Dr Isaac Koomson

Biography

Isaac Koomson is a multi-disciplinary researcher with interests in Development Economics, Finance and Small Business and Entreprenurship. He has currently added Agricultural Economics to his areas of interest.

Isaac has close to a decade of teaching experience at the tertiary level. He lectured in the university of Cape Coast, Ghana and proceeded to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Ghana. He is currently the Lead Economist/Consultant for the Network for Socioeconomic Research and Advancement (NESRA), Accra, Ghana.

He has consulted for the World Bank and the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) and other organisations.

Qualifications

PhD (Applied Econometrics), UNE; MPhil (Economics) UCC, Ghana.

Awards

Chancellor’s Doctoral Research Medal (12/03/2020)

D H Drummond Thesis Prize in Economic Studies (2020)

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Level

QM161: Business Statistics

ECON101: Introductory Microeconomics

QM162/QM262: Introduction to Business Analytics

QM367: Analytics for Business Research

ECON376: Applied Econometrics

Graduate Level

ECON576: Applied Econometrics

Research Interests

• Development Economics
• Microfinance
• Behavioural Economics
• Small Business
• Financial Economics

Ongoing research includes

• Increasing the impact of financial literacy training programmes on household consumption by empowering women
• The role of financial literacy in households’ asset accumulation process
• Gender heterogeneity in savings in Ghana: An Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition.
• Achieving SDG3 through financial inclusion: Empirics from Ghana

Publications

Book

Lahai, J. I., & Koomson, I. (2020). State Fragility and Resilience in Sub-Saharan African: Indicators and Interventions. Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367853846

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Book Chapter

Peprah, J. A., Afoakwah, C., & Koomson, I. (2020). Analysis of Crop Yield Volatility Among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana. In Inclusive Green Growth (pp. 69-89). Springer, Cham.

Bukari, C., & Koomson, I. (2020). Adoption of Mobile Money for Healthcare Utilization and Spending in Rural Ghana. In Moving from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 37-60). Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1556-9_3

Koomson, I., & Ibrahim, M. (2018). Financial Inclusion and Growth of Non-farm Enterprises in Ghana. In Financing Sustainable Development in Africa (pp. 369-396). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78843-2_14

Peprah, J. A., & Koomson, I. (2014). Economic Drivers of Domestic Violence among Women: A Case Study of Ghana. Globalization and Governance in the International Political Economy, 166.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4639-1.ch013

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Journal Articles

Koomson, I., Martey, E., & Etwire, P. M. (2022). Mobile money and entrepreneurship in East Africa: the mediating roles of digital savings and access to digital credit. Information Technology & People. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-11-2021-0906

Koomson, I., & Churchill, S. A. (2022). Employment precarity and energy poverty in post-apartheid South Africa: Exploring the racial and ethnic dimensions. Energy Economics, 110, 106026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106026

Koomson, I., Okumu, M., & Ansong, D. (2022). Introducing the Disease Outbreak Resilience Index (DORI) Using the Demographic and Health Surveys Data from sub-Saharan Africa. Social Indicators Research, 1-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02881-1

Koomson, I., Churchill, S. A., & Munyanyi, M. E. (2022). Gambling and Financial Stress. Social Indicators Research, 1-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-022-02898-6

Koomson, I., Villano, R. A., & Hadley, D. (2022). The role of financial literacy in households’ asset accumulation process: evidence from Ghana. Review of Economics of the Household, 1-24. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-022-09603-z

Martey, E., Etwire, P. M., & Koomson, I. (2022). Parental Time Poverty, Child Work and School Attendance in Ghana. Child indicators research, 1-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-022-09926-4

Etwire, P. M., Koomson, I., & Martey, E. (2022). Impact of climate change adaptation on farm productivity and household welfare. Climatic Change, 170(1), 1-27. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-022-03308-z

Koomson, I., Abdul-Mumuni, A., & Abbam, A. (2021). Effect of financial inclusion on out-of-pocket health expenditure: Empirics from Ghana. The European Journal of Health Economics, 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-021-01320-1

Asante, B. O., Koomson, I., Villano, R. A., & Wiredu, A. N. (2021). Adoption of integrated crop-livestock management practices (ICLMPs) among men and women smallholder farmers in Ghana. Gender, Technology and Development, 1-30. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2021.1911021

Koomson, I., Bukari, C., & Villano, R. A. (2021). Mobile money adoption and response to idiosyncratic shocks: Empirics from five selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 167, 120728. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120728

Koomson, I., & Churchill, S. A. (2021). Ethnic Diversity and Food Insecurity: Evidence from Ghana. The Journal of Development Studies, 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2021.1928641

Ansong, D., Okumu, M., Otchere, F., Koomson, I., & Sherraden, M. (2021). Addressing the Burden of Education Financing in Low and Lower-Middle-Income Countries: The Role of Savings Accounts, Cash Transfers, and Other Income Sources. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09757-5

Koomson, I., Villano, R. A., & Hadley, D. (2021). Accelerating the impact of financial literacy training programmes on household consumption by empowering women. Applied Economics, 1-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2021.1878093

Koomson, I., & Danquah, M. (2021). Financial inclusion and energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Ghana. Energy Economics, 94, 105085. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.105085

Afoakwah, C., & Koomson, I. (2021). How does school travel time impact children’s learning outcomes in a developing country? Review of Economics of the Household, 1-21. DOI: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-020-09533-8

Ibrahim, M., Koomson, I., Aluko, O. A., & Opoku, E. E. O. (2020). Re–examining Bhagwati hypothesis: the case of some selected countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Transnational Corporations Review, 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19186444.2020.1863702

Peprah, J. A., Koomson, I., Sebu, J., & Bukari, C. (2020). Improving productivity among smallholder farmers in Ghana: does financial inclusion matter? Agricultural Finance Review. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-12-2019-0132

Koomson, I., Villano, R. A., & Hadley, D. (2020). Effect of Financial Inclusion on Poverty and Vulnerability to Poverty: Evidence Using a Multidimensional Measure of Financial Inclusion. Social Indicators Research, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-019-02263-0

Koomson, I., Villano, R. A., & Hadley, D. (2020). Intensifying financial inclusion through the provision of financial literacy training: a gendered perspective. Applied Economics, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1645943

Abdul-Mumuni, A., & Koomson, I. (2019). Household remittance inflows and child education in Ghana: Exploring the gender and locational dimensions. Journal of Economic Research, 24(2), 197-222.

Kotey, B. & Koomson, I. (2019). Firm size differences in financial returns from flexible work arrangements (FWAs). Small Business Economics DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-019-00201-5

Koomson, I., & Peprah, J. A. (2018). Multiple borrowing, over-indebtedness, and the microcredit addiction syndrome: evidence from some African countries. Africagrowth Agenda, 15(Apr/Jun 2018), 4-8.

Nunoo, J., Darfor, K. N., Koomson, I., & Arthur, A. (2018). Employment security and workers’ moonlighting behaviour in Ghana. Journal of Economic Studies. 45 (1), 144-155. Journal of Economic Studies. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/JES-04-2016-0074

Asongu, S. A., Koomson, I., & Tchamyou, V. S. (2017). Financial globalisation uncertainty/instability is good for financial development. Research in International Business and Finance, 41, 280-291.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2017.04.042

Koomson, I., Annim, S. K., & Peprah, J. A. (2016). Loan refusal, household income and savings in Ghana: a dominance analysis approach. African Journal of Economic and Sustainable Development, 5(2), 172-191.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/AJESD.2016.076095

Koomson, I. & Asongu, S. A. (2016). Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child's Education. African Development Review, 28: 104–115. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12170

Nunoo, J., Koomson, I., & Orkoh, E. (2015). Household Deficiency in Demand for Water: Do Water Source and Travel Time Matter? Global Social Welfare, 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40497-015-0017-8

Peprah, J., Afoakwah, C., & Koomson, I. (2015). Savings, Entrepreneurial Trait and Self-Employment: Evidence from Selected Ghanaian Universities. Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research, 5(1), 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40497-015-0017-8

Memberships

Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES)

African Finance and Economic Association (AFEA)

Consultancy Interests

Consultancy/projects

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