Rebecca Simson

My contribution to the @AfEconHis textbook on African economic history is out! Africa’s Lost Decades, 1974-1994: aehnetwork.org/textbook/afric…

🚨 @Keir_Starmer, we have an urgent agenda item for your discussion with President Trump tomorrow: stop ethnic cleansing in #Sudan. 1 million people in Sudan’s largest camp for displaced persons, mostly women & children, are starving. And many more could die unless YOU do…

Are African elites longstanding, or nouveau riche? In a new @AfEconHis working paper I review some of the debates about- and channels through which elites are reproduced and renewed, in the context of African history. aehnetwork.org/working-papers…

Rebecca Simson @rebecca_simson (Oxford) is now presenting her paper “Wealth Inequality in Postcolonial Kenya (and South Africa)”. 👇

How have Black middle class South Africans and Kenyans come to share in the wealth stock of their nations since colonial rule and Apartheid? @rebecca_simson explores in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog buff.ly/40DiPgE

Another wonderful book review on @hnetafrica! @rebecca_simson reviews "Quantitative History and Uncharted People: Case Studies from the South African Past" edited by Johan Fourie. networks.h-net.org/group/reviews/…

Which August #econhist papers did I enjoy the most? ==> bit.ly/472HoXj <== Authors include: @ydpz, @rebecca_simson, @FranciscaAntman, @guoxu_econ, @EmilySilcock1, @MelissaLDell, @hanna_schwank, @ColesonWeir, @HannesMalmberg1, @PorzioTommaso, @GPrarolo,…

🚨CfP alert! We are inviting graduates from across the globe to apply for our upcoming seminar series for 2024-2025 - An excellent opportunity to present your burgeoning research in Economic and Social History, receive feedback and inflame interest! #twitterstorians #econhist

Is inequality in Africa driven by global inequality? In my post on @OurLongWalk, I argue that the threat of brain drain in Africa pushes up the skills premium - an underexplored reason for high income inequality in Africa. See: ourlongwalk.com/p/is-african-i…