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{{Infobox journal
| cover = Econdevelopcover.gif
| discipline = [[Economics]], [[culture]]
| editor = [[Marcel Fafchamps]]
| abbreviation = Econ. Dev. Cult. Change
| publisher = [[University of Chicago Press]]
| country = United States
| frequency = Quarterly
| history = 1952–present
| website = http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/edcc
| impact = 1.188
| impact-year = 2017
| ISSN = 0013-0079
| JSTOR = 00130079
| eISSN = 1539-2988
| OCLC = 1567393
| LCCN = 56015874
| CODEN = EDCCAF
}}
'''''Economic Development and Cultural Change (EDCC)''''' is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes studies that use modern [[theoretical]] and [[empirical]] approaches to examine both the determinants and the effects of various dimensions of [[economic development]] and [[cultural change]]. It covers all aspects of the [[economics]] of [[developing country|developing countries]], including [[education reform]], [[immigration]], [[debt bondage]], [[ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[redistribution of wealth|land redistribution]], and [[economic development]] and [[culture|cultural change]]. ''EDCC''{{'s}} focus is on empirical papers with analytic underpinnings, concentrating on micro-level [[evidence]], that use appropriate data to test theoretical models and explore [[policy]] impacts related to [[economic development]].

The major founder of the journal was [[Bert F. Hoselitz]] who served as editor from 1952 until 1985.<ref>[http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/950309/hoselitz.shtml Obituary: Bert Hoselitz, Economics]. ''The University of Chicago Chronicle'', 14:13; March 9, 1995</ref> The journal was established at the [[University of Chicago]]'s Center for Research on Economic Development and Cultural Change. The center's board and the journal's founders took the view that [[interdisciplinarity|interdisciplinary research]] would be required to understand issues of economic development.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/edcc}}

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[[Category:University of Chicago Press academic journals]]
[[Category:Economics journals]]
[[Category:Academic journals established in 1952]]
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[[Category:Development studies journals]]


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