Education
PhD in Economics: University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (2010 –2014)
MPhil. in Economics: University of Ghana (2004 – 2006)
B.A Economics: University of Ghana (1999 – 2003)
Senior Secondary: Yaa Asantewaa Girls’ Secondary School (1995-1997)
Areas of Specialization
Labour markets, Economics of Skill Development and Education, Applied Microeconometrics, Poverty and Inequality and Development Economics.
Courses Currently Taught
Graduate Level
Econ 702: Applied Econometrics (PhD)
Econ 631: Labour Economics I (M.Phil.)
Econ 632: Labour Economics II (M.Phil.)
EPMP 637: Development Economics (M.A.)
Undergraduate Level
Econ 469: Labour Economics I
Econ 462: Labour Economics II
Econ 322: Microeconomics I
Econ 324: Macroeconomics II
Current Research
i. African Economic Research Consortium (AERC): “The Changing Context of African Competitiveness: What will Happen to Manufacturing” a paper commissioned for AERC June 2020 Plenary on Business Environment, Competitiveness and Economic Growth in Africa as part of AERC Biannual Research Workshop. Co-author
ii. Brookings Institute Research Project on Industries Without Smokestacks (IWSS) in Africa: Investigator on a three-member team working on ‘The Ghana country case study of Industries without smokestacks.
iii. International Development Research Centre (IDRC), INCLUDE and the International Labour Organization (ILO) on the research project “Boosting Decent Employment for Africa’s Youth” Co-investigator on the Ghana Team working on “Soft skills for the Youth in sub-Saharan Africa – the Ghanaian Context”.
iv. Official Development Assistance (ODA) Seed Funds with University of Liverpool. Co-investigator on the team working on “Prioritisation and Ordering of Risks (POOR) in Ghana’s Social Security”.
v. Cost-benefit analysis of an intervention to accelerate the end of the Double Track system at the Senior High School Level in Ghana: Provision of Government Subsidies to Children to attend private schools. Local Consultant for Copenhagen Consensus Centre, Ghana Priorities Project.
Selected Recent Publications
i. Twumasi Baffour P., Abdul Rahaman W. and Mohammed I. (2020). Impact of Mobile Money Access on Internal Remittances, Consumption Expenditure and Household Welfare in Ghana. Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-04-2020-0045.
ii. Nketiah-Amponsah E., Abubakari M. and Twumasi Baffour P. (2019). Effect of HIV/AIDS on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recent Evidence. International Advances in Economic Research, https://doi/10.1007/s11294-019-09754-3.
iii. Abdul Rahaman W., Mohammed I. and Twumasi Baffour P. (2019). Simulating the poverty impact of rising food prices on rural household poverty in Ghana. International Journal of Statistics and Economics, Vol. 21, Issue 1.
iv. Mohammed I., Abdul Rahaman W. and Twumasi Baffour P. (2019). The role of personality traits in predicting days lost due to illness: Evidence from the World Bank’s Skills toward Employment and Productivity Survey. International Review of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12232-019-00336-7.
v. Twumasi Baffour P., Mohammed I. and Abdul Rahaman W. (2019). Personality and gender differences in revealed risk preference: evidence from Ghana. International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 46 Issue: 5, pp.631-647, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-07-2018-0346
vi. Twumasi Baffour P., Turkson F. E., Gyeke-Dako A., Oduro A. and Emmanuel Abbey (2018). Innovation and Employment in Manufacturing and Service Firms in Ghana. Small Business Economics Journal (2018), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-018-0120-7. ISSN: 0921-898X (Print) 1573-0913 (Online).
vii. Gyeke-Dako A, Agbloyor, E.K., Turkson F. E., and Twumasi Baffour P. (2018). Financial Development and Social Cost of Financial Intermediation in Africa. Journal of African Business, pp. 455-474, https://doi.org/10.1080/15228916.2018.1446642
viii. Gyeke-Dako A, Oduro A, Turkson F. E., Abbey, E. and Twumasi Baffour P. (2017) Ghana’s Participation in Global Value Chains: The Employment Effects R4D Working Paper 2017/5.
ix. Twumasi Baffour P., Gyeke-Dako A, Oduro A, Turkson F. E. and Abbey, E. (2017) The Employment Generating Effects of Exporting: Firm level evidence of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana. R4D Working Paper 2017/2
