American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Vol.7, No. 2 – April 2015
Contents:
- Improving College Access and Success for Low-Income Students: Evidence from a Large Need-Based Grant Program / by Gabrielle Fack and Julien Grenet (pp. 1-34)
- Should Cash Transfers Be Conditional? Conditionality, Preventive Care, and Health Outcomes / by Orazio. P. Attanazio, Veruska Oppedisano, and Marcos Vera-Hernández (pp. 35- 52)
- One Laptop per Child at Home: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru / by Diether W. Beuermann, Julian Cristia, Santiago Cueto, Ofer Malamud, and Yyannu Cruz-Aguayo (pp. 53-80)
- Social Networks and the Decision to Insure / by Jing Cai, Alain De Janvry, and Elizabeth Sadoulet (pp. 81-108)
- Regulatory Redistribution in the Market for Health Insurance / by Jeffrey Clemens (pp. 1090134)
- Do Opposites Detract? Intrahousehold Preference Heterogeneity and Inefficient Strategic Savings / by Simone Schaner (pp. 135-174)
- Legal Status and the Criminal Activity of Immigrants / by Giovanni Mastrobuoni and Paolo Pinotti (pp. 175-206)
- Channeling Remittances to Education: A Field Experiment among Migrants from El Salvador / by Kate Ambler, Diego Aycinena, and Dean Yang (pp. 207-232)
- Labor Market Effects of Social Programs: Evidence from India’s Employment Guarantee / by Clement Imbert and John Papp (pp. 233-263)
- The Role of Connections in Academic Promotions / by Natalia Zinovyeva and Manuel Bagues (pp. 264-292)
American Economic Journal : Macroeconomics
(contents can be viewed and downloaded online)
Contents:
- Sharing High Growth across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China / by Zheng Song, Kjetil Storesletten, Yikai Wang, and Fabrizio Zilibotti (pp. 1-39)
- Welfare Cost of Business Cycles with idiosyncratic Consumption Risk and a Preference for Robustness / by Martin Ellison and Thomas J. Sargent (pp. 40-57)
- Demographic Patterns and Household Saving in China / by Chadwick C. Curtis, Steven lugauer, and Nelson C. Mark (pp. 58-94)
- Consumption Volatility, Marketization, and Expenditure in an Emerging Market Economy / by Daniel L. Hicks (pp. 95-123)
- Optimal Labor-Market Policy in Recessions / by Philip Jung and Keith Kuester (pp. 124-156)
- Understanding Markups in the Open Economy / by Beatriz de Blas and Katheryn N. Russ (pp. 157-180)
- Measured Aggregate Gains from International Trade / by Ariel Burstein and Javier Cravino (pp. 181-218)
- Optimal Mirrleesean Tazation in a Ben-Porath Economy / by Marek Kapička (pp. 219-248)
- Unemployment Insurance Fraud and Optimal Monitoring / by David L. Fuller, B. Ravikumar, and Yuzhe Zhang (pp. 249-290)
Asian Economic Journal
Vol. 29, No. 2 – June 2015
Contents:
- New Industry-level Analysis on Value Chains and Competitiveness in Asia and Europe: Introduction / by Kiyotaka Sato and Robert Stehrer (pp. 93-98)
- Global Value Chains: A View from the Euro Area / by João Amador, Rita Cappariello and Robert Stehrer (pp.99-120)
- Global Value Chains of East Asia: Trade in Value Added and Vertical Specialization / by Taehyun Kwon and Jai-Won Ryou (pp. 121-144)
- Offshoring, Inshoring and Labor Market Volatility / by Neil Foster-McGregor and Johannes Pöschl (pp. 145-164)
- Summary Measure for Price and Non-price Competitiveness for ASEAN+3 / by Konstantīns Beņkovskis and Julia Wörz (pp. 165-180)
- Industry-Level Competitiveness, Productivity and Effective Exchange Rates in East Asia/ by Keiko Ito and Junko Shimizu (pp. 181-214)
Cambridge Journal of Economics
Vol. 39, No. 3 – May 2015
Contents:
- Developing an understanding of meaningful work in economics: the case for a heterodox economies of work / by David A. Spencer (pp.675-688)
- Unpaid work and conformity: why care? / by Marina Della (pp. 689-710)
- New Labour and work-time regulation: a Marxian analysis of the UK economy / by Bruce Philp, Gary Slater, and Daniel Wheatley (pp. 711-732)
- The employment relationship in an (almost) structureless labour market: the case of domestic work / by Fátima Suleman (pp. 733-750)
- Interlinkages between credit, debt and the labour market: evidence from Turkey / by Elif Karacimen (pp. 751-767)
- Convergence of monetary equivalent of labour times (MELTs) in two Marxian interpretations / by Umit Akinci and Yigit Karahanogullari (pp. 769-781)
- Visible seeds of socialism and metamorphoses of capitalism: socialism after Rosdolsky / by Eduardo da Motta e Albuquerque (pp. 783-805)
- Early classics and Quesnay after Sraffa: a suggested interpretation / by Jean Cartelier (pp. 807-824)
- The new Keynesian view of aggregate demand: some reflections from a classical-Sraffian standpoint / by Graham White (pp. 825-842)
- What’s in a name? Tony Lawson on neoclassical economics and heterodox economics / by Jamie Morgan (pp. 843-865)
Financialisation, income distribution and crisis
- Financialisation, income distribution and the crisis / by Dany Lang (pp. 867 – 870)
- The demands of finance and the glass ceiling of profit without investment / by Laurent Cordonnier and Franck Van de Velde (pp. 871-885)
- Unemployment, working time and financialisation: the French case / by Michel Husson (pp. 887-905)
- Finance-dominated capitalism and re-distribution of income: a Kaleckian perspective / by Eckhard Hein (pp. 907-934)
- Rising inequality as a cause of the present crisis / by Engelbert Stockhammer (pp. 935-958)
- Europe’s Hunger Games: Income Distribution, Cost Competitiveness and Crisis / by Servaas Storm and C.W.M. Naastepad (pp. 959-986)
Econometrica
Journal of the Econometric Society
Contents:
- Investment and Competitive Matching / by Georg Nöldeke and Larry Samuelson (pp. 835-896)
- Large Matching Markets as Two-Sided Demand Systems / by Konrad Menzel (pp. 897-941)
- Tenable Strategy Blocks and Settled Equilibria / by Roger Myerson and Jörgen Weibull (pp. 943-976)
- The Farsighted Stable Set / by Debraj Ray and Rajiv Vohra (pp. 977-1011)
- Sieve Wald and QLR Inferences on Semi/Nonparametric Conditional Moment Models / by Xiaohong Chen and Demian Pouzo (pp. 1013-1079)
- Parametric Inference and Dynamic State Recovery From Option Panels / by Torben G. Andersen, Nicola Fusari and Victor Todorov (pp. 1081-1145)
Notes and Comments
Grouped Patterns of Heterogeneity in Panel Data / by Stéphane Bonhomme and Elena Manresa (pp. 1147-1184)- Identification of Nonseparable Models Using Instruments With Small Support / by Alexander Torgovitsky (pp. 1185-1197)
- Identification of Nonseparable Triangular Models With Discrete Instruments / by Xavier D’Haultfœuille and Philippe Février (pp. 1199-1210)
- The Economics of Counterfeiting / by Elena Quercioli and Lones Smith (pp. 1211-1236)
- Corrigendum to “Discounted Stochastic Game With No Stationary Nash Equilibrium: Two Examples” / by Yehuda John Levy and Andrew McLennan (pp. 1237-1252)
Health Affairs
Contents:
- The Many Dimensions Of The Affordable Care Act / by Alan R. Weil
- Among The Elderly, Many Mental Illnesses Go Undiagnosed / by Jonathan S. Bor
- An Early Look At SHOP Marketplaces: Low Premiums, Adequate Plan Choice In Many, But Not All, States / by Jon R. Gabel, Sam T. Stromberg, Matthew Green, Amy Lischko, and Heidi Whitmore
Health Policy and Planning
The journal on health policy and systems research
Vol. 30, No. 3 – April 2015
Contents:
- An analysis of government immunization program expenditures in lower and lower middle income countries 2006–12 / by A A Nader, C de Quadros, C Politi and M McQuestion (pp. 281-288)
- Vacant hospitals and under-employed nurses: a qualitative study of the nursing workforce management situation in Nepal / by R Adhikari (pp. 289-297)
- Drivers of routine immunization coverage improvement in Africa: findings from district-level case studies / by A LaFond, N Kanagat, R Steinglass, R Fields, J Sequeira and S Mookherji (pp. 298-308)
- Contextual factors as a key to understanding the heterogeneity of effects of a maternal health policy in Burkina Faso? / by L Belaid and V Ridde (pp. 309-321)
- Survey using incognito standardized patients shows poor quality care in China’s rural clinics / by S Sylvia, Y Shi, H Xue, X Tian, H Wang, Q Liu, A Medina and S Rozelle (pp. 322-333)
- Tackling the tensions in evaluating capacity strengthening for health research in lowand middle-income countries / by I Bates, A Boyd, G Aslanyan and D C Cole (pp. 334-344)
- Priority setting in HIV/AIDS control in West Java Indonesia: an evaluation based on the accountability for reasonableness framework / by N Tromp, R Prawiranegara, H Subhan Riparev, A Siregar, D Sunjaya and R Baltussen (pp.345-355)
- Does human resource management improve family planning service quality? Analysis from the Kenya Service Provision Assessment 2010 / by N Thatte and Y Choi (pp. 356-367)
Reviews:
- Communicable disease control programmes and health systems: an analytical approach to sustainability / by A Shigayeva and R J Coker (pp. 368-385)
- Setting healthcare priorities in hospitals: a review of empirical studies / by E W Barasa, S Molyneux, M English and S Cleary (pp. 386-397)
- Price subsidies increase the use of private sector ACTs: evidence from a systematic review / by A Morris, A Ward, B Moonen, O Sabot and J M Cohen (pp. 397-405)
Vol. 30, No. 4 – May 2015
Contents:
- Intersectional inequalities in immunization in India, 1992–93 to 2005–06: a progress assessment / by William Joe (pp. 407-422)
- Curing over-use by prescribing fees: an evaluation of the effect of user fees’ implementation on healthcare use in the Czech Republic / by Lucie Kalousva (pp. 423-431)
- Removing user fees for facility-based delivery services: a difference-in-differences evaluation from ten sub-Saharan African countries / by Britt McKinnon, Sam Harper, Jay S Kaufman, and Yves Bergevin (pp. 432-441)
- The ‘global interconnectedness’ of dentist migration: a qualitative study of the life-stories of international dental graduates in Australia / by Madhan Balasubramanian, David S. Brennan, A. John Spencer, and Stephanie D. Short (pp. 442-450)
- Community case management of malaria: exploring support, capacity and motivation of community medicine distributors in Uganda / by Kristin Banek, Joaniter Nankabirwa, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Deborah DiLiberto, Lilian Taaka, Clare I R Chandler, and Sarah G Staedke (pp. 451-461)
- Strengthening the implementation of Health in All Policies: a methodology for realist explanatory case studies / by Ketan Shankardass, Emilie Renahy, Carles Muntaner, and Patricia O’Campo (pp. 462-473)
- The feasibility of multisectoral policy options aimed at reducing trans fats and encouraging its replacement with healthier oils in India / by Shauna M Downs, Anne-Marie Thow, Suparna Ghosh-Jerath, and Stephen R Leeder (pp. 474-484)
- Understanding the dynamic interactions driving Zambian health centre performance: a case-based health systems analysis / by Stephanie M Topp, Julien M Chipukuma, and Johanna Hanefeld (pp. 485-499)
- Costs and consequences of abortions to women and their households: a cross-sectional study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso / by Patrick G C Ilboudo, Giulia Greco, Johanne Sundby, and Gaute Torsvik (pp. 500-507)
- Implementation of patient charges at primary care facilities in Kenya: implications of low adherence to user fee policy for users and facility revenue / by Antony Opwora, Evelyn Waweru, Mitsuru Toda, Abdisalan Noor, Tansy Edwards, Greg Fegan, Sassy Molyneux, and Catherine Goodman (pp. 508-517)
Reviews
- Health policy evolution in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: context, processes and agency / by Kristina Jönsson, Bounfeng Phoummalaysith, Rolf Wahlström, and Göran Tomson (pp. 518-527)
- Equity in the allocation of public sector financial resources in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review / by Laura Anselmi, Mylene Lagarde, and Kara Hanson (pp. 528-545)
Journal of East Asian Studies
Vol. 15, No. 2 – May-August 2015
Contents:
Articles:
- The 2013 Malaysian Elections: Ethnic Politics or Urban Wave? / by Jason Wei Jian Ng, Gary John Rangel, Santha Vaithilingam, and Subramaniam S. Pillay (pp. 167-198)
- Interpreting Ethnicity and Urbanization in Malaysia’s 2013 General Election / by Thomas B. Pepinsky (pp. 199-226)
- Rejoinder: The Authors Respond to “Interpreting Ethnicity and Urbanization in Malaysia’s 2013 General Election” / by Jason Wei Jian Ng, Gary John Rangel, Santha Vaithilingam, and Subramaniam S. Pillay (pp. 227-242)
- National Interest or Transnational Alliances? Japanese Policy on the Comfort Women Issue / by Yangmo Ku (pp. 243-270)
- The Impact of the 2008 Labor Contract Law on Labor Disputes in China / by Thomas F. Remington and Xiao Wen Cui (pp. 271-300)
Book Reviews:
- Linda Benson. China Since 1949, 2nd ed. / reviewed by Bryan Winter (pp. 301-303)
- Jacques Bertrand. Political Change in Southeast Asia. / reviewed by Kai Ostwald (pp. 303-305)
- Paul Evans. Engaging China: Myth, Aspiration, and Strategy in Canadian Policy from Trudeau to Harper. / reviewed by Kim Richard Nossal (pp. 306-308)
- Leta Hong Fincher. Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China. / reviewed by Hang Lin (pp. 308-311)
- Nicholas R. Lardy. Markets over Mao: The Rise of Private Business in China. / reviewed by Linting Zhang (pp. 311-314)
- Yuhki Tajima. The Institutional Origins of Communal Violence: Indonesia’s Transition from Authoritarian Rule. / reviewed by Diego Fossati (pp. 314-317)
Journal of International Economic Studies
No. 29 – March 2015
Contents:
Special Issue: Agri-Environmental Policy in Korea and Japan
- An Evaluation of the Environmentally Friendly Direct Payment Program in Korea / by Chang-Gil Kim and Song Soo Lim (pp. 3-22)
- Agri-environmental Policies of Japan and Shiga Prefecture / by Eiichiro Nishizawa (pp. 23-34)
- Conservation Agriculture Adoption and Its Impact: Evidence from Shiga Prefecture, Japan / by Takeshi Fujie (pp. 35-48)
Regular Articles
- Can Higher Inflation Be More Stable ? Evidence from Japan and the US / by Georgios Karras (pp. 49-60)
- Private Capital Flow Shocks and Sub-Saharan African Macroeconomic Performance / by Ibrahim Alley and Iniwasikima Poloamina (pp. 61-84)
SELECTED ICES 2014 International Conference Paper (Asian Economy at the Crossroad: China, India, and ASEAN)
- Dynamics of the Textiles & Apparel Industries in Southeast Asia – A Preliminary Analysis- / by Hideki Esho (pp. 85-106)
Journal of Southeast Asian Economies
Vol. 32, No. 1 – April 2015
Contents:
Country Focus Articles:
- The Vietnamese Economy: Seven Years After the Global Financial Crisis / by Suiwah Leung (pp. 1-10)
- Vietnam: The Global Economy and Macroeconomic Outlook / by Sanjay Kalra (pp. 11-25)
- Why Doesn’t Vietnam Grow Faster? State Fragmentation and the Limits of Vent for Surplus Growth / by Jonathan Pincus (pp. 26-51)
- Can Vietnam Achieve More Robust Economic Growth? Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Economic Reforms in Vietnam and China / by Vu Minh Khuong (pp. 52-83)
- Does Exporting Spur Firm Productivity? Evidence from Vietnam / by Thi Thu Tra Pham (pp. 84-105)
- Vietnam’s Perspective on Regional Economic Integration / by Vo Tri Thanh (pp. 106-124)
- Lessons for Last Comers from Vietnam’s Transition / by James Riedel (pp. 125-139
Orginal Articles:
- Assessing the Impact of Deeper Trade Reforms in Vietnam Using a General Equilibrium Framework / by To Minh Thu and Hiro Lee (pp. 140-162)
- Risk, Uncertainty and Consumption-Smoothing Mechanisms: Evidence from Thai Household Socio-Economic Panel Data / by Aeggarchat Sirisankanan (pp. 163-179)
Book Reviews:
- ‘Clusters and Economic Growth in Asia’ edited by Soren Eriksson / reviewed by Leo van Grunsven (pp. 180-181)
- ‘Energy Market Integration in East Asia: Deepening Understanding and Moving Forward’ edited by Yanrui Wu, Fukunari Kimura and Xunpeng Shi / reviewed by Pami Aalto (pp. 181-183)
- ‘The State and the Advocate: Case Studies on Development Policy in Asia’ edited by Teresita Cruz-del Rosario /reviewed by Yan Zhang (pp. 183-185)
- ‘Health Insurance Reforms in Asia’ by Sabrina Luk / reviewed by Nopphol Witvorapong (pp. 185-186)
- ‘Dreaming of Money in Ho Chi Minh City’ by Allison Truitt / reviewed by Benjamin Loh (pp. 186-188)
Quantitative Economics
Journal of the Econometric Society
Contents:
- Merging simulation and projection approaches to solve high-dimensional problems with an application to a new Keynesian model / by Lilia Maliar and Serguei Maliar (pp. 1–47)
- Treatment response with social interactions: Partial identification via monotone comparative statics / by Natalia Lazzati (pp. 49–83)
- A nondegenerate Vuong test / by Xiaoxia Shi (pp. 85–121)
- Maximum likelihood inference in weakly identified dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models / by Isaiah Andrews and Anna Mikusheva (pp. 123-152)
- Explaining the size distribution of cities: Extreme economies / by Marcus Berliant and Hiroki Watanabe (pp. 153-187)
- Time-consistent optimal fiscal policy over the business cycle / by Zhigang Feng (pp. 189-221)
- Stepping stone and option value in a model of postsecondary education / by Nicholas Trachter (pp. 223-256)
Review of World Economics
Vol. 151, No. 2 – May 2015
Contents:
- Export mode, firm heterogeneity, and source country characteristics / by Ronald B. Davies, Tine Jeppesen (pp. 169-195)
- Services trade, goods trade and productivity growth: evidence from a population of private sector firms / by Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jakob R. Munch, Jan Rose Skaksen (pp. 197-229)
- Financial constraints and foreign market entries or exits: firm-level evidence from France / by Philippe Askenazy, Aida Caldera, Guillaume Gaulier, and Delphine Irac (pp. 231-253)
- The effect of communication costs on trade in headquarter services / by Anca D. Cristea (pp. 255-289)
- US–Canada border effect between 1993 and 2007: smaller, less asymmetrical, and declining / by Hirokazu Ishise, Miwa Matsuo (pp. 291-308)
- Sanctuary markets and antidumping: an empirical analysis of U.S. exporters / by Michael Moore (pp. 309-328)
- The effect of economic integration and institutional quality of trade agreements on trade margins: evidence for Latin America / by Luis Marcelo Florensa, Laura Marquez-Ramos, and Maria Luisa Recalde (pp. 329-351)
- Globalization and social justice in OECD countries / by Björn Kauder, Niklas Potrafke (pp. 353-376)
- Currency crises and dynamics of real wages / by Sheida Teimouri (pp. 377-403)
The Quarterly Journal of Economics
Vol. 130, Issue 2 – May 2015
Contents:
- Aggregate Deman, Idle Time, and Unemployment / by Pascal Michaillat and Emmanuel Saez (pp. 507-569)
- Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households / by Marianne Bertrand, Emir Kamenica, and Jessica Pan (pp. 571-614)
- Does Religion Affect Economic Growth and Happiness? Evidence from Ramadan / by Felipe Campante and David Yanagizawa-Drott (pp. 615-658)
- Comparative Advantage and Optimal Trade Policy / by Arnaud Costinot, Dave Donaldson, Jonathan Vogel, and Ivan Werning (pp. 659-702)
- Education and Human Capital Externalities: Evidence from Colonial Berlin / by Leonard Wantchekon, Marko Klašnja, and Natalija Novta (pp. 703-757)
- Juvenile Incarceration, Human Capital, and Future Crime: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges / by Anna Aizer and Joseph J. Doyle, Jr. (pp. 759-803)
- The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals / by Stephen V. Burks, Bo Cowgill, Mitchell Hoffman, and Michael Housman (pp. 805-839)
- The Response of Drug Expenditure to Nonlinear Contract Design: Evidence fro Medicare Part D / by Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, and Paul Schrimpf (pp. 841-899)
- Spending-Biased Legislators: Discipline Through Disagreement / by Facundo Piguillem and ALessandro Riboni (pp. 901-949)
- Experimentation in Federal Systems / by Steven Callander and Bård Harstad (pp. 951-1002)
- Erratum (pp. 1003)
Theoretical Economics
Journal of the Econometric Society
Contents:
- Majority runoff elections: Strategic voting and Duverger’s hypothesis / by Laurent Bouton and Gabriele Gratton (pp. 283–314)
- Social activity and network formation / by Oliver Baetz (pp. 315–340)
- Transparency and price formation / by Ayça Kaya and Qingmin Liu (pp. 341-383)
- Serial dictatorship: The unique optimal allocation rule when information is endogenous / by Sophie Bade (pp. 385–410)
- Merging with a set of probability measures: A characterization / by Yuichi Noguchi (pp. 411–444)
- Strategy-proofness and efficiency with non-quasi-linear preferences: A characterization of minimum price Walrasian rule / by Shuhei Morimoto and Shigehiro Serizawa (pp. 445–487)
- Hidden actions and preferences for timing of resolution of uncertainty / by Haluk Ergin and Todd Sarver (pp. 489–541)
- A theory of school-choice lotteries / by Onur Kesten and M. Utku Ünver (pp. 543–595)
- Price discrimination through communication / by Itai Sher and Rakesh Vohra (pp. 597–648)
- Communication and influence / by Antoni Calvó-Armengol, Joan de Martí and Andrea Prat (pp. 649–690)