Article in the March 2026 issue of the #journalofafricaneconomies 'Firm Size and Economic Development: Evidence from Ghana ' ✒Andrew Kerr & Bruce McDougall #openaccess

Article in the March 2026 issue of the #journalofafricaneconomies

'Firm Size and Economic Development: Evidence from Ghana '
✒Andrew Kerr & Bruce McDougall
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Article in the March 2026 issue of the #journalofafricaneconomies 'Wellbeing of the Young in Africa' ✒David G Blanchflower & Alex Bryson

Article in the March 2026 issue of the #journalofafricaneconomies

'Wellbeing of the Young in Africa'
✒David G Blanchflower & @alexbryson.bsky.social
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Poverty and Quality of Healthcare in Africa Abstract. Given the state of healthcare delivery in Africa, this study investigates how poverty influences the quality of healthcare services received by i

This study investigates how poverty influences the quality of healthcare services received by individuals patronising government hospitals across African countries.
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The editor's choice article for the March 2026 issue of the #journalofafricaneconomies is

'Poverty and Quality of Healthcare in Africa'
✒Musiliu Adeolu Adewole & Olayemi O Simon-Oke
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⭐🎉The March 2026 issue of the #JournalofAfricanEconomies is out now!

This issue includes #openaccess articles on firm size and economic development and experimental evidence of respondent fatigue in household surveys.

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Legacy Is Not Destiny: Historical Ethno-Linguistic Diversity and Contemporary Deforestation across Africa Abstract. A vast literature on the effects of contemporary population diversity, frequently defined in terms of measures with ethnic and linguistic compone

This #JournalofAfricanEconomies paper advances the argument that a historical perspective can illuminate the underlying drivers of deforestation. This study focuses on Africa due to its unprecedented deforestation and high population diversity.https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf008

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'Legacy Is Not Destiny: Historical Ethno-Linguistic Diversity and Contemporary Deforestation across Africa’ & it's #openaccess. #EconSky

✒️Iva Mihaylova

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Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects Abstract. This paper uses a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model (DSDM) to study the potential spatial spillover effects of terrorism on military spending decision

This #JournalofAfricanEconomies paper uses a Dynamic Spatial Durbin Model (DSDM) to study the potential spatial spillover effects of terrorism on military spending decisions in Africa.
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The CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies January 2026 issue includes:

'Terrorism and Military Expenditure in Africa: An Analysis of Spillover Effects’

✒️Amadou Boly and Éric N Kéré

📚https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf007

Murray Leibbrandt | University of Cape Town Prof. Murray Leibbrandt holds the UCT Research Chair in Poverty and Inequality Research in the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town. He served a...

📣We're excited to welcome Murray Leibbrandt (@saldru.bsky.social, University of Cape Town) to the #JournalofAfricanEconomies editorial board as a new managing editor.

Welcome to the team, Murray!

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Increasing tax collection in African countries: The role of information technology - ICTD Abstract Many African countries struggle to collect an adequate amount of tax revenue to support needed...

Our Research Fellow Fabrizio Santoro's paper, co-authored with @oyebolaoo.bsky.social, was one of the most read articles online of @oxfordcsae.bsky.social's #JournalofAfricanEconomies in 2025! 🎉

Read their paper on the role of IT in tax collection here ➡️ ow.ly/87vJ50XW4CT

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The Gender Inequality Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Nigerian Labour Market Abstract. This study investigates the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Nigerian labour market and its consequences in terms of gender inequality. While prev

This study investigates the COVID-19 pandemic impact on the Nigerian labour market & its consequences in terms of gender inequality. #JournalofAfricanEconomies
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JAE Editor's Choice article for Jan 2026 issue is The Gender Inequality Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Nigerian Labour Market by Ana Karen Díaz Méndez and Bruno Martorano #openaccess https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf006

🌟Editor's Choice article from January 2026 issue of the #JournalofAfricanEconomies

The Gender Inequality Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Nigerian Labour Market
✒ Ana Karen Díaz Méndez & @bmartorano.bsky.social
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⭐️NEW January 2026 issue of the #JournalofAfricanEconomies is out now!

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Most read articles of 2025 in the #JournalofAfricanEconomies

2️⃣ Increasing Tax Collection in African Countries: The Role of Information Technology
✒️ Oyebola Olabisi Okunogbe & Fabrizio Santoro
Vol 32, Iss Sup 01, Mar 23 #openaccess
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Education in Africa: What Are We Learning? Abstract. Countries across Africa continue to face major challenges in education. In this review, we examine 145 recent empirical studies (from 2014 onward

Most read articles of 2025 in the #JournalofAfricanEconomies

1️⃣ Education in Africa: What Are We Learning?
✒️ @daveevansphd.bsky.social & Amina Mendez Acosta
Volume 30, Issue 01, January 2021 #openaccess
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⭐CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 papers

‘Echoes across Borders: Macroeconomic Spillover Effects of Conflict in Sub-Saharan African CountriesGet accessArrow'.

🖋️Hany Abdel-Latif, Antonio C David, Rasmane Ouedraogo, Markus Specht

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Does Linkages with MNEs Improve Firms’ Technological Upgrading in Africa? Abstract. This paper assesses the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in technological upgrading in Africa. Specifically, we examine the relationship

This paper assesses the role of multinational enterprises (MNEs) in technological upgrading in Africa. Specifically examining the relationship between MNE linkages with domestic firms (using firm-level data spanning 47 African countries).

doi.org/10.1093/jae/...
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‘Does Linkages with MNEs Improve Firms’ Technological Upgrading in Africa?'.

🖋️Yohannes Ayele, Habtamu Edjigu, Admasu Maruta

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This study examines the impact of an abrupt suspension of the benefits of the US African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) on exports from eligible African countries to the USA. #JournalofAfricanEconomies @shakobyan.bsky.social

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JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 papers ‘Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements: Impact of the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) Suspension on Exports'. 🖋️Woubet Kassa, Habtamu Edjigu, Shushanik Hakobyan

⭐CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 papers

‘Uncertainty in Preferential Trade Agreements: Impact of the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) Suspension on Exports'.

🖋️Woubet Kassa, Habtamu Edjigu, @shakobyan.bsky.social

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Legal Reform Versus Private Action: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Gender Equal Inheritance From Tunisia Abstract. Gender-discriminatory inheritance law persists in many countries, restricting women’s access to land, property and financial assets. In the absen

This paper investigates the extent to which favouring daughters with gifts is viewed as a socially acceptable way of privately attenuating the gender discrimination imposed by Islamic inheritance law in Tunisia.

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JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 papers ‘Legal Reform Versus Private Action: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Gender Equal Inheritance From Tunisia'. By Christian Sarah Hauser

⭐CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 papers

‘Legal Reform Versus Private Action: Experimental Evidence on Attitudes Toward Gender Equal Inheritance From Tunisia'.

🖋️ @christinasarah.bsky.social

📚https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/ejaf004
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The Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Schooling in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Evidence from South Africa Abstract. I study an expansion of a South African social grant program that, for the first time, extended eligibility for unconditional cash transfers to a

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This paper studies an expansion of a South African social grant programme that, for the first time, extended eligibility for unconditional cash transfers to adolescents.

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📚The CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies November 2025 issue's editor’s choice is: ‘The Impacts of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Schooling in Adolescence & Young Adulthood: Evidence from South Africa'. #openaccess

🖋️Neryvia Pillay

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⭐️NEW November 2025 issue of the #JournalofAfricanEconomies!

This issue explores education, gender equality, trade, technology, and conflict impacts across African economies. Includes #openaccess article.

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School Feeding and Cognitive Performance in Rwanda Abstract. Using unique administrative data on test scores from a high stake national exam for primary school students in Rwanda, we evaluate the impact of

Using administrative data from a high-stakes national exam for primary school students in Rwanda, this paper evaluates the impact of Rwanda’s Home Grown School Feeding programme on student cognitive performance. #JournalofAfricanEconomies
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Graphic for JournalofAfricanEconomies August 2025 papers ‘School Feeding & Cognitive Performance in Rwanda'. byJustice Tei Mensah & Aimable Nsabimana. Includes CSAE and OUP logos and African continent motif.

⭐CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies August 2025 papers
‘School Feeding & Cognitive Performance in Rwanda'.
🖋️Justice Tei Mensah & Aimable Nsabimana @unu-wider.bsky.social
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Fewer Births in the Hunger Season: Family Planning, Birth Seasonality and Child Health in Kenya Abstract. The use of contraceptives may enable parents to better plan the timing of conception. At the same time, existing evidence shows that birth season

This paper examines how family planning influences the timing of births throughout the year, and whether these shifts help reduce the number of births occurring during seasons linked to poorer child outcomes. #JournalofAfricanEconomies

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⭐CSAE’s #JournalofAfricanEconomies August 2025 papers

‘Fewer Births in the Hunger Season: Family Planning, Birth Seasonality & Child Health in Kenya'.

🖋️Sahawal Alidou

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