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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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 Togo13
Child Labour and the Arrival of Refugees: Evidence from Tanzania12
Informality and Inequality: The African Case10
Measuring Trade Cost Reductions Through a New Bridge in Mozambique: Who Benefits From Transport Infrastructure?10
Preface: African Economies: Recovery from Multiple Shocks9
Growing with Debt in African Economies: Options, Challenges and Pitfalls9
Supporting Micro-enterprise in Humanitarian Programming: Impact Evaluation of Business Grants versus Unconditional Cash Transfer9
Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection Programs in Africa: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic8
Preface8
Preface8
The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana7
COVID-19 Pandemic, Poverty and Health Outcomes in South Africa: Do Social Protection Programmes Protect?7
Debt Distress and Climate-Resilient Development in Sub-Saharan Africa7
What Explains the Firm Size Distribution in Sub-Saharan Africa and Why Does It Matter?6
COVID-19 and Changes in Intentions to Migrate from The Gambia6
Moral Hazard Incentives under Formal Insurance and Informal Insurance: Evidence from a Framed Field Experiment6
The Imperium of the Colonial Tongue? Evidence on Language Policy Preferences in Zambia6
Internal Conflicts and the Moderating Role of Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Property Taxation5
Tying One’s Hand: The Effect of Fiscal Rules on the Political Business Cycle in Africa5
Cash Transfers, Negative Rainfall Shocks and Child Welfare in Ethiopia4
Impacts of Large School Grants and Admissions Algorithms on Student Achievement and Admissions Diversity: Evidence from High-Performing Kenyan Secondary Schools4
Response to ‘Polarization and Poverty Reduction in Africa: The Devil Is in the Choice of Equivalence Relation’4
Labour Mobility and Innovation in Africa4
Revisiting Poverty Trends and the Role of Social Protection Systems in Africa during the COVID-19 Pandemic4
The Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Schooling in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Evidence from South Africa3
Weather Shocks in The Gambia: Macroeconomic Effects and Households Vulnerability3
A New Conceptual Framework for African Sovereign Debt: Finding an Optimal Outcome that Addresses Five Challenges3
Bombs and Babies: Exposure to Terrorism and Fertility Choices in Nigeria3
Cash Transfers and Social Capital: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Malawi3
Africa’s Development Debts3
A Crossed Analysis of Participations in Labor and Grain Markets: Evidence from Malawi3
Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology3
COVID-19 and Gender Gap in Labor Market Recovery: Evidence From Nigeria2
When the Rain Stops Falling. Effects of Droughts on the Tunisian Labour Market2
Does Linkages with MNEs Improve Firms’ Technological Upgrading in Africa?2
Alleviating Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Inclusive Business Models2
The Impact of Providing Training to Young Men on Labour Outcomes and Attitudes towards Migration in Northern Guinea-Bissau2
Public Debt Accumulation in SSA: A Looming Debt Crisis2
Are You Being Asked? Impacts of Respondent Selection on Measuring Employment in Malawi2
Coping Strategies and Inequalities during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: Evidence from Kenya2
The Growth–Employment–Poverty Nexus in Africa2
Can Urbanisation Improve Household Welfare? Evidence From Ethiopia1
Quantifying Vulnerability to Poverty in the Drought-prone Lowlands of Ethiopia1
Short- and Medium-term Impacts of Employability Training: Evidence from a Randomised Field Experiment in Rwanda1
Livestock Asset Dynamics Amongst Pastoralists in Northern Kenya1
The Economic Impact of the Pandemic in Rwanda: An Analysis of Firm-Level VAT Data1
Africa's Great Moderation1
Inflation and Monetary Policy in a Low-Income and Fragile State: The Case of Guinea1
Emigration and External Imbalances in Sub-Saharan Africa: Do Migrants' Skills Matter?1
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
Examining Poverty Dynamics in Ghana: Evidence from Longitudinal and Repeated Cross-Sectional Data1
Income Inequality and Growth: Calibration and Simulation for the Kenyan Economy1
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
The Inflationary Impact of a Large Devaluation across the Income Distribution: The Case of Egypt in 20161
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
Typology Construction for Comparative Country Case Study Analysis of Patterns of Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Structural Change and Inequality in Africa1
How Have Formal Firms Recovered From the Pandemic? Insights From Survey and Tax Administrative Data in Zambia1
Rainfall Shocks, Livelihood Diversification and Welfare: Evidence from Rural Togo1
Poverty Reduction through Growth, Redistribution and Social Inclusion in Times of COVID-19: Kenyan Evidence on the Underlying Mechanisms1
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Income Inequalities in Cameroon: The Influence of Employment Status1
The Psychology of Poverty: A Replication Based on Zimbabwe's Harmonised Social Cash Transfer Programme1
Debt, Growth and Stability in Africa: Speculative Calculations and Policy Responses1
The Impact of Ethiopian Productive Safety Net Program on Children's Educational Aspirations and Attainments1
The Socio-Economic Impact of Coal Mining in Mozambique1
The Political Economy of Economic Policy Advice1
Preface1
The Interrelationships Among Growth, Inequality and Poverty in Africa1
Income Distribution and the Potential of Redistributive Systems in Africa: A Decomposition Approach1
Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa1
Partisanship in a Young Democracy: Evidence from Ghana1
Rural Underemployment and Urbanisation: Insights from a 9-year Panel from Malawi1
Reducing Wait Times at Customs to Boost Trade: How Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement Can Expand Trade among AfCFTA Countries?1
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