IZA Discussion Papers

published as 'Educational Inequalities during COVID-19: Results from Longitudinal Surveys in Sub-Saharan Africa' in: International Journal of Education Development, 2025, 112, 103174 (without A. Zezza)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15518

Manufacturing Employment and Women's Agency: Evidence from Lesotho 2004-2014

Louise Grogan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15466

Evaluating the Impacts of Minigrid Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sinem H. Ayhan, Giacomo Falchetta, Jan C. Steckel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15432

Reaping the Rewards Later: How Education Improves Old-Age Cognition in South Africa

Plamen Nikolov, Steve Yeh

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15406

Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis

Ivette Contreras-Gonzalez, Gbemisola Oseni, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Janneke Pieters, Michael Weber

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15265

Mother Africa's Exceptionalism? Income and Fertility Redux

Mark Gradstein, Phoebe W. Ishak

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15210

Are the East African Community's Countries Ready for a Common Currency?

Thomas Kigabo-Rusuhuzwa, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15004

Labor Mobility and Innovation in Africa

Linguère Mously Mbaye, Assi Okara, Massimiliano Tani

published in: Journal of African Economies, 2024, 23 (5), 457–488

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14982

Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa

Oriana Bandiera, Ahmed Elsayed, Andrea Smurra, Celine Zipfel

published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36 (1), 81-100

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14861

Increasing Women's Empowerment: Implications for Family Welfare

Kate Ambler, Kelly M. Jones, Michael O’Sullivan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14760

Measuring Youth Empowerment: An Illustration Using the Example of Tunisia

Micheline Goedhuys, Michael Grimm, Aline Meysonnat, Eleonora Nillesen, Ann-Kristin Reitmann

published as 'Measuring youth empowerment: An application to Tunisia' in: Journal of International Development, 2024, 36 (4), 1945-1964

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14720

Mobile Broadband Internet, Poverty and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania

Kalvin Bahia, Pau Castells, Genaro Cruz, Takaaki Masaki, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Viviane Sanfelice

published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2023, 37 (2), 235–256

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14545

Crowdsourcing Artificial Intelligence in Africa: Findings from a Machine Learning Contest

Wim Naudé, Amy Bray, Celina Lee

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14424

Prenatal Exposure to Heat Waves and Child Health in Sub-saharan Africa

Massimiliano Bratti, Prince Boakye Frimpong, Simone Russo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14157

When Distance Drives Destination, Towns Can Stimulate Development

Joachim De Weerdt, Luc Christiaensen, Ravi Kanbur

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14151

Mobile Internet Adoption in West Africa

Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa, Samantha Lach, Takaaki Masaki

published in: Technology in Society, 2022, 68, 101845

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14100

Prioritarianism and Equality of Opportunity

Paolo Brunori, Francisco H. G. Ferreira, Vito Peragine

published in: Matthew Adler and Ole Norheim (eds.), Prioritarianism in Practice, Cambridge: CUP, 2022

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14054

Experimental Evidence from an Integrated Early Childhood Parenting Program in Sierra Leone

Anjali Chandra, Subha Mani, Heather Dolphin, Meredith Dyson, Yembeh Marah

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13777

The Effect of Antimalarial Campaigns on Child Mortality and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa

Joshua Wilde, Bénédicte Apouey, Joseph Coleman, Gabriel Picone

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13773

Why Are Africa's Female Entrepreneurs Not Playing the Export Game? Evidence from Ghana

Charles G. Ackah, Holger Görg, Aoife Hanley, Cecília Hornok

published as 'Africa’s Businesswomen – Underfunded or Underperforming?' in: Small Business Economics, 2024, 62 (3), 1051-1074

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13736

Borderline Disorder: (De Facto) Historical Ethnic Borders and Contemporary Conflict in Africa

Emilio Depetris-Chauvin, Ömer Özak

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13687

The Weight of Patriarchy? Gender Obesity Gaps in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Joan Costa-Font, Mario Gyori

published in: Social Science and Medicine, 220, 266, 113353

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13658

Broadband Internet and Household Welfare in Senegal

Takaaki Masaki, Rogelio Granguillhome Ochoa, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13649

Failing to Pull Together: South Africa's Troubled Response to COVID-19

Wim Naudé, Martin Cameron

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13586

The Extractive Industry's Impact on Economic Growth in SADC Countries

Simeão Nhabinde, Almas Heshmati

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13363

Measuring Monetary Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region: Data Gaps and Different Options to Address Them

Aziz Atamanov, Sharad Tandon, Gladys Lopez-Acevedo, Mexico Alberto Vergara Bahena

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13219

The Welfare Effects of Mobile Broadband Internet: Evidence from Nigeria

Kalvin Bahia, Pau Castells, Genaro Cruz, Takaaki Masaki, Xavier Pedrós, Tobias Pfutze, Carlos Rodriguez Castelan, Hernan Winkler

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13194

The Importance of Cognitive Domains and the Returns to Schooling in South Africa: Evidence from Two Labor Surveys

Plamen Nikolov, Nusrat Abedin Jimi

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 65, 101849.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13071

Key Players in Economic Development

Ashani Amarasinghe, Roland Hodler, Paul A. Raschky, Yves Zenou

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 223, 40-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13069

The Heterogeneous Effects of Conflict on Education: A Spatial Analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kerstin Unfried, Krisztina Kis-Katos

published in: Journal of Peace Research, 2023, 60 (6), 968-984.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12941

Former Homeland Areas and Unemployment in South Africa: A Decomposition Approach

Prudence Magejo, Miracle Benhura, Gibson Mudiriza

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12934

Adopting Mobile Money: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Africa

Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2020, 110, 594 - 598

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12926

Enterprising Women in Southern Africa: When Does Land Ownership Matter?

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye, Fiona Tregenna

published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2020, 41 (1), 37 - 51

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12878

Selection and Absolute Advantage in Farming and Entrepreneurship

Francisco Alvarez-Cuadrado, Francesco Amodio, Markus Poschke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12818

The Employment Effects of Ethnic Politics

Francesco Amodio, Giorgio Chiovelli, Sebastian Hohmann

published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2024, 16 (2), 456–491

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12813

Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from African Smallholder Farmers

Catia Batista, Pedro C. Vicente

published in: World Development, 2020, 129, 104905

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12793

Direct and Indirect Effects of Subsidized Dual Apprenticeships

Bruno Crépon, Patrick Premand

published online in: Review of Economic Studies, rdae094, 10 October 2024

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12719

Relative Deprivation in Tanzania

Jean-Marc Bédhat Atsebi, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12678

Three Varieties of Africa’s Industrial Future

Wim Naudé

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12533

Migration, Innovation, and Growth: An African Story?

Linguère Mously Mbaye, Massimiliano Tani

published in: M. Konte and L.M.Mbaye (eds.), Migration, Remittances and Sustainable Development in Africa, London, Routledge, 2020, chapter 3, 38-61

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12471

On the Malleability of Implicit Attitudes Towards Women Empowerment: Evidence from Tunisia

Eleonora Nillesen, Michael Grimm, Micheline Goedhuys, Ann-Kristin Reitmann, Aline Meysonnat

published in: World Development, 2021, 138, 105263

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12198

Networks, Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurial Performance in Africa: Evidence from Eswatini

Zuzana Brixiova Schwidrowski, Thierry Kangoye

published in: A. Bullough, D. Hechavarria, C. Brush and L. Edelman (eds.), Programs, Policies, & Practices: Fostering High-Growth Women’s Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12162

Does Child Labor Lead to Vulnerable Employment in Adulthood? Evidence for Tanzania

Sara Burrone, Gianna Claudia Giannelli

published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2020, 56 (12), 2235-2250

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12132

Outsourcing Recruitment as a Solution to Prevent Discrimination: A Correspondence Study

Clémence Berson, Morgane Laouénan, Emmanuel Valat

published in: Labour Economics, 2020, 64, 101838

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12070

Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Accounting for the Contributions of Sibs, Schools and Sorting across East Africa

Paul Anand, Jere R. Behrman, Hai-Anh H Dang, Sam Jones

published as 'Decomposing Learning Inequalities in East Africa: How Much Does Sorting Matter?' in: World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36 (1), 219-243

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12048

Regional Migration and Wage Inequality in the West African Economic and Monetary Union

Esther Mirjam Girsberger, Romuald Meango, Hillel Rapoport

published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2020, 48 (2), 385-404

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12017

Learning from the

Olivier B. Bargain, Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo, Prudence Magejo, Miracle Benhura

published as 'Income Distribution and the Potential of Redistributive Systems in Africa: A Decomposition Approach ' in: Journal of African Economies, 2022, 31 (4), 293 - 328

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11941

Brilliant Technologies and Brave Entrepreneurs: A New Narrative for African Manufacturing

Wim Naudé

published in: Journal of International Affairs, 2019, 72 (1), 143 - 158

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11609

The Long-Term Outcomes of Refugees: Tracking the Progress of the East African Asians

Jake Anders, Simon Burgess, Jonathan Portes

published in: Journal of Refugee Studies, 2021, 34 (2), 1967-1998

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11550

Early Life Determinants of Cognitive Ability: A Comparative Study on Madagascar and Senegal

Heidi Kaila, David E. Sahn, Naveen Sunder

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11435

School or Work? The Role of Weather Shocks in Madagascar

Francesca Marchetta, David E. Sahn, Luca Tiberti

published as 'The Role of Weather on Schooling and Work of Young Adults in Madagascar' in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101 (4), 1203 - 1227

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11389

Do Developing Countries Enjoy Faster Poverty Reduction as Their Initial Poverty Incidences Decline over Time? A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Yusi Ouyang, Abebe Shimeles, Erik Thorbecke

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11388

Revisiting Cross-Country Poverty Convergence in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Yusi Ouyang, Abebe Shimeles, Erik Thorbecke

published in: World Development, 2019, 117 (C), 13 - 28

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11380

Job Satisfaction among Young Workers in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Comparative Analysis

Andy McKay, Andrew T. Newell, Cinzia Rienzo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11322

Fertility and the Puzzle of Female Employment in the Middle East

Mahdi Majbouri

forthcoming in: Economics of Transition, 2019

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11212

Preschool Attendance, School Progression, and Cognitive Skills in East Africa

Jan Bietenbeck, Sanna Ericsson, Fredrick M. Wamalwa

revised version published as 'Preschool attendance, schooling, and cognitive skills in East Africa' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, 101909

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11036

Planning Ahead for Better Neighborhoods: Long Run Evidence from Tanzania

Guy Michaels, Dzhamilya Nigmatulina, Ferdinand Rauch, Tanner Regan, Neeraj Baruah, Amanda Dahlstrand

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11008

Spatial Differences in Stunting and Household Agricultural Production in South Africa: (Re-)Examining the Links Using National Panel Survey Data

Steffen Otterbach, Michael Rogan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10938

First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War

Richard Akresh, Sonia R. Bhalotra, Marinella Leone, Una O. Osili

published in: Journal of Human Resources, 2023, 58 (2), 488 - 531

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10855

Entrepreneurship, Education and the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Africa