South African Journal of Economics

1933 - 2025

Current editor(s): Philip A. Black

From Economic Society of South Africa
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Volume 93, issue 4, 2025

Is Promoting Mobile Money Usage Consistent With Restricting Access to Phone Communication?: An Analysis of Direct and Indirect Network Effects in Mobile Money Adoption in Burkina Faso pp. 357-373

Maxime Agbo and Agnès Zabsonré

Willingness to Pay for Travel Time Savings on Public Transport: Past Practice, New Evidence and Implications for Policy pp. 374-386

Gary P. Hayes and Christoffel J. Venter

Adverse Weather Shocks and Monetary Policy in Rwanda pp. 387-404

Magnus Jonsson, Callixte Kamanzi, Placide Aime Kwizera and Jean Claude Niyonsenga

Employment Transitions, Informal Sector Heterogeneity and Recovery From Recessions pp. 405-432

Shakeba Foster

Migrant Remittances and Financial Development: Are SIDS Different? pp. 433-451

Kevin Williams

Driving Industrialization in Africa? The Impact of Industrial Policy on Moroccan Industry pp. 452-464

Josh Matti

Volume 93, issue 3, 2025

Distributional Effect of Nonfarm Work on Household Welfare in Rural Cameroon: Evidence From Unconditional Quantile Treatment Effects pp. 237-255

Ebenezer Lemven Wirba, Christian Zamo Akono and Ernest Ngeh Tingum

Does Fiscal Policy Boost Economic Growth in the LDCs? The Role of Fiscal Ratings and Key Fiscal Variables pp. 256-269

Antonio Afonso and M. Carmen Blanco‐Arana

A Bayesian Approach to the Determinants of Structural Transformation in Sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 270-288

Aronda Tchamsé

The Impact of Employment Protection on the Temporary Employment Services Sector in South Africa pp. 289-305

Aalia Cassim and Daniela Casale

Concording Trade Data With Industry Data for Richer Industry‐Level Trade Insights in South Africa pp. 306-324

Cornelius Henry Bothma and Joel Chigada

Tracking Progress Towards Gender Equity in the South African Academic Economics Pipeline pp. 325-354

Nicola Branson and Emma Whitelaw

Volume 93, issue 2, 2025

Professor Martin Wittenberg, 1962–2024 pp. 141-145

Taryn Dinkelman, Andrew Kerr and Jesse Naidoo

The impact of capitation on health insurance membership and the provision of care in Ghana pp. 146-170

Bintu Bayong and Barry Watson

Developmental Dictatorship in East Asia as Model for Africa? The Era Park Chung‐hee in South Korea (1963–1979) in Comparison to the Era Paul Kagame in Rwanda (2000–Today) pp. 171-182

Ralph Wrobel

Drivers of Inflation in South Africa Before and After the COVID‐19 Pandemic pp. 183-202

Cosmas Dery, Ayobami Ilori and Dennis Nsafoah

Firm‐Level Expectations and Macroeconomic Conditions: Underpinnings and Disagreement pp. 203-218

Monique Reid and Pierre Siklos

The Lobito Corridor as an Anchor of Economic and Value Chain Development in Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Zambia: Exploring the Issues pp. 219-234

Kalimanshi Nsakaza and Oliver Maponga

Volume 93, issue 1, 2025

Basel III and South African Banking: Assessing the Effects pp. 3-5

Serena Merrino and Laurence Harris

The Impact of Basel III Implementation on Bank Lending in South Africa pp. 6-26

Xolani Sibande and Alistair Milne

The Lending Implications of Banks Holding Excess Capital pp. 27-42

Neryvia Pillay and Konstantin Makrelov

Has Macroprudential Regulation Affected Marginal Borrowers? Evidence From South Africa pp. 43-55

Serena Merrino, Keagile Lesame and Ilias Chondrogiannis

Basel III Regulations and Financing Decisions of Nonfinancial Firms: The South African Evidence pp. 56-72

Tesfaye T. Lemma, Michael Machokoto and Tendai Gwatidzo

Regulation and Bank Lending in South Africa: A Narrative Index Approach pp. 73-85

Xolani Sibande, Dumakude Nxumalo, Keaoleboga Mncube, Steve Koch and Nicola Viegi

The Impact of Bank Regulation on Commercial Bank Performance: Evidence From South Africa pp. 86-111

Tendai Gwatidzo

Bank Business Model Identification, Evolution and Outcomes: Evidence for South Africa pp. 112-137

John O. S. Wilson, Linh Nguyen, Anna Sobiech and Lechedzani Kgari

Volume 92, issue 4, 2024

A computable general equilibrium model of the monetary policy implications for financial stability in South Africa pp. 415-443

Conrad Beyers, Kojo A. Essel‐Mensah and Dimitrios P. Tsomocos

Tuberculosis and labour market participation: Evidence from South Africa pp. 444-474

Helena Ting, Martina Bozzola and Chiara Ravetti

Determinants of fiscal rules policy credibility in West African Economic and Monetary Union countries pp. 475-497

Dakpoulé Da and Mahamadou Diarra

Inclusive education and labour productivity: The case of Sub‐Saharan African countries pp. 498-523

Wirajing Kindzeka, Tii Nchofoung and Roger Tsafack Nanfosso

US suspension policy from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA): An estimation of the missing exports from sub‐Saharan Africa pp. 524-548

Zakaria Sorgho

Search, transport costs and labour markets in South Africa pp. 549-580

Kishan Shah and Federico Sturzenegger

Volume 92, issue 3, 2024

Approximating Botswana's financial cycle: Expanding the macroprudential toolkit pp. 289-304

Leonard Nnete Setshegetso and Mogakolodi Mado

Monetary policy, inflation and distributional impact: South Africa's case pp. 305-330

Ken Miyajima

Investigating unemployment hysteresis in South Africa pp. 331-353

Vincent Dadam and Nicola Viegi

The impact of energy prices on inflation and economic growth in Mozambique: A wavelet approach and OLS estimator pp. 354-385

Gilmar Fernando Dias da Conceição

Widowhood and multidimensional poverty: Evidence from Nigeria pp. 386-412

Taiwo Aderemi and Joseph Ogebe

Volume 92, issue 2, 2024

What goes up must come down? The effect of ‘2020’ on university students' academic performance trajectories pp. 135-160

Emma Whitelaw and Nicola Branson

COVID‐19 pandemic in Ethiopia: Socioeconomic impacts and government recovery measures pp. 161-182

Victor Nechifor, Ole Boysen, Emanuele Ferrari, Kidanemariam Hailu and Mohammed Beshir

The efficiency of public expenditures on basic services: The case of South African municipalities pp. 183-213

Hammed Adedeji Amusa and David Fadiran

The effect of fiscal drag on income distribution and work incentives: A microsimulation analysis on selected African countries pp. 214-234

Adnan Shahir and Francesco Figari

Determinants of digital technologies' adoption in South African manufacturing: Evidence from a firm‐level survey pp. 235-259

Elvis Korku Avenyo, Jason F. Bell and Julius Nyamwena

Total factor productivity in Kenyan manufacturing firms: The role of ISO certification and direct vs indirect export intensity pp. 260-285

Cyprian Amutabi

Volume 92, issue 1, 2024

ESSA presidential address: The cost of going nowhere slowly pp. 3-8

Heinrich R. Bohlmann

South African student retention during 2020: Evidence from system‐wide higher education institutional data pp. 9-30

Nicola Branson and Emma Whitelaw

The effectiveness of macroprudential policies in managing extreme capital flow episodes pp. 31-46

David de Villiers, Hylton Hollander and Dawie van Lill

Measuring the unit cost of financial intermediation in South Africa: A measure of bank productivity pp. 47-56

Keaoleboga Mncube and Nicola Viegi

The macroeconomics of establishing a basic income grant in South Africa pp. 57-68

Hylton Hollander, Roy Havemann and Daan Steenkamp

A supply‐side alternative for SRD grants in South Africa pp. 69-79

Jan Horn Van Heerden, Mark Horridge and David Suarez‐Cuesta

Measuring the gender wealth gap in South Africa using individual‐level data pp. 80-92

Daniela Casale and Adeola Oyenubi

Climate change‐related shocks, assets and welfare outcomes in South Africa pp. 93-104

Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón, Muna Shifa, Vimal Ranchhod and Takwanisa Machemedze

Fiscal policy and dimensions of inequality in South Africa: A time‐varying coefficient approach pp. 105-119

Jeanne Terblanche, Dawie van Lill and Hylton Hollander

Cultural consumption and equality of access during economic downturns: The expenditure Gini coefficient for South Africa pp. 120-132

Jen Snowball and Andre Gouws