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– Evidence from the Sena Sugar Estates, 1920–74
ARTICLE IS ON EARLY VIEW | Forced wage labour (FWL) in colonial-era Portuguese Africa came to encompass a majority of working age men and persisted until the early 1960s. On the basis of reconstructed financial records from the Sena Sugar Estates in today's Mozambique, we estimate the long-run...
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– High poverty and low trust
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolded, sub-Saharan African countries faced the dilemma of how to minimize viral transmission without adversely affecting the poor. This study proposes an index of lockdown readiness, taking into account housing conditions and income security, and analyses how this...
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– Increased gender differences in aggression and depression symptoms due to the COVID-19 pandemic burden in Germany
Gender differences (GD) in mental health have come under renewed scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. While rapidly emerging evidence indicates a deterioration of mental health in general, it remains unknown whether the pandemic will have an impact on GD in mental health. To this end, we...
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Part of Journal Special Issue
The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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– A Harbinger of Political Change?
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The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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Part of Journal Special Issue
The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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– Implications for Food System Transformation
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The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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Part of Journal Special Issue
The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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– Who Belongs to Africa's Middle Class?
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The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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– Retrospect and Prospects
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The Political Economy of Africa's Emergent Middle Class
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