Journal Articles

• Harris, J. (2024). Not for us? Vocational training in the social and policy space in Sierra Leone. Education + Training. https://doi.org/10.1108/ET-09-2023-0356
• Harris, J. (2024). Digital Platform Work in Developing Countries: Enabling Capabilities or Perpetuating Dependencies?. Development. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41301-024-00403-9 
• Harris, J. (2023). Harris, J. (2023). Estimating the Size of the Target Population in Data Limited Settings. Field Methods, https://doi.org/10.1177/1525822X231195726Link opens in a new window
• Lawson, A. & Harris, J. (2023). Is the problem driven iterative adaptation approach (PDIA) a panacea for public financial management reform? Evidence from six African countries. World Development Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2023.100526Link opens in a new window 
• Harris, J. (2023). Do development initiatives in Sierra Leone contribute to (dis)connections in the Education-Training-Work-Continuum? NORRAG Special Issue 08, 94-97. https://resources.norrag.org/resource/view/779/441Link opens in a new window
• Harris, J. (2023). Exploring donor-driven skills development as a channel of continued aid dependency, Third World Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2023.2178889Link opens in a new window 
• Harris, J. (2023). Occupational preferences of skilled workers in the presence of a large development sector. Journal of Development Studies 59)3, 342-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2022.2139605Link opens in a new window

• Harris, J. (2023). Opting out of public sector employment: Gender and occupational aspirations among university graduates in Sierra Leone. Journal of International Development, 35(5), 897–914. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3712

• Harris, J., & Lawson, A. (2023). Mainstreaming sustainability in public finances: Where PFM meets landscape approaches. Policy Design and Practice, 6(3), 313–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2022.2146916
• Harris, J. & Lawson, A. (2022). Value-for-money assessment of social spending in developing countries: lessons from Ethiopia. Development in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2022.2108002Link opens in a new window
• Harris, J. (2022). Exploring the desire to be an entrepreneur among university-educated youths: Lessons from Sierra Leone. Development in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2022.2030673Link opens in a new window
• Harris, J. (2022). Mixed Methods Research in Developing Country Contexts: Lessons From Field Research in Six Countries Across Africa and the Caribbean. Journal of Mixed Methods Research 16(2),165-182. https://doi.org/10.1177/15586898211032825Link opens in a new window.
• Harris, J. (2021). Using specific purpose grants to achieve developmental goals: Some practical considerations. Development in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2021.2009772Link opens in a new window
• Harris, J. (2021). Foreign aid, human capital accumulation and the potential implications for growth. Rev Int Organ 16, 549–579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11558-020-09408-8Link opens in a new window
• Harris, J. (2020). If you can’t do teach: Exploring short-termism in the teaching profession. International Journal of Educational Research, 99, 101519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.101519Link opens in a new window

Working Papers

• Harris, J. (2019). Occupational choice of skilled workers in the presence of a large development sector: Evidence from Sierra Leone. WIDER Working Paper 2019/101. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2019/737-8Link opens in a new window 

Reports/Policy Papers

• Erickson, E., Atfield, G., Balogh, R., Harris, J., and Warhurst, C. (2024). Building a business case for good jobs: The links between Good Work and innovation, productivity and employee health/wellbeing. (Evidence paper). ReWAGE and Warwick Institute for Employment Research.
• Erickson, E., Atfield, G., Balogh, R., Harris, J., and Warhurst, C. (2024). Building a business case for good jobs: Links between Good Work and innovation, productivity and employee health/wellbeing (Policy Brief). ReWAGE and Warwick Institute for Employment Research.
• Cardenas Rubio, J., Harris, J., Warhurst, C., Day, R., and Bosworth, L. (2023). Green and Hydrogen Jobs in the MidlandsLink opens in a new window. Midlands Engine.
• Harris, J. (with Bryn Welham and Andrew Lawson) (2022). Doing technical assistance differently: Analytical support to public financial management in Ethiopia. Available at: Doing technical assistance differently ……yes, it is possible! (fiscus.org.uk)Link opens in a new window
• Harris, J. (2018). Preferences of Possibilities? Understanding the labour supply decision in a LIC context. IGC Working Paper F-39408-SLE-1. Preferences or possibility? Understanding the labour supply decision in an LIC context - IGC (theigc.org)Link opens in a new window

Blogs

• Observing World Youth Skills Day: Reflections from research in Sierra LeoneLink opens in a new window. IER Blog. July 2023

• Declining real wages and why we need to think about the income-health relationshipLink opens in a new window. IER Blog. March 2023.
• Using 'Landscape Approaches' to Green PFMLink opens in a new window. IMF PFM Blog January 2023 (with Andrew Lawson)
• Colonial legacies, race and the labour market in Trinidad and TobagoLink opens in a new window. Think Development Blog. Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development. September 2022
• PFM Reform Through PDIA: What Works and When it WorksLink opens in a new window. IMF PFM Blog. January 2022 (with Andrew Lawson)
• Using specific purpose grants to achieve development goalsLink opens in a new window. Think Development Blog. Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development. January 2022
• What can we learn from the market for skilled workers in Sierra Leone. IGC Blogs. June 2019.