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Priscilla Twumasi Baffour

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor of Economics - University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Labour marketsEconomic GrowthStructural transformation and enterprise development
Publications

63

Citations

497

H-index

13

i10-index

17

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
7.9
Most cited paper
41
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:37
Publications

63 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Impact of mobile money access on internal remittances, consumption expenditure and household welfare in Ghana
P Twumasi Baffour, W Abdul Rahaman, I Mohammed
2021 Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences 37 (3), 337-354, 2021 Social Sciences 41
Innovation and employment in manufacturing and service firms in Ghana
PT Baffour, F Ebo Turkson, A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, EN Abbey
2020 Small Business Economics 54 (4), 1153-1164, 2020 Social Sciences 36
Regional integration and non‐tariff barriers to Intra‐Sub‐Saharan Africa trade
E Turkson, AD Oduro, PT Baffour, P Quartey
2023 The World Economy 46 (2), 396-414, 2023 Social Sciences 35
Effect of HIV/AIDS on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: recent evidence
E Nketiah-Amponsah, M Abubakari, PT Baffour
2019 International Advances in Economic Research 25 (4), 469-480, 2019 Social Sciences 34
Socioeconomic determinants of use and choice of modern contraceptive methods in Ghana
E Nketiah-Amponsah, S Ampaw, P Twumasi Baffour
2022 Tropical medicine and health 50 (1), 33, 2022 Health Sciences 32
Personality and gender differences in revealed risk preference: evidence from Ghana
P Twumasi Baffour, I Mohammed, W Abdul Rahaman
2019 International Journal of Social Economics 46 (5), 631-647, 2019 Social Sciences 31
Financial development and the social cost of financial intermediation in Africa
A Gyeke-Dako, EK Agbloyor, FE Turkson, PT Baffour
2018 Journal of African Business 19 (4), 455-474, 2018 Social Sciences 25
Determinants of urban worker earnings in Ghana and Tanzania: The role of education
P Twumasi Baffour
2013 CREDIT Research Paper, 2013 Social Sciences 23
Employment Creation Potential, Labor Skills Requirements, and Skills Gaps for Young People: Ghana Case Study
E Aryeetey, PT Baffour, FE Turkson
2021 < bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …, 2021 Social Sciences 15
Ghana’s participation in global value chains: The employment effects
A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, PT Baffour, EN Abbey
2017 Zurich: Swiss National Science Foundation, 2017 Social Sciences 15
Influences of parental occupation on children's occupational choices
W Abdul Rahaman, I Mohammed, FE Turkson, PT Baffour
2023 International Journal of Social Economics 50 (12), 1735-1755, 2023 Social Sciences 14
African competitiveness and the business environment: Does manufacturing still have a role to play?
E Aryeetey, PT Baffour
2022 Journal of African Economies 31 (Supplement_1), i33-i58, 2022 Social Sciences 14
The employment generating effects of exporting: Firm level evidence of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Ghana
EN Abbey, A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, PT Baffour
2017 Revista Swiss Programme For Research On Global for Development. Recuperado el 11, 2017 Social Sciences 14
Union wage effect: Evidence from Ghana
J Owusu-Afriyie, P Twumasi Baffour, W Baah-Boateng
2023 Cogent Economics & Finance 11 (2), 2231208, 2023 Social Sciences 13
Selection into employment sectors in Urban Ghana and Tanzania: The role of education
PT Baffour, FE Turkson
2015 Research in World Economy 6 (4), 78-92, 2015 Social Sciences 11
The effect of technological innovation on the quantity and quality of employment in Ghana
A Gyeke-Dako, AD Oduro, FE Turkson, P Twumasi Baffour, E Abbey
2016 Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development, R4D Working …, 2016 Social Sciences 10
Determinants of urban labour earnings in Tanzania, 2000/01-06
V Leyaro, P Twumasi Baffour, O Morrissey, T Owens
2014 CREDIT Research Paper, 2014 Social Sciences 10
Estimating public and private sectors' union wage effects in Ghana: is there a disparity?
J Owusu-Afriyie, PT Baffour, W Baah-Boateng
2024 International Journal of Social Economics 51 (9), 1109-1122, 2024 Social Sciences 9
Precarious work in the formal sector–Evidence from Ghana
PT Baffour, E Abbey
2023 World Development Perspectives 29, 100492, 2023 Social Sciences 9
Cost-benefit analysis of interventions to improve learning in Ghanaian schools: A comparison between school feeding and teaching at the right level: Ghana Priorities
FE Turkson
2020 Copenhagen Consensus Center, 2020 Social Sciences 9
Education and earnings inequality in Ghana
PT Baffour
2016 Modern Economy 7 (04), 456, 2016 Social Sciences 8
Assessing the overall benefits of programs enhancing human capital and equity: a new method with an application to school meals
H Alderman, E Aurino, PT Baffour, A Gelli, FE Turkson, B Wong
2025 Economics of Education Review 106, 102646, 2025 Social Sciences 7
Gender differences in earnings rewards to personality traits in wage-employment and self-employment labour markets
I Mohammed, PT Baffour, WA Rahaman
2021 Management and Labour Studies 46 (2), 204-228, 2021 Social Sciences 7
The effects of innovation on the quantity and quality of jobs: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
P Twumasi Baffour, P Quartey, E Adu-Danso
2024 Innovation and Development 14 (1), 165-187, 2024 Social Sciences 6
Gender differences in the extractive sector: A case study of mining in Ghana
W Baah-Boateng, PT Baffour, E Akyeampong
2017 Mimeographed, University of Ghana International Institute for Advanced Studies, 2017 Social Sciences 6