Gender differences in spending on information and communication technology and transport fuel intensity: Evidence from Ghana

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This study estimated the effects of spending on information and communication technology (ICT) on transport fuel intensity and examined how the effects of gender on transport fuel intensity depend on spending on ICT in expanding economies. It applied restricted dependent binary logistic regression to the Ghana Living Standards Survey of 14,009 households disaggregated into 4366 women’s and 9643 men’s households, respectively.

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Information and communication technology expenditures and household transport fuel market participation and consumption in Ghana

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The paper looked at the effect of household outlay on information and communication technology (ICT) on market participation and consumption choices for transportation fuel, as well as the role that household location plays in determining how ICT affects both educated and uneducated households’ market participation and consumption choices. The double-hurdle model was applied to five rounds of secondary Ghana Living Standard Surveys (GLSS).

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Estimating public and private sectors' union wage effects in Ghana: is there a disparity?

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PurposeThis study seeks to estimate union wage effect in the public and private sectors of Ghana, respectively. It also seeks to ascertain whether the union wage effect in the two sectors varies.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey 6 (GLSS 6, 2012/2013) and Ghana Labour Force Survey (GLFS, 2015).

Precarious work in the formal sector – Evidence from Ghana

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Although the literature on precarious work is evolving, the empirical evidence so far has been on developed countries. For developing countries, particularly in Africa, the relatively scanty evidence has mostly focused on the informal sector. A noticeable gap in the literature is the missing evidence in the formal sector. This study, as a result, investigates the incidence of precarious employment from the perspective of a developing country in a ‘seemingly’ protected formal sector.

Union wage effect: Evidence from Ghana

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Consistent with Convention 87 of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Section 79 of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651) empowers every employee in an organization to either form or join a trade union of their choice for the promotion and protection of their economic and social interests. In spite of this legal provision, union coverage and density in Ghana have continually declined in recent years. The decline in union density and coverage is likely to decrease the collective bargaining strength of unions.

Escaped or Trapped? The Untold Story of Ghana’s Poverty Reduction

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Ghana’s economic growth and poverty reduction have been remarkable in the past few decades. However, the pace of poverty reduction has decreased since 2013. In addition, there are large differences in poverty levels across regions and socio-economic groups. People living in rural areas,those in traditional farming, and low-productivity informal sectors are vulnerable to various shocks including climate shocks, job losses, etc. The COVID-19 pandemic has further worsened the situation.

Differences in inequality measurement: Ghana case study

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Over the years, money-metric measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient and the Palma Ratio, as frequently used in Ghana, have become useful in providing quantitative measures of welfare distribution that enable a better understanding of the extent and nature of inequality. From these measures, we know that inequality has been rising in Ghana despite high and stable growth and a decline in the poverty rate. Although rising, however, inequality is low in Ghana compared with other countries in the sub-region.