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Journal of African Economies

1992 - 2025

Current editor(s): Francis Teal

From Centre for the Study of African Economies
Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK.
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2021, volume 30, articles Supplement_1

Preface pp. i1-i2 Downloads
Njuguna Ndung’u
Growing with Debt in African Economies: Options, Challenges and Pitfalls (State and dynamics of debt in Africa) pp. i3-i3 Downloads
Njuguna Ndung’u, Abebe Abebe and Damiano K Manda
African Countries’ Debt: A Tale of Acceleration at Multiple Speeds and Shades (Total Public Debt and Growth in Developing Countries) pp. i14-i32 Downloads
Vera Songwe and Christine Awiti
Africa’s Development Debts (Is Debt Relief Efficient?) pp. i33-i73 Downloads
Benno J Ndulu and Stephen A O’Connell
Debt, Growth and Stability in Africa: Speculative Calculations and Policy Responses† (On International Integration of Emerging Sovereign Bond Markets) pp. i74-i102 Downloads
Shantayanan Devarajan, Indermit S Gill and Kenan Karakülah
Public Debt Accumulation in SSA: A Looming Debt Crisis (Government Ponzi Games and the Sustainability of Public Deficits Under Uncertainty) pp. i103-i139 Downloads
Michael Atingi-Ego, Sayed Timuno and Tiviniton Makuve
Corruption Perception and Attitude Towards Taxation in Africa (To Pay or Not to Pay? Citizens’ Attitudes Toward Taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa) pp. i140-i157 Downloads
Amadou Boly, Maty Konte and Abebe Abebe

2021, volume 30, articles 5

Estimating Demand for Third-party Quality Testing in Rural Grain Markets: Evidence from an Experimental Auction for Measuring Moisture Content in Kenya pp. 389-417 Downloads
Amanda J Fuller and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert
Impact of Index Insurance on Moral Hazard in the Agricultural Credit Market: Theory and Evidence from Ghana pp. 418-446 Downloads
John P Dougherty, Richard A Gallenstein and Khushbu Mishra
Group Meeting Frequency and Borrowers’ Repayment Performance in Microfinance: Evidence from a Quasi-natural Experiment in South Africa pp. 447-477 Downloads
Lucia Dalla Pellegrina, Angela De Michele, Giorgio Di Maio, Paolo Landoni and Susanna Parravicini
Income Shocks and Conflict: Evidence from Nigeria pp. 480-509 Downloads
Babatunde Abidoye and Massimiliano Calì

2021, volume 30, articles 4

Incomes and Child Health in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2018 pp. 301-323 Downloads
Louise Grogan and Luc Moers
Reducing Stunting through Multisectoral Efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 324-348 Downloads
Emmanuel Skoufias, Katja Vinha and Ryoko Sato
The Oil Nouveau-Riche and Arms Imports pp. 349-369 Downloads
Pierre-Louis Vézina
What Factors Drive Transport and Logistics Costs in Africa? pp. 370-388 Downloads
Patrick Plane

2021, volume 30, articles 3

The Psychology of Poverty: Evidence from the Field (The Influence of Latent Viral Infection on Rate of Cognitive Decline over 4 Years) pp. 207-224 Downloads
Adria Molotsky and Sudhanshu Handa
Financial Literacy and Intra-household Decision Making: Evidence from Rwanda (Women, land and empowerment in Rwanda) pp. 225-250 Downloads
Antonia Grohmann and Annekathrin Schoofs
Examining the Gender Productivity Gap among Farm Households in Mali (Decomposition of Gender Differentials in Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia) pp. 251-284 Downloads
A Singbo, E Njuguna-Mungai, J O Yila, K Sissoko and R Tabo
African Junta and Defence Spending: A Capture Effect or Self-preservation? (A Theory of Military Dictatorships) pp. 285-300 Downloads
Oasis Kodila-Tedika and Sherif Khalifa

2021, volume 30, articles 2

Do Exports Affect Urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence From the Baltic Dry Index and Panel Regressions With Cross-Sectional Dependence (Trade and Circuses: Explaining Urban Giants) pp. 129-159 Downloads
Ngoc Thien Anh Pham and Nicholas Sim
Crime and Political Participation in Africa: The Role of Insecurity (Agricultural Production Amid Conflict: Separating the Effects of Conflict into Shocks and Uncertainty) pp. 160-182 Downloads
Kevin M Morrison and Marc Rockmore
Carving Out an Empire? How China Strategically Uses Aid to Facilitate Chinese Business Expansion in Africa** (Institutions as a fundamental cause of long-run growth) pp. 183-205 Downloads
Tarek M Harchaoui, Robbert K J Maseland and Julian A Watkinson

2021, volume 30, articles 1

JAE Special Issue: Education and Labour Market Outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 1-12 Downloads
Francis Teal
Teacher and Parental Perceptions of Performance Pay in Education: Evidence from Tanzania pp. 55-80 Downloads
Isaac Mbiti and Youdi Schipper
Teacher Turnover in Rwanda pp. 81-102 Downloads
Andrew Zeitlin
Education, Access to Better Quality Work and Gender: Lessons from the Kagera Panel Data Set pp. 103-127 Downloads
Adalbertus Kamanzi, Andy McKay, Andy Newell, Cinzia Rienzo and Wiktoria Tafesse

2020, volume 29, articles 5

Preferences and Civil War in Northern Uganda: Post-Traumatic Growth Reconsidered pp. 433-453 Downloads
Matthew Lowes, Jeffrey Carpenter and Peter Matthews
Impact of the West African Ebola Epidemic on Agricultural Production and Rural Welfare: Evidence from Liberia pp. 454-474 Downloads
Alejandro de la Fuente, Hanan Jacoby and Kotchikpa Gabriel Lawin
Is There Really a Foreign Ownership Productivity Advantage? Evidence from Nigerian Manufacturing Firms pp. 475-490 Downloads
Kilishi Adamu Alka

2020, volume 29, articles 2

Inflation Targeting and Monetary Policy in Ghana pp. 121-145 Downloads
Michael Bleaney, Atsuyoshi Morozumi and Zakari Mumuni
Trade Credit and Access to Finance: Evidence from Ethiopian Retailers† pp. 146-172 Downloads
Thorsten Beck, Mohammad Hoseini and Burak Uras
From Rural to Urban, but not Through Migration: Household Livelihood Responses to Urban Reclassification in Northern Ethiopia† pp. 173-191 Downloads
Tsega G Mezgebo and Catherine Porter
Valuing Urban Cultural Heritage in African Countries: A Contingent Valuation Study of Historic Buildings in Port Louis, Mauritius pp. 192-213 Downloads
Enrico Bertacchini and Riad Sultan

2020, volume 29, articles 1

The Distribution of Consumption Expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Inequality Among All Africans pp. 1-25 Downloads
La-Bhus Jirasavetakul and Christoph Lakner
Sources of Financing and Firm Growth: Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 26-45 Downloads
Dereje Regasa, David Fielding and Helen Roberts
The Effect of Electricity Shortages on Firm Investment: Evidence from Ghana pp. 46-62 Downloads
Ama Abeberese
Poor Households’ Productive Investments of Cash Transfers: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Niger pp. 63-89 Downloads
Quentin Stoeffler, Bradford Mills and Patrick Premand
Food Security Measures in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Validation of the LSMS-ISA Scale† pp. 90-120 Downloads
Olivia Bertelli

2019, volume 28, articles Supplement_1

Preface pp. i1-i3 Downloads
Njuguna Ndung’uExecutive Director
Africa’s Energy Renewal: The Twin Challenges of Energy Deficit and Climate Change pp. i4-i15 Downloads
Amadou Sy, Witness Simbanegavi and Njuguna Ndung’u
Does Good Governance Matter more for Energy Investment? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. i16-i40 Downloads
Amadou Sy and Mariama Sow
Beyond the Grid: Engineering, Institutions and Finance pp. i41-i50 Downloads
Laurence Harris

2019, volume 28, articles 6

Preface pp. i1-i3 Downloads
Njuguna Ndung’uExecutive Director
Africa’s Energy Renewal: The Twin Challenges of Energy Deficit and Climate Change pp. i4-i15 Downloads
Amadou Sy, Witness Simbanegavi and Njuguna Ndung’u
Does Good Governance Matter more for Energy Investment? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. i16-i40 Downloads
Amadou Sy and Mariama Sow
Beyond the Grid: Engineering, Institutions and Finance pp. i41-i50 Downloads
Laurence Harris

2019, volume 28, articles 5

Job Flexibility and Occupational Selection in Ghana: An Application of Maximum Simulated Likelihood pp. 479-510 Downloads
Jonathan Lain
The Effect of the Free Primary Education Policy on School Enrolment and Relative Grade Attainment in Lesotho pp. 511-532 Downloads
Ramaele Moshoeshoe, Cally Ardington and Patrizio Piraino
Non-compliance and Non-response in Randomised School Meals Experiment: Evidence from Rural Senegal pp. 533-557 Downloads
Théophile T Azomahou, Abdoulaye Diagne and Fatoumata L Diallo
Unintended Labor Supply Effects of Cash Transfer Programs: New Evidence from South Africa’s Pension pp. 558-581 Downloads
Martin Abel

2019, volume 28, articles 4

Does the Presence of Foreign Firms Reduce Domestic Firms’ Financial Constraints in Sub-Saharan Africa? pp. 343-370 Downloads
Habtamu Edjigu and Nicholas Sim
What should we use as a measure of malaria infection risk? Implications from infant mortality during the Liberian Civil War pp. 371-407 Downloads
Yuya Kudo
The Devil is in the Detail: Growth, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Africa in the Last Two Decades pp. 408-434 Downloads
Fabio Clementi, Michele Fabiani and Vasco Molini
Tied Labour, Savings and Rural Labour Market Wages: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment pp. 435-454 Downloads
Aisha Nanyiti, Haki Pamuk and Erwin Bulte
Structural VARs and the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in Low-Income African Countries pp. 455-478 Downloads
Bin Grace Li, Christopher Adam, Andrew Berg, Peter Montiel and Stephen O’Connell

2019, volume 28, articles 3

The Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Tropics: A Case Study Approach pp. 225-251 Downloads
Andrew Berg, Luisa Charry, Rafael Portillo and Jan Vlcek
The carrot and stick approach to debt relief: overcoming moral hazard pp. 252-276 Downloads
Marin Ferry
Teen Fertility and Female Employment Outcomes: Evidence from Madagascar pp. 277-303 Downloads
Catalina Herrera, David Sahn and Kira M Villa
Inheritance Practices, Investment Incentives and Women’s Control Over Land in Rural Kenya pp. 304-322 Downloads
Benjamin Linkow
The Impact of School Feeding Programmes on Educational Outcomes: Evidence from Burkina Faso pp. 323-341 Downloads
Pouirkèta Rita Nikiema

2019, volume 28, articles 2

Imperfect Enforcement of a Tax Threshold: The Consequences on Efficiency pp. 119-146 Downloads
Jonathan Goyette
Land Tenure Insecurity as an Investment Incentive: The Case of Migrant Cocoa Farmers and Settlers in Ivory Coast pp. 147-175 Downloads
Catherine Bros, Alain Desdoigts and Hugues Kouadio
Ethnic Inclusiveness of the Central State Government and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 176-201 Downloads
Frédéric Gaspart and Pierre Pecher
Presidential term limits and fiscal policy in African countries pp. 202-224 Downloads
Thierry Yogo and Joseph Keneck Massil

2019, volume 28, articles 1

The Economic Effects of Genocide: Evidence from Rwanda pp. 1-17 Downloads
Roland Hodler
Consumption Discount Rates, Risk Aversion and Wealth in Low-Income Countries: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia pp. 18-38 Downloads
Mahmud Yesuf and Randall Bluffstone
Shaping Cash Transfer Impacts Through ‘Soft-Conditions’: Evidence from Lesotho pp. 39-69 Downloads
Noemi Pace, Silvio Daidone, Benjamin Davis and Luca Pellerano
The Size of the Border and Product Market Integration Between Lesotho and South Africa: A Production–Consumption Approach pp. 70-88 Downloads
Mamello A Nchake, Lawrence Edwards and Tresor N Kaya
Regional Integration and Informal Trade in Africa: Evidence from Benin’s Borders pp. 89-118 Downloads
Sami Bensassi, Joachim Jarreau and Cristina Mitaritonna
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