry of National Development Planning of the Republic of Indonesia & The SMERU Research Institute, "undated". "Don't Give Up Facing All of This: Children's and Adolescents' Experiences, Perceptions, and Opinions Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia," Working Papers 4359, Communications Section.
• Kiyoyasu TANAKA, 2025. "Synergy or Anergy? Foreign acquisition and firm productivity in Japan," Discussion papers 25085, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Burke, Josh & Taschini, Luca & Doda, Baran & Ortiz, Victor & Steinlein, Anastasia, 2024. "Policy measures to respond to carbon fee impacts on industry in Taiwan," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 129324, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Mutum, L.; Mizan, S. A.; Bhatpuria, D.; Taneja, G.; Mitra, A.; Gupta, S. K.; Sikka, A., 2025. "Direct seeded rice in Haryana (India) ABY districts: impact and lessons for scaling," IWMI Reports 369137, International Water Management Institute.
• Jong-Wha Lee & Eunbi Song, 2025. "Women's Education, Employment, and Cost of Family Formation: A Structural Analysis of Fertility Decline in Korea," CAMA Working Papers 2025-51, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University.
• Kumi SEKIZAWA, 2025. "Analysis of Factors Influencing Inward Foreign Direct Investment in OECD Countries Using a Gravity Model (Japanese)," Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) 25011, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Hong Liu & Zhong Zhao, 2025. "Does health insurance matter? Evidence from China's urban resident basic medical insurance," CEMA Working Papers 780, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics.
• International Monetary Fund, 2025. "Mongolia: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Alternate Executive Director for Mongolia," IMF Staff Country Reports 2025/265, International Monetary Fund.
• Stefano Carattini & Hanwei Huang & Frank Pisch & Tejendra Pratap Singh, 2025. "Trade and the Scopes of Pollution: Evidence from China’s World Market Integration," CESifo Working Paper Series 12119, CESifo.
• Tahir Andrabi & Tomoya Murakawa, 2025. "Understanding Post-COVID-19 Learning Recovery in Public and Private Schools in Pakistan," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 803, Asian Development Bank.
• Takafumi KAWAKUBO & Takafumi SUZUKI, 2025. "Spillovers through Supply Chains: How large plant openings affect local supplier firms," Discussion papers 25083, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Tomoya MORI, 2025. "Population Decline and Regional Disappearance: Policy Prescriptions for Managing Smart Shrinkage - Story 1. Regional economies through the lens of the city - (Japanese)," Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) 25012, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Ying Cui & Hong Liu & Liqiu Zhao, 2025. "Mother's education and child development: Evidence from the compulsory school reform in China," CEMA Working Papers 783, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics.
• Chaudhary, Arbind & Babu, Suresh Chandra, 2025. "Advancing forest-based carbon trading in Nepal: Policy challenges and agroforestry opportunities," Policy briefs 175795, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
• Tomoya MORI, 2025. "Population Decline and Regional Disappearance: Policy Prescriptions for Managing Smart Shrinkage - Story 2. Understanding fifty years of Japanese cities through economic theory and data - (Japanese)," Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) 25013, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Shoko Yamane & Hiroko Araki & Takashi Noda, 2025. "Big Five Personality Traits and Investment Behavior: An Empirical Investigation of Japanese Investors," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 25-12, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
• Intan Murnira Ramli & Megawati, 2025. "Between Reform and Paralysis: Indonesia, WTO Uncertainty, and the Case for the Multi-Party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA)," Working Papers PB-2025-08, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
• Yundan Guo & Han Liang & Li Shen, 2025. "Digital Transformation and Corporate Financial Asset Allocation: Evidence from China," Papers 2509.09095, arXiv.org.
• Willem THORBECKE, 2025. "How Macroeconomic Shocks Impact the Japanese Economy: Evidence from the stock market," Discussion papers 25084, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Yasuhiro ARIKAWA & Hideaki MIYAJIMA & Takuji SAITO, 2025. "Overview of the Evolution of Corporate Governance: The impact of reforms and the future of Japanese firms," Policy Discussion Papers 25014, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Gimenez Perales, Victor & Mulyukova, Alina, 2025. "Management practices, competition, and multi-product firms in developing countries," Kiel Working Papers 2299, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
• Nafil, Mohammad; Alam, Mohammad Faiz; Sikka, Alok., 2025. "A decade of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) contributions to natural resource management: at a glance," IWMI Reports 369139, International Water Management Institute.
• Kenta YAMANOUCHI & Kaoru HOSONO & Miho TAKIZAWA, 2025. "Global Market Power of Japanese Multinational Firms," Discussion papers 25082, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Zhi Wang & Shang-Jin Wei & Xinding Yu & Kunfu Zhu, 2025. "Measuring FDI and Trade-related Interdependence Across Countries: The Case of the United States and China," NBER Working Papers 34226, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Anil K. Jain & Siddharth Kothari, 2025. "Why are Manufacturing Plants Smaller in Developing Countries? Theory and Evidence from India," International Finance Discussion Papers 1417, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Yubo Cheng, 2025. "Digital Transformation and the Restructuring of Employment: Evidence from Chinese Listed Firms," Papers 2506.23230, arXiv.org.
• Karthik Muralidharan & Abhijeet Singh, 2025. "Adapting for scale: Experimental Evidence on Technology-aided Instruction in India," NBER Working Papers 34205, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Escobar Carias, Michelle & Baranov, Victoria & Maselko, Joanna & Biroli, Pietro & Bhalotra, Sonia, 2025. "Maternal Mental Health Responses to COVID-19 Shocks and Uncertainty in Rural Pakistan," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 772, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
• Ryo ISHIDA & Kazumasa OGURO & Masaya YASUOKA, 2025. "Progressive Child Allowance as a Countermeasure to the Declining Number of Births," Discussion papers 25087, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
• Yuki Kawakubo & Kazuhiko Kakamu, 2025. "Multilevel Decomposition of Generalized Entropy Measures Using Constrained Bayes Estimation: An Application to Japanese Regional Data," Papers 2506.21213, arXiv.org.