South African Journal of Economics

Quarterly Journal of the Economic Society of South Africa

Edited by:
Johannes Fedderke

ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2008: 176/209 Economics
Impact Factor: 0.337

Since its inception in 1925, the South African Journal of Economics has established a reputation as one of the leading international regional journals, publishing economics research affecting African countries for a worldwide audience. The South African Journal of Economics publishes papers from internationally recognised authors on a wide range of subjects and accepts contributions on all the known fields of the discipline, including methodology and economic history and, in more recent times, econometrics. Its editorial organisation has recently been extended to allow for a more effective editing of papers on specialised topics. Topics covered recently include:

• Inflation Issues
• Regulatory Issues
• Health Issues
• Monetary & Fiscal Policy Issues
• South African Political Economy

TopNews and Announcements

Guidelines for Submission to The South African Journal of Economics

The South African Journal of Economics has now adopted ScholarOne Manuscripts, for online manuscript submission and peer review. The new system brings with it a whole host of benefits including:

• Quick and easy submission
• Administration centralised and reduced
• Significant decrease in peer review times

From now on all submissions to the journal must be submitted online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/saje. Full instructions and support are available on the site and a user ID and password can be obtained on the first visit. If you require assistance then click the Get Help Now link which appears at the top right of every ScholarOne Manuscripts page.

Recent Special Issues

August 2008 - Special Issue on Industrial growth and employment in South Africa

• Editorial
  Miriam Altman
• The Speed of Structural Convergence in the Manufacturing Industries of Newly Industrialising Economies
  Berhanu Abegaz
• Sectoral Elasticity of Substitution and Returns to Scale in South Africa
  Tewodros G. Gebreselasie
• Revisiting South African Employment Trends in the 1990s
  Miriam Altman
• Growth, Employment and Distribution Impacts of Minerals Dependency: Four Case Studies
  Albert Berry
• The Contributions of Manufacturing and Services to Employment Creation and Growth in South Africa
  Fiona Tregenna
• Exchange Rates and Employment
  Stewart Ngandu
• Quantifying the Outsourcing of Jobs from Manufacturing to Services
  Fiona Tregenna

May 2008 - Special issue on HIV-AIDS
Click here to read the issue online

Online content now available back to Volume 1 (1933)
All back issues of this journal are available online. Click here to browse contents and abstracts. For further information on how to access these articles please visit our Librarian Site.

The Middleton Award
The South African Journal of Economics Management Committee annually awards the J.J.I. Middleton award to the author of the best first paper published in the journal during that year.

J.J.I Middleton served as Under-Secretary for Finance in the Treasury of the Union of South Africa from 1918 to 1931 and also acted as Treasurer of the Economic Society for many years. He encouraged promising young economists to publish in their respective fields with several generous capital donations to the Society for prizes and awards to meritorious members.

TopHighlights

The Macro Implications of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: A preliminary Assessment
C. Arndt and J. D. Lewis

Revisiting South African Employment Trends in the 1990s
Miriam Altman

Growth, Employement and Distribution Impacts of Minerals Dependency: four case studies
Albert Berry

South Africa's Export Performance: Determinant of Export Supply
Lawrence Edwards and Phil Alves

The Contribution of Manufacturing and Services to Employment Creation and Growth in South Africa
Fiona Tregenna