Monica Lambon-Quayefio

Associate Professor on Sabbatical Leave

Contact info mplambon-quayefio@ug.edu.gh

About

Current Positions and Affiliations

  • Senior Lecturer: Department of Economics, University of Ghana (January 2019 - present)
  • Affiliate: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
  • Research Fellow: Centre for Effective Global Action (CEGA), University of California, Berkeley, USA
  • Research Fellow: Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) & Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
  • Senior Research Fellow: Environment for Development (EfD) Initiative, University of Ghana, 2018 - present)
  • Assistant Policy Engagement Coordinator: EfD Initiative, University of Ghana, January 2023 - present)

Education

Ph.D. Economics                                            Clark University, Massachusetts, USA, 2011 - 2014

M.A. Economics                                            Clark University, Massachusetts, USA, 2008 -2010

B.A. Economics (with Mathematics)                 University of Ghana, Accra,Ghana, 2002-2006

Research Interest

Broad Areas:   Development Economics; Health and Demographic Economics.

Focus Areas:   Gender and Labour Markets; Social Protection; Education and Digital Innovation in Agriculture.

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Lambon-Quayefio, M., Peterman, A., Handa, S., Molotsky, A., Otchere, F., Mvula, P. M., ... & Milazzo, A. (2024). Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi. World Development,175, 2024,106483, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106483.
  2. Lambon-Quayefio, M. P. (2023).  Walking for water and fuelwood: Welfare implications for women and children in Ghana. Journal of International Development, 1– 33. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3818
  3. Aliga, A., Delbiso, T. D., Kitsao-Wekulo, P., Lambon-Quayefio, M., Moussié, R., Peterman, A., & Tilahun, N. (2023). Smart investment in global childcare requires local solutions and a coordinated research agenda. BMJ Global Health, 8(9), e012827.
  4. Owoo, N.S., Lambon-Quayefio, M.P. (2022) Does Job SecurityAffect Fertility and Fertility Intentions in Ghana? Examining the Evidence. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 43

(1):  86-99https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09758-4

  1. Owoo, N.S., Lambon-Quayefio, M. P., Gyan, S. and Oduro, D. A. (2022).Exploring Hypotheses Relating to Women’s Earningsand Domestic Work Among Couplesin Ghana. African Review of Economicsand Finance, ISSN 2042- 1478
  2. Asiedu E, Karlan D, Lambon-Quayefio M, Udry C. A call for structured ethics appendices in social science papers. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Jul 20;118(29): e2024570118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2024570118. PMID: 34253610.
  3. Lambon-Quayefio, M., & Owoo, N. (2021). Investigating the long-term effects of child labor on household poverty and food insecurity in Ghana. Journal of Demographic Economics, 1-

27. doi:10.1017/dem.2020.29

  1. Osei, R. D., & Lambon-Quayefio, M. (2021). Cash transfers and the supply of labor by poor households: Evidencefrom the livelihood empowerment against povertyprogram in Ghana. Review of Development Economics. doi:10.1111/rode.12784
  2. Owoo NS, Lambon-Quayefio MP (2021) Mixed methods exploration of Ghanaian women’s domestic work, childcare and effects on their mental health. PLoS ONE 16(2): e0245059. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245059
  3. Osei, R.D., Lambon-Quayefio, M.P. (2021) “Effects of Long-Term Malnutrition on Education Outcomes in Ghana: Evidence from a Panel Study. European Journal of Development Research. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-020-00350-4
  4. Osei, C.K, Nketiah-Amponsah, E and Lambon-Quayefio, M (2020). Household Wealth and Maternal Health: Evidencefrom Ghana. International Journalof Social Economics, vol. 48, issue 1, 63-83
  5. Owoo, Nkechi;Lambon-Quayefio, Monica,Davalos, Jorge, Manu, Samuel (2020).Union ‘facilitation effect’ and access to non-wage benefitsin the Ghanaian labour market.Oxford Development Studies. 48:3, 240-255,Doi:10.1080/13600818.2020.1808603.
  6. Owoo, NS; Lambon-Quayefio, MP; Onuoha, Nicole (2019):” Abortion Experience and Self- Efficacy: Exploring Socio-Economic Profiles of Ghanaian Women”. Reproductive Health. Volume 16 (1):117.doi: 10.1186/s12978-019-0775-9.
  7. Owoo, NS; Lambon-Quayefio, MP; Onuoha, Nicole (2019): “Effects of Higher Spousal Earning on Women’s Social Empowerment in Ghana. Forum for Social Economics DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2019.1627671
  8. Quartey, Peter; Ackah, Charles, Lambon-Quayefio, MP, (2018) “Inter-linkages between Remittance and Savings in Ghana" International Journalof Social Economics, Vol. 46 Issue 1, pp 152-166, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-12-2017-0618
  9. Lambon-Quayefio, MP, Owoo, N, (2018) “Child labour, Future Earnings and Occupation Choice: Evidence from Ghana. International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 45 Issue: 12, pp.1590-1608, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-06-2017-0261
  10. Lambon-Quayefio, M.P and Owoo. NS (2017). “Determinants and the Impact of the National Health Insurance on Neonatal Mortality in Ghana.” Health Economics Review. Sep 29;7(1):34. doi: 10.1186/s13561-017-0169-z.
  11. Lambon-Quayefio, M.P (2017). “Non-Farm Enterprises and the Rural Youth Unemployment Challenge in Ghana” The IDS Bulletin, 48(3) doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/1968-2017.130
  12. Owoo, N. and Lambon-Quayefio, M.P. (2017). “The Role of demographic and socioeconomic factors, leave policy and government institutions in CS deliveries in Ghana.” J Public Health (2017) 25:557–564 DOI 10.1007/s10389-017-0816-1
  13. Owoo, N, Lambon-Quayefio, M.P. And Manu, S (2016). “Gender Differentials of Non-Wage Benefits on Job Tenure” International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 4(2):77-87
  14. Lambon-Quayefio, M.P and Owoo. NS (2014). “Examining the Effects of Antenatal Care and Skilled Assistance on Neonatal Deaths in Ghana” Applied Health and Health Policy. DOI 10.1007/s40258- 0140103-z
  15. Owoo, N. and Lambon- Quayefio,M.P. (2013). “NationalHealth Insurance, Social Influence and Antenatal Care Use.” Health Economics Review, 3: 9

 

 

Books

 

  • Ankomah, A. R., Osei, R. D., Osei-Akoto, I., Asante, F. A., Oduro, A., Owoo, N. S., Lambon- Quayefio, M. P., and Afranie, S. 2020. Inequality Diagnostics for Ghana. Rondebosch, South Africa: African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR).

 

Book Chapters

  • “Structural Transformation And Inclusive Growth In Ghana”,Osei, R,D;Atta-Ankomah, R and Lambon-Quayefio,M. in Alisjahbana, Armida Salsiah, Kunal Sen, Andy Sumner, and Arief Anshory Yusuf. “The Developer’s Dilemma:Structural Transformation, Inequality Dynamics, And Inclusive Growth”, Oxford University Press, 2022.
  • Owoo, N. and Lambon-Quayefio, M. (2020). The Role of the Construction Sector in Ghana in Page, J. & Tarp, F. (Eds.), Mining for Change: Natural Resources and Industry in Africa, 2020, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
  • The Agro-Processing Industry and Its Potential for Structural Transformation of the Ghanaian Economy” Owoo, NS and Lambon-Quayefio, M. in John Page and Finn Tarp, editors,Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in AfricaReconsidered, 2018, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

 

Working Papers

  • Monica Lambon-Quayefio & Thomas Yeboah & Nkechi S. Owoo & Marjan Petreski & Catherine Koranchie & Edward Asiedu & Mohammed Zakaria & Ernest Berko & Yaw Nsiah Agyemang, 2023. "Empirical Review of Youth-Employment Programs in Ghana," Papers 2311.06048, arXiv.org.
  • Lambon-Quayefio, M., Adjei-Mantey, K., & Adu-Danso, E. (2023). Structural Transformation in Rural Ghana: The Trends and Drivers. Retrieved August 1, 2023, from https://www.canr.msu.edu/prci/publications/Ghana_%20PRCI_STAAARS_Working_Paper_8_1_2023.pdf
  • Ackah, C.G., Lambon-Quayefio, M.P. (2023). Domestic savings in sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Ghana. WIDER Working Paper 2023/38. Helsinki: UNU-WIDER. https://doi.org/10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2023/346-8
  • Richmond Atta-Ankomah & Monica P. Lambon-Quayefio & Robert Darko Osei (2023). "Differences in inequality measurement: Ghana case study," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2023-91, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  • Lambon-Quayefio, M.P. (2021). The Challenges of Child Labour Research: Data Challenges and Opportunities, ACHA Rapid Review 2, Brighton: Action on Children’s Harmful Work in African Agriculture, IDS, DOI: 10.19088/ACHA.2021.006
  • Owoo, N. S., Lambon-Quayefio, M. P., and Amaechina, E. (2022). Exploring the Evidence for Inward Diffusion of Soil Conservation Practices among Farmers in Nigeria: A Spatiotemporal Analysis. Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, EfD DP 22- 08

 

Work in Progress

 

  • Making digitization more inclusive for job matching (with Henry Telli, James Dzansi and Kofi Takyi Asante)
  • Improving Labour Market Efficiency in Ghana: A field experiment (with Henry Telli, James Dzansi and Kofi Takyi Asante)
  • Female Entrepreneurship and Professional Networks (with Edward Asiedu, Ashley Wong and Francesca Truffa)
  • Educational Inequality, Labour Market Outcomes and Multidimensional poverty (with Edward Asiedu and Edwin Atsitsogbui)
  • Evaluating the impact of the Free Senior High School Policy in Ghana
  • Impact of early child care education policy on labour market outcomes of women (with Henry Telli, Morgan Hardy, and Gisella Kagy)

 

Conference and Seminar Proceedings

 

  • Presenter – Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) Conference 2024: Economic    Development in Africa. Oxford, UK.  – 17-19 March,2024
  • Presenter – International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) 2nd Annual Research Conference Digitalization and Development”. Paris, France – 22-23. January,2024
  • Presenter – Development Economics Research Group (World Bank Group) Seminar Series. September, 2023
  • Presenter and Committee Member – International Association of Female Economists Annual Conference: "Envisioning Feminist Economics Strategies for an Equitable and Sustainable World,” Cape Town, South-Africa - Monday, 5-8. July, 2023
  • Presenter – Annual Bank Conference Development Economics 2023: "Growth and Resilience.” World Bank, Washington DC, USA - Monday, 5-6. June, 2023
  • Presenter – The Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) 2022 Conference, Economic Growth Center at Yale University in New Haven, CT, USA, 5-6 November, 2022
  • Presenter - Gender Inequalities and Economic Theory and Policies for a Post- Pandemic World,Levy Economics Institute of Bard College,NY, USA, 21st - 23rd September 2022
  • Keynote Speaker –Gender Inequality in the GlobalSouth: The Role of Social Institutions, INEQ Inequality Week. Helsinki Finland- May 30th- June 3, 2022.
  • Panel Presenter- Reducing In-equalities – What is the Untapped Potentialof Academic Research? INEQ Inequality Week. Helsinki Finland- May 30th- June 3, 2022.
  • Panel moderator-IUSSP Webinar Serieson Social Norms as a Barrier to Women’s Employment, 8th March, 2022
  • Presenter: Population Association of AmericaAnnual Meeting; April 2022
  • Presenter: Allied Social Sciences Association (American Economic Association) Annual Meeting; (Virtual), January 2022.
  • Presenter: International Population Conference (IPC) (Virtual), December 5-10, 2021. Panel Chair/Presenter: International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) Virtual Conference, 22nd- 25th June 2021
  • Presenter/Discussant: IUSSP Poverty and Inequality Conference (Virtual Meeting),December 8- 10th, 2020
  • Presenter: Global Interdisciplinary Policy ResearchConference On YouthTransitions. Geneva Switzerland. February 20-21, 2020.
  • Presenter: IUSSP Population Poverty and Inequality Research Conference. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. 27- 29thJune 2019.
  • Presenter: WIDER Development Conference-Transforming Economies for Better Jobs.Bangkok, Thailand. 11-13th September 2019.
  • Participant: National Bureau of EconomicResearch (NBER) -Transforming Rural Africa Conference Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. February 28th- March 1st, 2019.
  • Participant: University of Sussex/ IDS Workshop on the use of LSMS Data to Explore How Youth Engage with the Rural Economy. Nairobi, Kenya. February 4th -8th, 2019.
  • Presenter: AFD 13th International Conference on Development - Inequality and Social Cohesion, Paris, France. December 4th-7th, 2018.
  • Presenter:Inception and Capacity BuildingWorkshop on Healthcare Financing in sub-Saharan Africa- Country Case Studies. Nairobi, Kenya. November 15th -16th, 2018.
  • Participant:Regional Conference Inequality in Southern Africa, the 2030 Agenda and the Operationalization of Inequality ReducingPolicies – FosteringRegional Engagement. Cape Town, South Africa. November 12th -13th, 2018
  • Co- Presenter: 4th IZA/DFIDGLM-LIC Research Conference: New Research on Labor Marketsin Low-Income Countries. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. September 28-29, 2018
  • Participant-UNU-WIDER Development Conference, Helsinki-Finland. September 13-15, 2018
  • Presenter- UNU-WIDER Authors’ Workshop, Helsinki- Finland. May 26-28, 2018.
  • Presenter: Centre for SocialPolicy Studies International Conference-Accra-Ghana. May 8-9, 2018
  • Presenter: Population Association of America (PAA) - Colorado, Denver-USA. April 26-April28, 2018 (Poster Presentation)
  • Presenter: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) - International Population Conference, Cape-town- South Africa. October 29-November 3, 2017 (Poster Presentation)
  • Presenter- UNU-WIDER Authors’ Workshop, Helsinki-Finland. July 19-20,2016.

 

Referee/ Reviewer:

Journal of Development Economics; World Development; African Development Review; Feminist Economics; International Journal of Social Economics; Population Health; International Health Economics Association; BMC Health Services; Demography, National Science Foundation. Forum for Social Economics. SSM- Population and Health, FrontiersGlobal Women’s Health. Social Science Research, PLOS ONE. 

 

Statistical Training/ Facilitator:

University of Ghana/University of Michigan Collaborative Session of usingSurvey Data in Stata, 2013-18

World Vision-Statistical Training on Impact Evaluation Training using Stata,Ghana, 2017

 

Professional Membership:

International Association of Feminist Economists (IAFFE)

Network of Impact Evaluation Researchers in Africa (NIERA)

Development Impact West Africa (DIWA)

International HealthEconomic Association (iHEA)

International Unionfor the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Population Association of America (PAA)

The Union for African Population Studies (UAPS) African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

Women in Economics (Ghana)

Women in Environmental Economics for Development (WinEED)

 

 

Extension Work

  • Editor, Journal of Development Effectiveness (February 2023 - present)
  • Session Facilitator: Gender & Growth Gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa - A dialogue for researchers, policymakers & practitioner (organized by Yale University, USA and Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), Ghana.
  • BREAD-AFRICA Workshop- Planning Committee Member (June-December 2023)
  • IAFFE 2023 Conference- Poster Panel Member (July 2023)
  • Facilitator, PEDL Young Scholars Matchmaking Workshop 2023, Oxford University
  • Moderator: IUSSP Webinar Series on Social Norms as a Barrier to Women’s Employment (March 8th, 2022)
  • Facilitator-JPAL-Africa Pre-PhD Mentoring Program (2022-present)
  • Moderator: Frederich Ebert Stiftung Panel:Does the DigitalEconomy have any Prospects for Job Creation in Africa? (26th February 2022)
  • Moderator: AfricaSkills Hub Sexualand Gender BasedViolence Panel Session(October 27th,2021) La-Palm Beach Hotel.
  • Mentor MenteeSession: University of Ghana EconomicStudents Society (UGESS)(17th July 2021) External Reviewer of PhD Thesis – Tendai Zawaira, Essays on Gender Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa, Department of Economics, University of Pretoria (March 2021)
  • Internal Reviewerof PhD Thesis - Theresa EnyonamAdzo Doke, HealthFinancing in Ghana:The Role of Microfinance Institutions in Reducing Health Risks, Institute of Statistical Social and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana (November,2021).