Ann-Sofie Isaksson

I am a researcher in development economics, based at the Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS) and at the University of Gothenburg. My research interests and empirical work cover a broad range of issues, including aid effectiveness, institutional development, education, inequality, gender, and African economic development more broadly.

For more information, see my Personal website, my GU website and my Google Scholar Page

Three recently published works

Congdon Fors, H., Isaksson, A. and A. Lindskog (2023) “Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa”, Journal of Development Economics, DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103180.
Isaksson, A and D. Durevall (2023) ”Aid and institutions”, Review of International Organizations, vol. 18, pp. 523–551.
Isaksson, A. (2020) “Chinese aid and local ethnic identification”, International Organization, 74(4), pp. pp. 833-852.

Three often cited works

Isaksson, A. and A. Kotsadam (2018) “Chinese aid and local corruption”, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 159, pp. 146-159.
Isaksson, A. and A. Kotsadam (2018) “Racing to the bottom? Chinese development projects and trade union involvement in Africa”, World Development, vol. 106, pp. 284-298.
Isaksson, A., Kotsadam, A. and M. Nerman (2014) "The Gender Gap in African Political Participation: Testing Theories of Individual and Contextual Determinants", Journal of Development Studies, 50(2), pp. 302-318.

Publications

Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa

Ann-Sofie Isaksson

Three recently published works

Three often cited works

Publications

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