Chigozie Nelson Nkalu
Biographic Data
| ID | 219010 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chigozie Nelson Nkalu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chigozie Nelson |
| FAMILY NAME | Nkalu |
| SIGNATURE | NKALU C N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7861-8527 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fiscal Policy and Economic Stabilization Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study investigates the dynamics of fiscal policy and economic stabilization using a panel dataset from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) sourced from the World Development Indicators (WDI) between 1985 and 2019. The study utilized a panel vector error correction model (VECM) rather than panel vector autoregression (PVAR) after ascertaining the presence of cointegrating equations (existence of long-run relationships). Also, both homogenous and heterog…
Environmental issues, economic growth, and fertility rate in developing regions
The researchers aim to examine the effects of environmental pollutants on the total fertility rate in developing regions and test the validity of an environmental theory. The researchers adopt countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regions as case studies. Environmental issues are captured using carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), nit…
Dynamics of environmental pollution, socio-economic factors, and total fertility rate in Mena, Ecowas, and Asean regions
One of the critical items in the environmental agenda is managing and controlling regional haze and air pollution. These haze, emissions and air pollution are emitted into the environment, causing dangerous harm and imposing threats to public health, human wellbeing, and fertility issues, which sometimes lead to death. The researcher aims investigates broad effects of environmental pollution, socio-economic factors on total fertility rate in MENA…
Do macroeconomic indicators determine income inequality in selected African countries
This study investigates the effect of macroeconomic variables on income distribution in Africa using panel data from 2001 to 2016. This is motivated by the high degree of income inequality and poverty in the region. Twenty‐eight (28) African countries were selected to capture every region. The selection of countries and the choice of this period were informed by data availability. The variables of interest were income inequality obtained from the…
Alcohol consumption and use of contraceptives
Per capita alcohol consumption in Nigeria is high when compared with other countries in Africa. Alcohol induces social behaviors which include home violence, sexual harassment, unwanted pregnancy, and infidelity among couples. On the good side of it, couples who find themselves in alcohol consumption chose modern contraceptives use to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The objective of the paper is to examine the effect of alcohol consumption on modern …
Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in Ecowas Countries
Peer reviewed
Empirical Analysis of Demand for Real Money Balances in Africa
This study investigates demand for real money balances in Africa using panel time-series data from Nigeria and Ghana between 1970 and 2014. The study employs Levin, Lin, Chu common unit root process and Pedroni Residual Cointegration Test which the results reveal that all the variables in the model are stationary and cointegrated respectively. Data sourced from the World Development Indicators ( WDI ) were analyzed using Panel Two-Stage Estimated…
Potential impacts of free trade areas and common currency on sustainable agricultural export in Africa
This study probes the potential impacts of free trade areas and common currency in fostering agricultural export based on data from 45 countries in Africa from 1996 to 2018. The main concern is to determine whether exogenous events like becoming a member of Arab Mighreb (AMU), Community of Sahel‐Saharan States (CS‐SS), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC), Economic Community of Central African State…
Dynamics of population, urban agglomeration, and economic growths in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This study analyses population, urban agglomeration (UAG), and economic growths dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using the World Bank panel data ranging from 1970 to 2019. The study utilized a panel fixed effect (FE) model after verifying the suitability of the model using a Hausman test. The estimation result from the panel FE model reveals remarkable findings which conform to some extent, the theoretical a priori expectations. The result sh…
Monetary policy impact on the informal economy and response to shocks in the formal economy
In developing countries, there has been a surge in the size of the informal economy in recent years. However, the effect of monetary policy on the informal economy and informal economy responses to shocks from the formal economy is yet to receive empirical attention. Our study aims to explore monetary policy effect on the informal economy and response to shocks in the formal economy in Nigeria for 48 years (1970–2018). Using Autoregressive Distri…
Environmental Hazards and Life Expectancy in Africa
This study investigates the extent to which environmental hazards affect the life expectancy in Africa using Nigeria time series data spanning from 1960 to 2017. The study adopted generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model in estimating the total number of 58 (years) observations to ensure robustness in the estimation results. The estimation results show that environmental hazards in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emis…
Rural-Urban Population Growth, Economic Growth and Urban Agglomeration in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study analyses the dynamic effect of rural-urban relationship, economic growth and urban agglomeration in sub-Saharan Africa with a view of testing the validity of the Williamson-Kuznets hypothesis. The study utilized panel data analysis with pooled ordinary least squares with secondary annual time series data ranging from 1970 to 2017 and sourced from the World Bank database. The study equally employed both homogeneous and heterogeneous pane…
Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in Ecowas Countries
Peer reviewed
Empirical Analysis of Demand for Real Money Balances in Africa
This study investigates demand for real money balances in Africa using panel time-series data from Nigeria and Ghana between 1970 and 2014. The study employs Levin, Lin, Chu common unit root process and Pedroni Residual Cointegration Test which the results reveal that all the variables in the model are stationary and cointegrated respectively. Data sourced from the World Development Indicators ( WDI ) were analyzed using Panel Two-Stage Estimated…
Environmental Hazards and Life Expectancy in Africa
This study investigates the extent to which environmental hazards affect the life expectancy in Africa using Nigeria time series data spanning from 1960 to 2017. The study adopted generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model in estimating the total number of 58 (years) observations to ensure robustness in the estimation results. The estimation results show that environmental hazards in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emis…
Rural-Urban Population Growth, Economic Growth and Urban Agglomeration in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study analyses the dynamic effect of rural-urban relationship, economic growth and urban agglomeration in sub-Saharan Africa with a view of testing the validity of the Williamson-Kuznets hypothesis. The study utilized panel data analysis with pooled ordinary least squares with secondary annual time series data ranging from 1970 to 2017 and sourced from the World Bank database. The study equally employed both homogeneous and heterogeneous pane…
Environmental Hazards and Life Expectancy in Africa
This study investigates the extent to which environmental hazards affect the life expectancy in Africa using Nigeria time series data spanning from 1960 to 2017. The study adopted generalized autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) model in estimating the total number of 58 (years) observations to ensure robustness in the estimation results. The estimation results show that environmental hazards in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emis…
Rural-Urban Population Growth, Economic Growth and Urban Agglomeration in Sub-Saharan Africa
The study analyses the dynamic effect of rural-urban relationship, economic growth and urban agglomeration in sub-Saharan Africa with a view of testing the validity of the Williamson-Kuznets hypothesis. The study utilized panel data analysis with pooled ordinary least squares with secondary annual time series data ranging from 1970 to 2017 and sourced from the World Bank database. The study equally employed both homogeneous and heterogeneous pane…
Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in Ecowas Countries
Peer reviewed
Empirical Analysis of Demand for Real Money Balances in Africa
This study investigates demand for real money balances in Africa using panel time-series data from Nigeria and Ghana between 1970 and 2014. The study employs Levin, Lin, Chu common unit root process and Pedroni Residual Cointegration Test which the results reveal that all the variables in the model are stationary and cointegrated respectively. Data sourced from the World Development Indicators ( WDI ) were analyzed using Panel Two-Stage Estimated…
Potential impacts of free trade areas and common currency on sustainable agricultural export in Africa
This study probes the potential impacts of free trade areas and common currency in fostering agricultural export based on data from 45 countries in Africa from 1996 to 2018. The main concern is to determine whether exogenous events like becoming a member of Arab Mighreb (AMU), Community of Sahel‐Saharan States (CS‐SS), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), East African Community (EAC), Economic Community of Central African State…
Dynamics of population, urban agglomeration, and economic growths in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This study analyses population, urban agglomeration (UAG), and economic growths dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using the World Bank panel data ranging from 1970 to 2019. The study utilized a panel fixed effect (FE) model after verifying the suitability of the model using a Hausman test. The estimation result from the panel FE model reveals remarkable findings which conform to some extent, the theoretical a priori expectations. The result sh…
Monetary policy impact on the informal economy and response to shocks in the formal economy
In developing countries, there has been a surge in the size of the informal economy in recent years. However, the effect of monetary policy on the informal economy and informal economy responses to shocks from the formal economy is yet to receive empirical attention. Our study aims to explore monetary policy effect on the informal economy and response to shocks in the formal economy in Nigeria for 48 years (1970–2018). Using Autoregressive Distri…
Dynamics of environmental pollution, socio-economic factors, and total fertility rate in Mena, Ecowas, and Asean regions
One of the critical items in the environmental agenda is managing and controlling regional haze and air pollution. These haze, emissions and air pollution are emitted into the environment, causing dangerous harm and imposing threats to public health, human wellbeing, and fertility issues, which sometimes lead to death. The researcher aims investigates broad effects of environmental pollution, socio-economic factors on total fertility rate in MENA…
Do macroeconomic indicators determine income inequality in selected African countries
This study investigates the effect of macroeconomic variables on income distribution in Africa using panel data from 2001 to 2016. This is motivated by the high degree of income inequality and poverty in the region. Twenty‐eight (28) African countries were selected to capture every region. The selection of countries and the choice of this period were informed by data availability. The variables of interest were income inequality obtained from the…
Alcohol consumption and use of contraceptives
Per capita alcohol consumption in Nigeria is high when compared with other countries in Africa. Alcohol induces social behaviors which include home violence, sexual harassment, unwanted pregnancy, and infidelity among couples. On the good side of it, couples who find themselves in alcohol consumption chose modern contraceptives use to prevent unwanted pregnancy. The objective of the paper is to examine the effect of alcohol consumption on modern …
Fiscal Policy and Economic Stabilization Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study investigates the dynamics of fiscal policy and economic stabilization using a panel dataset from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) sourced from the World Development Indicators (WDI) between 1985 and 2019. The study utilized a panel vector error correction model (VECM) rather than panel vector autoregression (PVAR) after ascertaining the presence of cointegrating equations (existence of long-run relationships). Also, both homogenous and heterog…
Environmental issues, economic growth, and fertility rate in developing regions
The researchers aim to examine the effects of environmental pollutants on the total fertility rate in developing regions and test the validity of an environmental theory. The researchers adopt countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regions as case studies. Environmental issues are captured using carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), nit…
Economics (12 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (9 works) · Panel data (8 works) · Econometrics (7 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Population (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Macroeconomics (5 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (4 works)