The paper explores the quality of the recent high-growth episode in sub-Saharan Africa by examining the following two …

This paper measures the extent to which South African economic growth is an engine of growth in sub-Saharan Africa … substantial positive impact on growth in the rest of Africa, even after controlling for other growth determinants. The estimates …

informality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This paper explores how land market and labor regulations affect factor allocative …

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … violence and underscore the urgency of addressing gender inequality in Africa … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence …

,890 districts. We find that mineral discoveries and productions positively affect educational IM for primary education in Africa for …

/downward educational and occupational mobility across and within African countries, and the gender and rural/urban divide. Additionally, we … partly explained by observable individual characteristics (gender, marital status, age, etc.), and that educational mobility … mobility in Africa …

Do growth spells in Africa end because of bad realizations of the same factors that influence growth spells in the rest … spells in Africa and the rest of the world using Bayesian Mode Averaging techniques for proportional hazards models. We …, macroeconomic policy, and sociopolitical factors. Our analysis suggests that determinants of growth spells in Africa are different …

Economic volatility remains a fact of life in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Household-level shocks create large consumption … fluctuations, raising the incidence of poverty. Drawing on micro-level data from South Africa and Tanzania, we examine the … South Africa, we focus on labor market risk proxied by transitions from formal employment to informal work or unemployment …