- Thornton, A. (2025) Own- and cross-price elasticities of married women's labour supply in South Africa. WIDER Working Paper 85/2025. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. DOI: 10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2025/644-5.
- Thornton, A. (2023). Household formation, living alone, and not getting married in South Africa. SALDRU Working Paper Number 295. Cape Town: University of Cape Town.
- Mosomi, J. and Thornton, A. (2022) Physical proximity and occupational employment change by gender during the COVID-19 pandemic. WIDER Working Paper 2022/90. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. DOI: 10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2022/224-9.
- Mosomi, J., Thornton, A. and Branson, N. (2020) Unpacking the potential implications of Covid-19 for gender inequality in the SA labour market. SALDRU Working Paper 269. University of Cape Town.
- Kerr, A. and Thornton, A. (2020) Essential Workers, Working from Home and Job Loss Vulnerability in South Africa. DataFirst Technical Paper 41. University of Cape Town.
- Hill, R., Lilenstein, K. and Thornton, A. (2020) Job spells in an emerging market: Evidence from apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. WIDER Working Paper 2020/27. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. DOI: 10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2020/784-2.
- Bhorat, H., Kohler, T., Oosthuizen, M., Stanwix, S., Steenkamp, F. and Thornton, A. (2020) The Economics of Covid-19 in South Africa: Early Impressions. DPRU Working Paper No. 202004.
- Bhorat, H., Thornton, A., Kohler, T., and Oosthuizen, M. (2020) Jobs and COVID-19: Measuring Work-Related Physical Interaction. DPRU Working Paper No. 202003.
- Bhorat, H, Ewinyu, A., Lilenstein, K., Rooney, C., Steenkamp, F., and Thornton, A. (2019) Economic Complexity and Employment Expansion: the Case of South Africa. DPRU Working Paper 201905.
- Bhorat, H., Lilenstein, K., Oosthuizen, M., and Thornton, A. (2016) Vulnerability in Employment: Evidence from South Africa. DPRU Working Paper No. 201604.
- Thornton, A.J., Leibbrandt, M., and Ardington, C. (2016) Pathways to food security in South Africa: Food quality and quantity in NIDS Wave 1. SALDRU Working Paper No. 190.