Ramaele Moshoeshoe
Applied Microeconomist & Director, Africa Fellows in Education Program
Global Education Analytics Institute (GEAI) & Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP)
Nairobi, Kenya
About
I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of development economics, education economics, and labour economics. I am the Executive Director of the Africa Fellows in Education Program (AFEP), a Global Education Analytics Institute (GEAI) initiative developed in partnership with the Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP).
My research uses natural experiments and quasi-experimental methods to study how education policies, social programs, and economic shocks affect human capital accumulation and labour market outcomes — primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and Lesotho in particular.
I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Cape Town. Previously, I was Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) and Head of the Department of Economics at the National University of Lesotho, a World Bank–AERC Visiting Scholar (2020) in the Office of the Chief Economist for Africa, and a Visiting Research Fellow at the UNICEF Office of Research (2016–2017) under the Transfer Project.
Research Interests
Selected Publications
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Age at School Entry and Human Capital DevelopmentAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics (Forthcoming)
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The Causal Effect of Girls' Education on Cancer Awareness and ScreeningNature Communications, 2025
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The Effect of Weather Shocks on Women's Labour SupplyJournal of African Development, 2025
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Long-Term Effects of Primary Education Expansion in LesothoAnnals of Economics and Statistics, 2023
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Effect of Free Primary Education on School EnrollmentJournal of African Economies, 2019