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Nkechi S. Owoo

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Economics, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0002-5220-9733 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Demographic EconomicsHealth EconomicsClimate ChangeGender EconomicsSpatial Econometrics
Publications

100

Citations

2,273

H-index

21

i10-index

37

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
22.7
Most cited paper
1,032
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 22:50
Publications

100 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes
V Piñeiro, J Arias, J Dürr, P Elverdin, AM Ibáñez, A Kinengyere, ...
2020 Nature Sustainability 3 (10), 809-820, 2020 Agriculture 1,032
Demographic considerations and food security in Nigeria
NS Owoo
2021 Journal of Social and Economic Development 23 (1), 128-167, 2021 Social Sciences 97
A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes. Nat Sustain 3: 809–820
V Piñeiro, J Arias, J Dürr, P Elverdin, AM Ibáñez, A Kinengyere, ...
2020 Agriculture 97
National health insurance, social influence and antenatal care use in Ghana
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio
2013 Health economics review 3 (1), 19, 2013 Social Sciences 77
The agro-processing industry and its potential for structural transformation of the Ghanaian economy
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio
2018 Industries without smokestacks: Industrialization in Africa reconsidered …, 2018 Social Sciences 69
Health and economic growth nexus: Evidence from selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries
B Sarpong, E Nketiah-Amponsah, NS Owoo
2020 Global Business Review 21 (2), 328-347, 2020 Social Sciences 58
Food insecurity and family structure in Nigeria
NS Owoo
2018 SSM-population health 4, 117-125, 2018 Social Sciences 55
Examining the influence of antenatal care visits and skilled delivery on neonatal deaths in Ghana
MP Lambon-Quayefio, NS Owoo
2014 Applied health economics and health policy 12 (5), 511-522, 2014 Social Sciences 51
Determinants and the impact of the National Health Insurance on neonatal mortality in Ghana
M Lambon-Quayefio, NS Owoo
2017 Health economics review 7 (1), 34, 2017 Health Sciences 47
The gender dimension of the effects of land tenure security on agricultural productivity: Some evidence from two districts in Kenya
NS Owoo, L Boakye‐Yiadom
2015 Journal of International Development 27 (7), 917-928, 2015 Social Sciences 46
Mixed methods exploration of Ghanaian women’s domestic work, childcare and effects on their mental health
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio
2021 PLoS One 16 (2), e0245059, 2021 Health Sciences 45
Spatial proximity and firm performance: evidence from non-farm rural enterprises in Ethiopia and Nigeria
NS Owoo, W Naudé
2017 Regional Studies 51 (5), 688-700, 2017 Agriculture 37
The role of the construction sector in Ghana
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio
2018 WIDER working paper, 2018 Engineering 36
Explaining regional fertility variations in Ghana
S Agyei-Mensah, NS Owoo
2015 Journal of Population Research 32 (3), 157-172, 2015 Social Sciences 34
Revisiting the polygyny and intimate partner violence connection: The role of religion and wife's rank in Nigeria
NS Owoo, V Agadjanian, C M Chama‐Chiliba
2021 Journal of marriage and family 83 (5), 1310-1331, 2021 Humanities 31
Gender perspective on life insurance demand in Ghana
S Ampaw, E Nketiah-Amponsah, NS Owoo
2018 International Journal of Social Economics 45 (12), 1631-1646, 2018 Social Sciences 30
The construction sector in Ghana
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio
2020 Mining for Change 128, 2020 Engineering 28
Abortion experience and self-efficacy: exploring socioeconomic profiles of GHANAIAN women
NS Owoo, MP Lambon-Quayefio, N Onuoha
2019 Reproductive health 16 (1), 117, 2019 Social Sciences 24
The effect of neighbourhood mortality shocks on fertility preferences: a spatial econometric approach
NS Owoo, S Agyei-Mensah, E Onuoha
2015 The European Journal of Health Economics 16 (6), 629-645, 2015 Social Sciences 23
Multi-dimensional poverty and health outcomes in Ghana
RD Osei, NS Owoo
2024 Social Sciences & Humanities Open 10, 101108, 2024 Social Sciences 22
Patriarchal norms, partner pronatalism, and women's fertility intentions in Ghana
NS Owoo
2023 African Journal of Reproductive Health/La Revue Africaine de La Santé …, 2023 Social Sciences 21
Investigating the long-term effects of child labor on household poverty and food insecurity in Ghana
MP Lambon-Quayefio, NS Owoo
2021 Journal of Demographic Economics 87 (4), 561-587, 2021 Social Sciences 21
Occupational prestige and women’s experience of intimate partner violence in Nigeria
NS Owoo
2020 Feminist Economics 26 (4), 56-88, 2020 Social Sciences 20
Non-Farm Enterprise Performance and Spatial Autocorrelation in Rural Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia and Nigeria
N Owoo, W Naudé
2014 IZA Discussion Paper No. 8295, 2014 Agriculture 20
Economic evaluation of 2014 cholera outbreak in Ghana: a household cost analysis
DK Awalime, BBK Davies-Teye, LA Vanotoo, NS Owoo, ...
2017 Health Economics Review 7 (1), 45, 2017 Social Sciences 19