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Working Papers

2021

1. Aid and social cohesion
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
2. Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises: Empirical evidence from Nigeria
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)
3. Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare?: Evidence from Ghana
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare? Evidence from Ghana, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
4. Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana, African Development Review, African Development Bank (2021) View citations (3) (2021)
5. Tax effort revisited: new estimates from the Government Revenue Dataset
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (3)
6. The Labour Market Impact of COVID-19 Lockdowns: Evidence from Ghana
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   Also in WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) (2021) View citations (5)
7. The financial inclusion agenda: Examining the role of conventional banks in deepening access to formal credit
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
8. The welfare effects of financial inclusion in Ghana: An exploration based on a multidimensional measure of financial inclusion
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (1)

2020

9. Ethnic diversity and informal work in Ghana
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (5)
10. Gender, age cohort, and household investment in child schooling: New evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
11. Informal institutions, transaction risk, and firm productivity in Myanmar
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
12. Informality and Covid-19 in sub-Sarahan Africa
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
13. Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction in Ghana: A micro-level analysis
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (2)

2019

14. Informal work in sub-Saharan Africa: Dead end or steppingstone?
    WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Informal work in sub-Saharan Africa: Dead end or stepping-stone?, IZA Journal of Development and Migration, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA) (2021) View citations (3) (2021)

2015

15. Political settlements, the deals environment and economic growth: The case of Ghana
    Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester

2011

16. TFP growth and its determinants: nonparametrics and model averaging
    Working Papers, Banco de España View citations (5)

2010

17. Productivity growth, human capital and distance to frontier in Sub-Saharan Africa
    Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, HUMAN CAPITAL AND DISTANCE TO FRONTIER IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Journal of Economic Development, Chung-Ang Unviersity, Department of Economics (2014) View citations (11) (2014)

Journal Articles

2022

1. Urban cash transfers and poverty in Ghana
   Review of Development Economics, 2022, 26, (1), 133-155

2021

2. Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare? Evidence from Ghana
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 188, (C), 916-932 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare?: Evidence from Ghana, WIDER Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (4) (2021)
3. Financial inclusion and energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Ghana
   Energy Economics, 2021, 94, (C) View citations (88)
4. Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
   African Development Review, 2021, 33, (3), 411-425 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana, WIDER Working Paper Series (2021) View citations (3) (2021)
5. Informal work in sub-Saharan Africa: Dead end or stepping-stone?
   IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 2021, 12, (1), 44 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Informal work in sub-Saharan Africa: Dead end or steppingstone?, WIDER Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (5) (2019)

2020

6. COVID-19 and Employment: Insights from the Sub-Saharan African Experience
   The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, 2020, 63, (1), 23-30 View citations (11)

2019

7. R&D, Human Capital and Export Behavior of Manufacturing and Service Firms in Ghana
   Journal of African Business, 2019, 20, (3), 283-304 View citations (2)

2018

8. Access to mobile phones and the wellbeing of non-farm enterprise households: Evidence from Ghana
   Technology in Society, 2018, 54, (C), 1-9 View citations (6)
9. Comparison of Stochastic Frontier Approaches for Estimating National Efficiency: An Application to Sub-Saharan African Countries
   Journal of Economic Development, 2018, 43, (3), 119-142 View citations (1)
10. Corruption, institutions and capital flight: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2018, 45, (1), 59-76 View citations (10)
11. Cost efficiency of insurance firms in Ghana
    Managerial and Decision Economics, 2018, 39, (2), 213-225 View citations (4)
12. Gender bias in households’ educational expenditures: Does the stage of schooling matter?
    World Development Perspectives, 2018, 10-12, 15-23 View citations (8)
13. Technology Transfer and National Efficiency: Does Absorptive Capacity Matter?
    African Development Review, 2018, 30, (2), 162-174 View citations (10)
14. Technology transfer, adoption of technology and the efficiency of nations: Empirical evidence from sub Saharan Africa
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2018, 131, (C), 175-182 View citations (15)
15. The Extent and Determinants of Tax Gap in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Ghana
    Journal of International Development, 2018, 30, (6), 992-1005 View citations (4)
16. Unmasking the contributing factors of entrepreneurial activities among men and women in Ghana
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2018, 45, (1), 114-125 View citations (2)

2017

17. Access to Financial Services Via Rural and Community Banks and Poverty Reduction in Rural Households in Ghana
    Journal of African Development, 2017, 19, (2), 67-76 View citations (58)
18. Analysis of School Enrollment in Ghana: A Sequential Approach
    Review of Development Economics, 2017, 21, (4), 1158-1177 View citations (7)
19. Assessing the relationships between human capital, innovation and technology adoption: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2017, 122, (C), 24-33 View citations (39)
20. Paying for education among households in Ghana
    International Journal of Development Issues, 2017, 16, (2), 214-226 View citations (4)
21. Unmasking the factors behind income inequalities in Ghana
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, 44, (7), 884-899 View citations (4)

2016

22. Market Efficiency and Price Discovery in Cocoa Markets
    Journal of African Business, 2016, 17, (2), 209-224 View citations (2)
23. Tax reforms and revenue mobilization in Ghana
    Journal of Economic Studies, 2016, 43, (4), 522-534 View citations (5)

2015

24. Examining the determinants of efficiency using a latent class stochastic frontier model
    Cogent Economics & Finance, 2015, 3, (1), 1124741 View citations (3)
25. What drives national efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa
    Economic Modelling, 2015, 44, (C), 171-179 View citations (15)

2014

26. PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, HUMAN CAPITAL AND DISTANCE TO FRONTIER IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
    Journal of Economic Development, 2014, 39, (4), 27-48 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Productivity growth, human capital and distance to frontier in Sub-Saharan Africa, Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010 (2010) View citations (1) (2010)
27. TFP growth and its determinants: a model averaging approach
    Empirical Economics, 2014, 47, (1), 227-251 View citations (30)