Journal of African Economies

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of African Economies is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fiscal Responses to Foreign Aid: Does the Permanence of Aid Matter?24
Choice of the Type of School and Outcomes for Youth in the Labour Market in Togo14
Child Labour and the Arrival of Refugees: Evidence from Tanzania12
Preface: African Economies: Recovery from Multiple Shocks12
Supporting Micro-enterprise in Humanitarian Programming: Impact Evaluation of Business Grants versus Unconditional Cash Transfer10
Preface9
Growing with Debt in African Economies: Options, Challenges and Pitfalls9
Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection Programs in Africa: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic9
Informality and Inequality: The African Case9
The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana8
Debt Distress and Climate-Resilient Development in Sub-Saharan Africa8
Preface8
COVID-19 Pandemic, Poverty and Health Outcomes in South Africa: Do Social Protection Programmes Protect?7
The Imperium of the Colonial Tongue? Evidence on Language Policy Preferences in Zambia7
Tying One’s Hand: The Effect of Fiscal Rules on the Political Business Cycle in Africa6
Moral Hazard Incentives under Formal Insurance and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment6
COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia6
Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic6
What Explains the Firm Size Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa and Why Does It Matter?6
Impacts of Large School Grants and Admissions Algorithms on Student Achievement and Admissions Diversity: Evidence from High-Performing Kenyan Secondary Schools5
Weather Shocks in The Gambia: Macroeconomic Effects and Households Vulnerability4
Cash Transfers, Negative Rainfall Shocks and Child Welfare in Ethiopia4
Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology4
Response to ‘Polarization and Poverty Reduction in Africa: The Devil Is in the Choice of Equivalence Relation’4
Labour Mobility and Innovation in Africa4
Cash Transfers and Social Capital: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi4
Internal Conflicts and the Moderating Role of Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Property Taxation4
A New Conceptual Framework for African Sovereign Debt: Finding an Optimal Outcome that Addresses Five Challenges3
When the Rain Stops Falling. Effects of Droughts on the Tunisian Labour Market3
Bombs and Babies: Exposure to Terrorism and Fertility Choices in Nigeria3
Does Linkages with MNEs Improve Firms’ Technological Upgrading in Africa?3
The Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Schooling in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Evidence from South Africa3
A Crossed Analysis of Participations in Labor and Grain Markets: Evidence from Malawi3
Africa’s Development Debts3
Alleviating Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Inclusive Business Models2
COVID-19 and Gender Gap in Labor Market Recovery: Evidence From Nigeria2
Partisanship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Ghana2
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Income Inequalities in Cameroon: The Influence of Employment Status2
The Impact of Providing Training to Young Men on Labour Outcomes and Attitudes towards Migration in Northern Guinea-Bissau2
Coping Strategies and Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: Evidence from Kenya2
The Psychology of Poverty: A Replication Based on Zimbabwe's Harmonised Social Cash Transfer Programme2
Rural Underemployment and Urbanisation: Insights from a 9-year Panel from Malawi2
The Growth–Employment–Poverty Nexus in Africa2
Public Debt Accumulation in SSA: A Looming Debt Crisis2
Income Inequality and Growth: Calibration and Simulation for the Kenyan Economy2
Are You Being Asked? Impacts of Respondent Selection on Measuring Employment in Malawi2
Short- and Medium-term Impacts of Employability Training: Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Rwanda1
The Interrelationships Among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in 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
Poverty Reduction through Growth, Redistribution and Social Inclusion in Times of COVID-19: Kenyan Evidence on the Underlying Mechanisms1
Inflation and Monetary Policy in a Low-Income and Fragile State: The Case of Guinea1
The Inflationary Impact of a Large Devaluation across the Income Distribution: The Case of Egypt in 20161
Africa's Great Moderation1
Household Preferences and Child Labor in Rural Ethiopia1
Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in the Drought-prone Lowlands of Ethiopia1
Can Urbanisation Improve Household Welfare? Evidence From Ethiopia1
Preface1
The Economic Impact of the Pandemic in Rwanda: An Analysis of Firm-Level VAT Data1
Debt, Growth and Stability in Africa: Speculative Calculations and Policy Responses1
Income Distribution and the Potential of Redistributive Systems in Africa: A Decomposition Approach1
What Can Africa Learn from a Better Understanding of the Interaction among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in the Fight against the COVID-19 Pandemic?1
Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Structural Change and Inequality in Africa1
The Impact of Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program on Children's Educational Aspirations and Attainments1
Editor’s Note: Polarisation and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Asymmetric Response of Poverty to Growth and Inequality in South Africa: Implications for Current and Future Shocks1
Ethnicity, Women's Empowerment and Decisions about Children's Education in Ghana1
How Have Formal Firms Recovered From the Pandemic? Insights From Survey and Tax Administrative Data in Zambia1
Reducing Wait Times at Customs to Boost Trade: How Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement Can Expand Trade among AfCFTA Countries?1
Rainfall Shocks, Livelihood Diversification and Welfare: Evidence from Rural Togo1
Emigration and External Imbalances in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Migrants' Skills Matter?1
Examining Poverty Dynamics in Ghana: Evidence from Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Data1
Typology Construction for Comparative Country Case Study Analysis of Patterns of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Ethnicity, Banking and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Ethiopia1
Livestock Asset Dynamics Amongst Pastoralists in Northern Kenya1
The Socio-Economic Impact of Coal Mining in Mozambique1
The Political Economy of Economic Policy Advice1
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