Education, Human Capital and Child Development
Educational participation, learning outcomes and inequalities in access to educational resources — enrolment, parental expectations, teacher absenteeism, school distance and infrastructure deprivation — together with the links between education and wider household conditions.
Key topics
- School enrolment and educational participation
- Educational infrastructure and resource inequality
- Teacher absenteeism and school accessibility
- Child learning and cognitive outcomes
- Human capital and economic growth
- Household energy use and children's education
- Health insurance and educational outcomes
- Early childhood development
Contributing faculty
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Prof. Ferdinand Ahiakpor
Professor of Economics (currently on formal secondment)
Labour and industrial economics, economic policy modelling
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Prof. Mark Kojo Armah
Associate Professor of Economics; inaugural Head of Department (2018–2020)
Development economics, econometrics and macroeconomic modelling
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Dr. Joshua Sebu
Senior Lecturer in Economics and Data Science
Survey data, financial inclusion and energy poverty
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Dr. Raymond Elikplim Kofinti
Senior Lecturer in Economics; Departmental Registration and Examinations Officer
Poverty, inequality and child welfare
