William Baah‐Boateng

Publishing since 2001, latest 2024

Economics and Econometrics
Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
General Health Professions
Safety Research

In their own words

Economics
Economics of Labour Market
Econometrics

Publications: 842001–2024
Citations: 1,737to those papers
h-index: 20i10-index 42
Field-weighted impact: 4.201.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 32%7 of 22 scored papers
Open access: 17%4 of the 24 whose access is recorded

19 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

Google Scholar shows 2,561 citations, h-index 22 and i10-index 45 (1,448 citations and h-index 17 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Publications

84 in all

Investigating institutional and expenditure patterns on debt and economic growth in Ghana
2024International Social Science JournalJournalSenior author1 citation10.1111/issj.12519
Union wage effect: Evidence from Ghana
2023Cogent Economics & FinanceJournalOpen accessSenior author

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Citations received each year

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To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Economics and Econometrics1518%
Gender Studies67%
Sociology and Political Science67%
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance56%
General Health Professions45%
Safety Research45%
Accounting22%
Education22%
Management of Technology and Innovation22%
Public Administration22%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Labor market dynamics and wage inequality7
Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics6
Employment and Welfare Studies4
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare4
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion3
Migration and Labor Dynamics3
Economic Theory and Policy2
Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences2
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth2
Labor Movements and Unions2
Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy2
Monetary Policy and Economic Impact2

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

33% of their 24 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States4
India2
Hong Kong SAR2
United Kingdom2
Sweden1
Canada1
South Africa1

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

University of FloridaUS2 papers
Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHK2 papers
University of OxfordGB2 papers
Indian Institute of Management BangaloreIN2 papers
University of Professional StudiesGH2 papers
Harvard UniversityUS1 paper
University of South FloridaUS1 paper
Johns Hopkins UniversityUS1 paper
Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSE1 paper
University of LethbridgeCA1 paper

Where they publish

International Journal of Social Economics3
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International Journal of Manpower2
Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)2
The Gender Asset Gap Project, Working Paper2
Tilburg University

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

8Decent work and economic growth12
5Gender equality4
10Reduced inequalities2

Most cited

Understanding Ghana's growth success story and job creation challenges
WIDER Working Paper
2015164 citations
Determinants of Unemployment in Ghana
African Development Review8
2013146 citationsWorld top 10%
The youth unemployment challenge in Africa: What are the drivers?
The Economic and Labour Relations Review8

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

2023International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalSenior author3 citations10.1108/ijse-01-2023-0045

Gender differences in extractive activities: evidence from Ghana

2022International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalFirst author11 citations10.1108/ijse-05-2021-0283

Service Exports and Youth Unemployment in Africa

2021Journal of African DevelopmentJournalSenior authorCorresponding1 citation10.5325/jafrideve.22.1.0166

Child health and maternal labour market engagement in Ghana

2021Journal of Social and Economic DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s40847-021-00158-w

Personality and performance of household non-farm enterprises in Ghana

2021Ghana Social Science JournalJournal0 citations

Employment effect of COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

2021Friedrich Ebert StiftungReportFirst author10 citations

Graduate Employability in Ghana: The Impact of Insufficient Real-World Work Exposure

2020< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …ReportFirst author0 citations

Structural Transformation of Ghana's Economy: Pathways and Roadblocks

2020< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization …ReportFirst author0 citations

Informal workers in Ghana: A statistical snapshot

2020WIEGO Stat BriefJournalFirst author79 citations

Pathways to the structural transformation of the Ghanaian economy-and some roadblocks

2020Brookings: Africa in Focus. https://www. brookings. edu/blog/africa-in-focus …ReportFirst author4 citations

“Whom you know” and labour market outcomes: An empirical investigation in Ghana.

2019Ghanaian Journal of EconomicsJournalFirst author5 citations

Jobless growth is Ghana’s biggest youth challenge

2018A Blog Post. Retrieved AugustJournalFirst author22 citations

Job creation in the mining sector: evidence from Ghana

2018United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). 8th GLOBAL COMMODITIES FORUMJournalFirst author11 citations

Youth unemployment and Joblessness challenge in Ghana: Revisiting the Issues

2018National Youth Employment Dialogue. African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET)JournalFirst author12 citations

Assets and shocks: a gendered analysis of Ecuador, Ghana and Karnataka, India

2017Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développementJournalOpen access20 citations10.1080/02255189.2017.1316244

Employment and labour market

2017The economy of Ghana sixty years after independenceJournalFirst author20 citations

Gender differences and women economic empowerment in the extractive sector: Evidence from Ghana

2017Institute Labor Economics: Growth & Economic Opportunities for Women: Policy Forum-AbidjanJournalFirst author2 citations

Gender differences in the extractive sector: A case study of mining in Ghana

2017Mimeographed, University of Ghana International Institute for Advanced StudiesJournalFirst author6 citations

Perceptions of the effects of re-operation of the Akosombo and Kpong dams on the livelihoods of downstream communities

2017Dams, development and downstream communities: implications for re-optimising the operations of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams in Ghana, edited by: Ntiamoa-Baidu, Y., Ampomah, BY, and Ofosu, EA, Tema, GhanaJournalFirst author5 citations

Gender Differences in the extractives sector: Evidence from Ghana

2017Ghana: Unpublished PaperReportFirst author5 citations

The youth unemployment challenge in Africa: What are the drivers?

2016The Economic and Labour Relations ReviewJournalFirst authorCorresponding138 citations10.1177/1035304616645030

WIDER Working Paper 2015/140 Understanding Ghana’s growth success story and job creation challenges

2016< bound method Organization. get_name_with_acronym of< Organization: United …ReportSenior author6 citations

A Successful Growth Story with Job Creation Concerns

2016Africa’s LionsJournalSenior author13 citations

Africa's lions: growth traps and opportunities for six African economies

2016Brookings Institution PressReport49 citations

Economic growth and employment generation nexus: Insight from Ghana

2016kassel university press GmbHReportFirst author17 citations

Developing youth skills for employment

2016African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET)JournalFirst author14 citations

Unemployment in Ghana: a cross sectional analysis from demand and supply perspectives

2015African Journal of Economic and Management StudiesJournalFirst authorCorresponding71 citations10.1108/ajems-11-2014-0089

Unemployment in Africa

2015International Journal of ManpowerJournalFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1108/ijm-02-2014-0047

Understanding Ghana's growth success story and job creation challenges

2015WIDER Working PaperReportSenior author164 citations

Determinants Of Incidence And Depth Of Poverty In Ghana

2015Globalization and Development Volume III: In search of a new development paradigmJournalSenior author2 citations

Unemployment in Africa: how appropriate is the global definition and measurement for policy purpose

2015International Journal of ManpowerJournalFirst author96 citations

Skills development for economic transformation in Ghana

2015Accra: African Centre for Economic TransformationJournalFirst author21 citations

Determinants of Job Search Intensity in Ghana

2014Margin The Journal of Applied Economic ResearchJournal11 citations10.1177/0973801013519995

Empirical analysis of the changing pattern of sex segregation of occupation in Ghana

2014International Journal of Social EconomicsJournalFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1108/ijse-04-2013-0099

University of Ghana2

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How it can be read

17% free to read, of the 24 recorded

Gold 1 · 1%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 1 · 1%Open in a subscription journal
Green 2 · 2%A copy in a repository
Closed 20 · 24%Behind a paywall
Unknown 60 · 71%Not recorded by the source

2016138 citationsWorld top 10%

Measuring the gender asset gap in Ghana

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201194 citations