Emmanuel Ayifah
Biographic Data
| ID | 1644567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emmanuel Ayifah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emmanuel |
| FAMILY NAME | Ayifah |
| SIGNATURE | AYIFAH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1957-2589 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What do voters want? Development in social sectors and electoral outcomes in Ghana
How does social development shape elections in low-income countries? Using the Ghana District League data and Ghana’s elections data, we estimate the effect of social development on electoral outcomes of incumbent and opposition presidential candidates in Ghana. Generally, our fixed effect regression results show provision of social development in an election year do not affect electoral outcomes. However, providing social services years before e…
Covid-19 lockdown policy and national elections: A quasi-experimental analysis of Ghana's 2020 Election
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had a significant adverse effect on world democracies, especially elections scheduled in 2020. Per constitutional requirements, Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were held on 7 December 2020. Using longitudinal national election data, we investigate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown policy on the number of registered voters, voter turnout and vote shares of the incumbent and main opposition p…
Effect of religion on the risk behaviour of rural Ghanaian women: Evidence from a controlled field experiment
Religious doctrines may guide individual attitudes and preferences, including risk behaviour among others. We estimate the effect of religion on the willingness to take risk amongst 1209 rural women in Ghana, and observe that, whereas religious affiliation influences the decision to engage in risk, it does not in any way influence the level of risk taking thereafter. Specifically, we find that relative to the non-religious, religious affiliation …
Unintended effects of a targeted maternal and child nutrition intervention on household expenditures, labor income, and the nutritional status of non-targeted siblings in Ghana
It is common for health and nutrition interventions to target specific household members and for evaluations of their effects to focus exclusively on those members. However, if a targeted intervention changes a household's utility maximization problem or influences decision-making, households might respond to the intervention in unintended ways with the potential to affect the wellbeing of non-targeted members. Using panel data from a randomized …
Willingness to pay for small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements for women and children: Evidence from Ghana and Malawi
Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) are designed to enrich maternal and child diets with the objective of preventing undernutrition during the first 1,000 days. Scaling up the delivery of supplements such as SQ-LNS hinges on understanding private demand and creatively leveraging policy-relevant factors that might influence demand. We used longitudinal stated willingness-to-pay (WTP) data from contingent valuation studies that…
Unintended effects of a targeted maternal and child nutrition intervention on household expenditures, labor income, and the nutritional status of non-targeted siblings in Ghana
It is common for health and nutrition interventions to target specific household members and for evaluations of their effects to focus exclusively on those members. However, if a targeted intervention changes a household's utility maximization problem or influences decision-making, households might respond to the intervention in unintended ways with the potential to affect the wellbeing of non-targeted members. Using panel data from a randomized …
Effect of religion on the risk behaviour of rural Ghanaian women: Evidence from a controlled field experiment
Religious doctrines may guide individual attitudes and preferences, including risk behaviour among others. We estimate the effect of religion on the willingness to take risk amongst 1209 rural women in Ghana, and observe that, whereas religious affiliation influences the decision to engage in risk, it does not in any way influence the level of risk taking thereafter. Specifically, we find that relative to the non-religious, religious affiliation …
Willingness to pay for small‐quantity lipid‐based nutrient supplements for women and children: Evidence from Ghana and Malawi
Small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) are designed to enrich maternal and child diets with the objective of preventing undernutrition during the first 1,000 days. Scaling up the delivery of supplements such as SQ-LNS hinges on understanding private demand and creatively leveraging policy-relevant factors that might influence demand. We used longitudinal stated willingness-to-pay (WTP) data from contingent valuation studies that…
Unintended effects of a targeted maternal and child nutrition intervention on household expenditures, labor income, and the nutritional status of non-targeted siblings in Ghana
It is common for health and nutrition interventions to target specific household members and for evaluations of their effects to focus exclusively on those members. However, if a targeted intervention changes a household's utility maximization problem or influences decision-making, households might respond to the intervention in unintended ways with the potential to affect the wellbeing of non-targeted members. Using panel data from a randomized …
Effect of religion on the risk behaviour of rural Ghanaian women: Evidence from a controlled field experiment
Religious doctrines may guide individual attitudes and preferences, including risk behaviour among others. We estimate the effect of religion on the willingness to take risk amongst 1209 rural women in Ghana, and observe that, whereas religious affiliation influences the decision to engage in risk, it does not in any way influence the level of risk taking thereafter. Specifically, we find that relative to the non-religious, religious affiliation …
Covid-19 lockdown policy and national elections: A quasi-experimental analysis of Ghana's 2020 Election
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly had a significant adverse effect on world democracies, especially elections scheduled in 2020. Per constitutional requirements, Ghana's presidential and parliamentary elections were held on 7 December 2020. Using longitudinal national election data, we investigate the effect of the COVID-19 lockdown policy on the number of registered voters, voter turnout and vote shares of the incumbent and main opposition p…
What do voters want? Development in social sectors and electoral outcomes in Ghana
How does social development shape elections in low-income countries? Using the Ghana District League data and Ghana’s elections data, we estimate the effect of social development on electoral outcomes of incumbent and opposition presidential candidates in Ghana. Generally, our fixed effect regression results show provision of social development in an election year do not affect electoral outcomes. However, providing social services years before e…
Economics (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Malnutrition (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works)