Journal of African Economies

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of African Economies is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Correction to: The Political Economy of Economic Policy Advice32
The Socio-Economic Impact of Coal Mining in Mozambique18
What Can Africa Learn from a Better Understanding of the Interaction among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic?11
Community Participation and the Quality of Rural Infrastructure in Ethiopia9
Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?9
We Can Manage: Experimental Evidence From Savings Groups in Uganda9
Are Budget Neutral Income Floors Fiscally Viable in Sub-Saharan Africa?8
The Role of Skills and Gender Norms in Sector Switches: Experimental Evidence from a Job Training Program in Nigeria8
Child Labour and the Arrival of Refugees: Evidence from Tanzania8
Poverty Reduction through Growth, Redistribution and Social Inclusion in Times of COVID-19: Kenyan Evidence on the Underlying Mechanisms7
International Child Sponsorship Improves School Performance: Evidence from Goma (DRC)7
Growing with Debt in African Economies: Options, Challenges and Pitfalls7
Informality and Inequality: The African Case6
Africa’s Development Debts6
Preface: African Economies: Recovery from Multiple Shocks5
Fiscal Responses to Foreign Aid: Does the Permanence of Aid Matter?5
Does Linkages with MNEs Improve Firms’ Technological Upgrading in Africa?5
Short- and Medium-term Impacts of Employability Training: Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Rwanda5
The Interrelationship Amongst Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Africa: Seven Studies from Five Countries4
Examining Poverty Dynamics in Ghana: Evidence from Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Data4
Supporting Micro-enterprise in Humanitarian Programming: Impact Evaluation of Business Grants versus Unconditional Cash Transfer4
A New Conceptual Framework for African Sovereign Debt: Finding an Optimal Outcome that Addresses Five Challenges4
Choice of the Type of School and Outcomes for Youth in the Labour Market in Togo4
The Well-being Effects of an Old-Age Pension: Experimental Evidence for Ekiti State in Nigeria4
Does Experiencing International Research Collaboration Permanently Affect the Impact of Scientific Production? Evidence from Africa3
Preface3
Bombs and Babies: Exposure to Terrorism and Fertility Choices in Nigeria3
Editor’s Note: Polarisation and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa3
Income Distribution and the Potential of Redistributive Systems in Africa: A Decomposition Approach3
Preface3
Inflation and Monetary Policy in a Low-Income and Fragile State: The Case of Guinea2
Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in the Drought-prone Lowlands of Ethiopia2
The Impact of Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program on Children's Educational Aspirations and Attainments2
Household Preferences and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia2
Livestock Asset Dynamics Amongst Pastoralists in Northern Kenya2
Digital Labour Platforms as Shock Absorbers: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mozambique2
Emigration and External Imbalances in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Migrants' Skills Matter?2
Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection Programs in Africa: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic2
Tax Aversion and the Social Contract in Africa2
The Growth–Employment–Poverty Nexus in Africa1
Ethnicity, Banking and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Ethiopia1
Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements: Impact of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Suspension on Exports1
Conditional Political Cycles in Africa: Myth or Reality?1
Are We Really Painting the Devil on the Walls? Polarization and Its Drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Past Two Decades1
Income Inequality and Redistribution in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Response to ‘Are We Really Painting the Devil on the Walls? Polarization and Its Drivers in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Last Two Decades’ by Fabio Clementi, Michele Fabiani, Vasco Molini and Rocco Zazza1
Debt, Growth and Stability in Africa: Speculative Calculations and Policy Responses1
The Interrelationships Among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Africa1
Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa1
The Impact of Providing Training to Young Men on Labour Outcomes and Attitudes towards Migration in Northern Guinea-Bissau1
Rainfall Shocks, Livelihood Diversification and Welfare: Evidence from Rural Togo1
Starting Strong: Investigating the Importance of Early Academic Performance for Adult Human Capital1
Price Transmission in Conflict-Affected States: Evidence from Cereal Markets of Somalia1
Typology Construction for Comparative Country Case Study Analysis of Patterns of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa1
The Imperium of the Colonial Tongue? Evidence on Language Policy Preferences in Zambia1
The Inflationary Impact of a Large Devaluation across the Income Distribution: The Case of Egypt in 20161
Firm Size Distribution in African Manufacturing Firms: Revisiting the ‘Missing Middle’1
Firm Size, Employment and Value Added in African Manufacturing Firms: Why Ghana Needs Its 1%1
The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana1
When the Rain Stops Falling. Effects of Droughts on the Tunisian Labour Market1
Debt Distress and Climate-Resilient Development in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Chinese Import Competition and Gendered Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Ethiopian Firm-Level Data1
Africa's Latent Assets1
How Have Formal Firms Recovered From the Pandemic? Insights From Survey and Tax Administrative Data in Zambia1
Challenges in Changing Social Norms: Evidence from Interventions Targeting Child Marriage in Ethiopia1
Alleviating Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Inclusive Business Models1
Progress on Poverty in Africa: The Importance of Growth and Inequality1
The Effects of Antenatal Care Utilisation on Birthweight: Evidence from Ghana1
School Feeding and Cognitive Performance in Rwanda0
The Economic Impact of the Pandemic in Rwanda: An Analysis of Firm-Level VAT Data0
Tying One’s Hand: The Effect of Fiscal Rules on the Political Business Cycle in Africa0
Africa's Great Moderation0
Multidimensional Impact Evaluation: The Impact of the Women’s Income Generating Support Program in Northern Uganda0
Heterogeneous Effects of Women's Schooling on Fertility, Literacy and Work: Evidence from Burundi's Free Primary Education Policy0
‘You Should Vote because I Say So!’ Influence towards Voting within Mozambican Households0
Feed Thy Neighbour: How Social Ties Shape Spillover Effects of Cash Transfers on Food Security and Nutrition0
Wholesale Debt Relief: Do LICs Need a New Package?0
Does the Poverty Level Minimum Basket Adequately Inform the Scope of Governments' Poverty Reduction Strategies?0
Path Dependence in Disability0
Are You Being Asked? Impacts of Respondent Selection on Measuring Employment in Malawi0
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Income Inequalities in Cameroon: The Influence of Employment Status0
Partisanship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Ghana0
Public Debt Accumulation in SSA: A Looming Debt Crisis0
Optimal Public Investment in Resource-Rich Low-Income Countries0
Intergenerational Mobility and the Growth–Inequality–Poverty Nexus in Africa0
Corruption Perception and Attitude Towards Taxation in Africa0
Rural Underemployment and Urbanisation: Insights from a 9-year Panel from Malawi0
Cash Transfers, Negative Rainfall Shocks and Child Welfare in Ethiopia0
Investment Motives in Africa: What Does the Meta-Analytic Review Tell?0
Labour Mobility and Innovation in Africa0
Minimum Wages and Labour Supply in an Emerging Market: The Case of Mauritius0
Earning Structure and Heterogeneity of the Labor Market: Evidence from DR Congo0
Shocks and Stability of Risk and Time Preferences among Poor Rural Households in Ethiopia0
What Explains the Firm Size Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa and Why Does It Matter?0
The Boko Haram Conflict and Food Insecurity: Does Resilience Capacity Matter?0
The Nexus between Poverty, Inequality and Growth: A Case Study of Cameroon and Kenya0
COVID-19 and Gender Gap in Labor Market Recovery: Evidence From Nigeria0
Effects of the Intensity and Duration of COVID-19 Lockdown Policies on the Use of Coping Strategies: Evidence from Four African Countries0
African Economies: Recovery Agenda from Multiple Shocks0
Response to ‘Polarization and Poverty Reduction in Africa: The Devil Is in the Choice of Equivalence Relation’0
Moral Hazard Incentives under Formal Insurance and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment0
Preface0
African Countries’ Debt: A Tale of Acceleration at Multiple Speeds and Shades0
Polarisation and Poverty Reduction in Africa: The Devil Is in the Choice of Equivalence Relation0
The Political Economy of Economic Policy Advice0
Ethnicity, Women's Empowerment and Decisions about Children's Education in Ghana0
Effect of Foreign Direct Investments on Industrialisation: The Case of China in Africa0
Habits, Rule-of-thumb Consumption and Useful Public Consumption in Sub-Sahara Africa: Theory and New Evidence0
From Food Subsidies to Cash Transfers: Assessing Economy-Wide Benefits and Trade-Offs in Egypt0
Nutritional and Schooling Impact of a Social Protection Program in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Analysis of Childhood Exposure0
The Psychology of Poverty: A Replication Based on Zimbabwe's Harmonised Social Cash Transfer Programme0
Weather Shocks, Birth and Early Life Health: Evidence of Different Gender Impacts0
Who Is Employed? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa on Redefining Employment0
Weather Shocks in The Gambia: Macroeconomic Effects and Households Vulnerability0
Can Urbanisation Improve Household Welfare? Evidence From Ethiopia0
Coping Strategies and Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: Evidence from Kenya0
Reducing Wait Times at Customs to Boost Trade: How Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement Can Expand Trade among AfCFTA Countries?0
Structural Change and Inequality in Africa0
Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic0
Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology0
Natural Resources, International Commodity Prices and Economic Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (1990–2019)0
Impacts of Large School Grants and Admissions Algorithms on Student Achievement and Admissions Diversity: Evidence from High-Performing Kenyan Secondary Schools0
Fewer Births in the Hunger Season: Family Planning, Birth Seasonality and Child Health in Kenya0
Threshold and Spatial Effects of Fiscal Policy on Business Cycle Synchronisation in the Economic Community of West African States0
COVID-19 Pandemic, Poverty and Health Outcomes in South Africa: Do Social Protection Programmes Protect?0
COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia0
Asymmetric Response of Poverty to Growth and Inequality in South Africa: Implications for Current and Future Shocks0
Statistical Capacity Matters: The Long-Term Effects of Africa’s Slave Trade on Development Reflected by Nighttime Light Intensity0
Internal Conflicts and the Moderating Role of Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Property Taxation0
Labor Market Discrimination and Sorting: Evidence From South Africa0
Income Inequality and Growth: Calibration and Simulation for the Kenyan Economy0
A Crossed Analysis of Participations in Labor and Grain Markets: Evidence from Malawi0
Correction to: The Nexus between Poverty, Inequality and Growth: A Case Study of Cameroon and Kenya0
Cash Transfers and Social Capital: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi0
Plenary Theme: COVID-19 and Public Finance in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities0
Rising Gold Prices but Lower Incomes for Gold Miners: Evidence on Market Imperfections from Burkina Faso during COVID-190
Does Youth Resentment Matter in Understanding the Surge of Extremist Violence in Burkina Faso?0
Is Africa on Track to Ending Poverty by 2030?0
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