Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research
My research focus on economic history of pre-colonial and colonial Africa. More specifically, I am engaged in issues related to long-term agrarian change, rural labour relations/institutions and structural change.
I am also involved in a larger project that tries to capture and compare changes in the occupational structure in 20th century Africa in a global history context. The project is led by Prof. Leigh Taylor-Shaw and Prof. Gareth Austin at Cambridge University.
Teaching
I teach methods in development studies and global economic history and African economic history at bachelor level. I also teach African economic history at Masters level.
Outreach
I have been interviewed by Swedish Radio and frequently give public lectures
I am also the co-founder (together with Morten Jerven) of the African Economic History Network and editor of the the network's working paper series. See more on: www.aehnetwork.org
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Economic History
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Wealth and Marriage at the Cape: Consanguineous Unions as a Strategy
Green, E., Cilliers, J., Rijpma, A. & McCants, A. E., 2025 Mar 8, (Accepted/In press) In: The History of the Family. p. 1-36Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Income Mobility before Industrialization: Evidence from South Africa’s Cape Colony
Fourie, J., Green, E., Rijpma, A. & von Fintel, D., 2024 Sept 12, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Science History. p. 1-30 30 p., First view.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early modern globalization and the extent of indigenous agency: Trade, commodities and ecology
Carlos , A. M., Green, E., Links, C. & Redish, A., 2024 Aug 24, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Economic History Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pre-colonial African economies
Green, E., 2024 May 16, Handbook of African Economic Development. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., p. 42-55 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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Did it pay to be a pioneer? Wealth accumulation in a newly settled frontier society
Cilliers, J., Green, E. & Ross , R., 2023, In: Economic History Review. 76, 1, p. 257-282 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Farmers in Crisis: A Historical-comparative Analysis of Resilience and Adaptation to Global Economic Shocks in Africa and Southeast Asia
Klocke, S. (PI), Axelsson, T. (Researcher) & Green, E. (Researcher)
2023/09/01 → 2026/08/31
Project: Research
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Taxation and Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Historical Comparative Analysis
Aboagye, P. Y. (PI), Bolt, J. (Researcher) & Green, E. (Researcher)
2023/01/01 → 2027/12/31
Project: Research
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The establishment, growth and legacy of a settler colony: Quantitative panel studies of the political economy of Cape Colony
Green, E. (PI), Martins, I. (Researcher), Cilliers, J. (Researcher), Fourie, J. (Researcher), von Fintel, D. (Researcher), Links , C. (Researcher), Ekama , K. (Researcher), Rjpma, A. (Researcher), Ross , R. (Researcher), McCants , A. E. C. (Researcher), Carlos , A. M. (Researcher) & Eriksson , K. E. (Researcher)
2021/01/01 → 2026/12/31
Project: Research
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Growing more unequal? Long term trends in inequality in Africa
Hillbom, E. (PI), Bolt, J. (Researcher), Green, E. (Researcher), Aboagye, P. Y. (Researcher), Klocke, S. (Researcher), Jerven, M. (Researcher) & de Haas, M. (Researcher)
Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse
2016/01/01 → 2020/12/31
Project: Research
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The Cape of the Good Hope Panel: Long-term studies of growth, inequality and labour coercion in the global south
Green, E. (PI), Cilliers, J. (Researcher), Martins, I. (Researcher), Fourie, J. (Researcher), von Fintel, D. (Researcher) & Rijpma, A. (Researcher)
Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Stiftelse
2016/01/01 → 2019/12/31
Project: Research
Activities
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Igor Martins
Palacio, A. (Second supervisor) & Green, E. (Joint first/primary/lead supervisor)
2018 Sept 1 → 2020 Oct 14Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PhD students
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World Economic History Congress, 2018
Green, E. (Presenter)
2018 Jul 29 → 2018 Aug 3Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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South Africa Sweden University Forum 2018
Green, E. (Presenter)
2018 May 14 → 2018 May 18Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Jens Andersson
Andersson, M. (First/primary/lead supervisor) & Green, E. (Second supervisor)
2018 MayActivity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PhD students
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The development of settler farming in Kenya during the colonial era
Hillbom, E. (Second supervisor), Green, E. (Role not specified) & Bolt, J. (Role not specified)
2018Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PhD students