About

UG FACULTY PROFILE LINK: https://pure.ug.edu.gh/en/persons/nkechi-srodah-owoo-2

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA, 2009- 2012

M.A., Economics, Clark University, Massachusetts, USA, 2007- 2009

B.A., Economics with Mathematics minor (First-Class Honors), University of Ghana, Ghana, 2002-2006

Research Interest

Health and Demographic Economics

Gender Economics

Poverty and Inequality in developing countries

Spatial Econometrics

Environmental Sustainability

Climate Change

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 
1)    Owoo, N. S. (2025). Maternal Disability and Child Deaths: An Application of the Penalized Maximum Likelihood Logistic Estimation. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 160, 104972, ISSN 0891-4222, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2025.104972 
2)    Owoo, N. S. (2025). Disability and Education in Ghana: Intersections with Sex and Location. Population and Development Review, http://doi.org/10.1111/padr.70003   
3)    Osei, R. D. and Owoo, N. S. (2024). Multi-dimensional Poverty and Health Outcomes in Ghana. Social Science and Humanities Open, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2024.101108 
4)    Delacroix, C. and Owoo, N. S. (2023). Documenting the perspectives of sub-Saharan African policy makers, researchers and activists on the reproductive rights, population dynamics, and environmental sustainability nexus, World 4(4), 758-775; https://doi.org/10.3390/world4040048
5)    Owoo, N. S. (2023). Patriarchal norms, partner pronatalism and women’s fertility intentions in Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 27 (2): 76- 86
6)    Owoo, N. S. (2022). Couple’s Decision-making Power, Women’s Labour Market Outcomes and Asset Ownership. Population Research and Policy Review, DOI: 10.1007/s11113-022-09732-4
7)    Owoo, N.S. and Osei, R. (2022). Exploring the Dynamics of Interhousehold Consumption Inequality in Ghana. Journal of African Development, Vol 23 (1): 87- 111, doi: 10.5325/jafrideve.23.1.0087 
8)    Owoo, N.S., Lambon-Quayefio, M.P. (2022) Does Job Security Affect Fertility and Fertility Intentions in Ghana? Examining the Evidence. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 43 (1): 86-99 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09758-4 
9)    Owoo, N.S., Lambon-Quayefio, M. P., Gyan, S. and Oduro, D. A. (2022). Exploring Hypotheses Relating to Women’s Earnings and Domestic Work Among Couples in Ghana. African Review of Economics and Finance, ISSN 2042- 1478
10)    Owoo, N. S., Agadjanian, V. and Chama-Chiliba, C. (2021). Revisiting the Polygyny-Intimate Partner Violence Connection: The Role of Religion and Rank. Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol 83 (5): 1310- 1331. http://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12777 
11)    Christian, A.K., Biney, A.A.E., Atiglo, D.Y., Dodoo, N. D., Obeng-Dwamena, A., Owoo, N. S. & Dodoo, F. (2021). Being overweight and its association with risky sexual behaviour among female youth in Ghana. SN Social Sciences 1(3): 1- 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-021-00084-y
12)    Owoo, N. S. & Lambon-Quayefio, M. P. (2021). Mixed Methods Exploration of Ghanaian Women’s Domestic Work, Childcare and Effects on their Mental Health. PlosOne 16 (2) https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245059 
13)    Lambon-Quayefio, M. P. & Owoo, N. S. (2021). Investigating the Long-Term Effects of Child Labour on Household Poverty and Food Insecurity in Ghana. Journal of Demographic Economics, 87 (4): 561-587  http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dem.2020.29 
14)    Owoo, N. S. (2020). Demographic Considerations and Food Security in Nigeria. Journal of Social and Economic Development 23 (1): 128-167  https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-020-00116-y 
15)    Owoo, N. S. (2020). Occupational Prestige and Women’s Experience of Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria, Feminist Economics, 26 (4), 56- 88 https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2020.1820064  
16)    Piñeiro, V., Arias, J., Dürr, J., Elverdin, P., Ibáñez, A. M., Kinengyere, A., Opazo, C. M., Owoo, N. S., Page, J., Prager, S. D. & Torero, M. (2020). A scoping review on incentives for sustainable agricultural practices: from adoption to outcomes, Nature Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-020-00617-y 
17)    Owoo, N. S., Lambon-Quayefio, M., Dávalos, J. & Manu, S. (2020). An Empirical Assessment of the Union ‘Facilitation Effect’ in the Ghanaian Labor Market. Oxford Development Studies 48 (3): 240- 255, DOI: 10.1080/13600818.2020.1808603   
18)    Abubakari, M., Nketiah-Amponsah, E. & Owoo, N. S. (2019). Socio-economic Determinants of Life Expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa. Ghanaian Journal of Economics, 7, 156-177
19)    Owoo, N. S., Lambon-Quayefio, M. P., & Onuoha, N. A. (2019). Abortion Experience and Self-Efficacy: Exploring Socioeconomic Profiles of Ghanaian Women. BMC Reproductive Health, 16 (117) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-019-0775-9 
20)    Owoo, N. S., Lambon-Quayefio, M. P., & Onuoha, N. A. (2019). Effects of Higher Spousal Earnings on Women’s Social Empowerment in Ghana. Forum for Social Economics DOI: 10.1080/07360932.2019.1627671 
21)    Owoo, N. S., Oduro, A., & Ackah, C. (2019). Exploring Firm Performance and Growth among Own-Account and Micro Enterprises in Ghana. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 38 (3), 294- 311
22)    Sarpong, B., Nketiah-Amponsah, E., & Owoo, N. S. (2018). Health and Economic Growth Nexus: Evidence from Selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Countries. Global Business Review, 21 (2), 1- 20
23)    Ampaw, S., Nketiah-Amponsah, E., Owoo, N. S. & Senadza, B. (2018). Nonfarm Enterprise Participation and Healthcare Expenditure among Farm Households in Rural Ghana. International Journal of Social Economics 46 (1), 18- 30. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijse-06-2017-0248  
24)    Ampaw, S., Nketiah-Amponsah, E., Senadza, B. & Owoo, N. S. (2018). Gender Perspective on Life Insurance Demand in Ghana. International Journal of Social Economics, 45 (12), 1631-46
25)    Lambon-Quayefio, M. P., & Owoo, N. S. (2018). Child labour, Future Earnings and Occupation Choice: Evidence from Ghana. International Journal of Social Economics, 45(12), 1590-1608. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijse-06-2017-0261 
26)    Asuman, D., Boakye-Yiadom, L., & Owoo, N. S.  (2018) Understanding Why Households Foster-in Children: Evidence from Ghana. African Social Science Review, 9 (1) Article 6. Available at: https://digitalscholarship.tsu.edu/assr/vol9/iss1/6 
27)    Owoo, N. S. (2018) Food Insecurity and Family Structure in Nigeria. SSM- Population Health, 4, 117-125. Doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.12.004. PMID: 29349280; PMCID: PMC5769104. 
28)    Awalime, D. K., Davies-Teye, B., Vanotoo, L., Owoo, N.S. & Nketiah-Amponsah, E. (2017). Economic evaluation of 2014 cholera outbreak in Ghana: A household cost analysis. Health Economics Review, 7 (45). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-017-0182-2 
29)    Lambon-Quayefio, M.P., & Owoo, N. S. (2017). Determinants and the impact of the National Health Insurance on neonatal mortality in Ghana. Health Economics Review, 7 (34), 1-16 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-017-0169-z 
30)    Owoo, N. S., Lambon-Quayefio, M., & Onuoha, N. (2017). The Role of Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors, Leave Policy and Government Institutions on CS Deliveries in Ghana. Journal of Public Health, 25 (4), 1-8 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10389-017-0816-1 
31)    Salifu, M., Alhassan S., Owoo, N. S. & Boakye-Yiadom, L. (2016). Effect of National Health Insurance Holding on the Choice of Health Facility for Childbirth in Ghana. Science Journal of Public Health 4 (1), 26- 36
32)    Owoo, N. S. (2016). A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Non-Farm Enterprise Performance in Uganda: 2010-2012. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 7(4), 535 – 546. https://doi.org/10.1108/AJEMS-12-2014-0094 
33)    Owoo, N. S. & Naude, W. (2016). Spatial Proximity and Firm Performance: Evidence from Non-Farm Rural Enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria. Regional Studies, 51 (5), 688-700 DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2015.1131896  
34)    Owoo, N. S. (2016). Determinants of Choice of Economic Sector in the Non-Farm Economy in Ghana. African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development, 5 (1), 31-54
35)    Agyei-Mensah, S. & Owoo, N. S. (2015). Explaining Regional Fertility Variations in Ghana. Journal of Population Research 32, 157- 172; DOI: 10.1007/s12546-015-9147-7.
36)    Owoo, N. S., Agyei-Mensah, S. & Onuoha, E. (2015). The Effect of Neighborhood Mortality Shocks on Fertility Preferences: A Spatial Econometric Approach. The European Journal of Health Economics 16 (6), 629-645; DOI: 10.1007/s10198-014-0615-3.
37)    Owoo, N. S. & Boakye-Yiadom, L. (2015). The Gender Dimension of the Effects of Land Tenure Security on Agricultural Productivity: Some Evidence from Two Districts in Kenya. Journal of International Development 27, 917- 928 DOI: 10.1002/jid.3028.
38)    Lambon-Quayefio, M. P. & Owoo, N. S. (2014). The Effect of Antenatal Care and Skilled Delivery on Neonatal Mortality in Ghana. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 12 (5), 511-22. DOI: 10.1007/s40258-014-0103-z
39)    Owoo, N. S. & Lambon-Quayefio, M. P. (2013). National Health Insurance, Social Influence and Antenatal Care Use. Health Economics Review 3 (19) DOI: 10.1186/2191-1991-3-19.
Book Chapters
40)    Lambon-Quayefio, M. Ranchhod, V., Mwabu, G., Owoo, N. S., Muriithi, M., Zanfini, L., Mutigi, R. (2025). Inequalities in Education and Health. In A. David, M. Leibbrandt, V. Ranchhhod, & R. Yasser (Eds.), Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges. World Bank Publication, ISBN-10: ‎ 146482150X
41)    Owoo, N. S., Shifa, M., Ranchhod, V. and Zhang, M. (2025). Spatial inequality – multidimensional inequalities across space. In A. David, M. Leibbrandt, V. Ranchhhod, & R. Yasser (Eds.), Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges (pp. 103- 128). World Bank Publication, ISBN-10: ‎ 146482150X
42)    Owoo, N. S. 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
43)    Owoo, N. S. and Lambon-Quayefio, M. (2018). The Agro Processing Industry and Its Potential for Structural Transformation of the Ghanaian Economy in Page, J. and Tarp, F. (Eds.) Industries without Smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa Reconsidered, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
44)    Owoo, N. S. and Page, J. (2017). Industrial Policy in Ghana: From a Dominant State to Resource Abundance in Aryeetey, E. and Kanbur, R. (Eds.), The Economy of Ghana Sixty Years after Independence. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
45)    Aryeetey, E. and Owoo, N. S. (2017). Ghana’s Experiments with Business- Government Co-ordination in Page, J. and Tarp, F. (Eds.) The Practice of Industrial Policy: Government-Business Coordination in Africa and East Asia, Oxford University Press, Oxford UK
Working Papers
46)    Owoo, N. (2024). Interventions to promote health and reproductive rights in SSA and other developing countries- a systematic review identifying lessons learnt. PEP Working Paper 2024-11, ISSN 2709-7331
47)    Owoo, N. (2024). Gender, Disability and Economic Outcomes, PEP Working Paper 2024-10, ISSN 2709-7331
48)    Owoo, N., Amankwa, A., Castaing, P, and Palacios-Lopez, A. (2024). Household Business Performance in Ghana: The Role of Personality Traits and Gender Role Attitudes. Policy Research Working Paper, WP 10804. LSMS, Washington, D.C., World Bank Group
49)    Owoo, N. (2024). Climate shocks, adaptation, and wellbeing in Ghana- A mixed methods study. Centre for Global Development, Working paper 692.
50)    Akuffo, A., Castaing, P. Owoo, N.S., Palacios-Lopez, A. (2024). Labor Market Participation and Employment Choice in Ghana: Do Individual Personality Traits and Gender Role Attitudes Matter? Policy Research Working Paper Series; no. WPS 10664; LSMS, Washington, D.C., World Bank Group. 
51)    Lambon-Quayefio, M. P., Yeboah, T., Owoo, N., Asiedu, E., Berko E., Zakariah, M. S., Koranchie, C., Agyemang, A. Y. N. (2023). What works for Youth Employment in Africa: A review of youth employment policies and their impact in Ghana. PEP Working Paper Series, Working Paper 2023-18, ISSN 2709-7331
52)    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
53)    Owoo, N.S., Osei, R. & Afranie, S. (2020). Exploring the Dynamics of Micro- Level Consumption Inequality in Ghana. AFD Research Papers, No. 148, ISSN 2492 – 2846
54)    Boakye-Yiadom, L. & Owoo, N. S. (2017). Early Labour Market Transitions of Women in Low Income African Countries. A Descriptive Analysis for Ghana. Advancing Women in Africa, Working Paper 2
55)    Owoo, N. S. & Naude, W. (2014). Non-Farm Enterprise Performance and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria, IZA Discussion Papers; Institute for the Study of Labour, (IZA). No. 8295.
Books
56)    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).