Kwabena Gyimah‐Brempong
Biographic Data
| ID | 5859159 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kwabena Gyimah‐Brempong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kwabena |
| FAMILY NAME | Gyimah‐Brempong |
| SIGNATURE | BREMPONG K G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Florida |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The impact of debt relief on under five mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines the impact of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative on under five mortality rate (U5MR) in Sub-Saharan Africa. The HIPC Initiative involves debt forgiveness and the redirection of funds that were meant to service external debt towards the provision of social services and poverty reduction in eligible countries. The Initiative is akin to a natural experiment since some countries benefited while some did not, and …
Crime and Race
A review of the economics of crime literature provides an unsatisfactory explanation of the higher crime rates among African Americans compared to crime rates for whites in the US. This address challenges economists, particularly African American economists, to come up with new and credible ideas to explain the observed crime differential that could influence policies to decrease crime in the African American community
Higher education and economic growth in Africa
This paper uses panel data over the 1960–2000 period, a modified neoclassical growth equation, and a dynamic panel estimator to investigate the effect of higher education human capital on economic growth in African countries. We find that all levels of education human capital, including higher education human capital, have positive and statistically significant effect on the growth rate of per capita income in African counties. Our result differs…
Neighborhood Income, Alcohol Availability, and Crime Rates
Corruption, economic growth, and income inequality in Africa
Cost shifting in international telephone calls between US and African countries
Political instability and savings in less developed countries
A four‐equation model is used to investigate the effects of political instability (PI) on the savings rate in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Utilising a comprehensive measure of PI, we find that political instability has a deleterious effect on the savings rate both directly and indirectly through a reduction in investment and economic growth. The negative effects of PI on savings rate occurs contemporaneously as well as with a lag. We also find that econom…
New Evidence on the Labor Market Segmentation Hypothesis
Introduction Since the publication of Glenn Cain's article (1976) on the challenge of segmented labor market theory, there have been numerous empirical tests of the effect of segmentation on earnings. A main concern of the segmentation literature has been the question of how to divide the work force among the various segments of the labor market (Taubman and Wachter, 1986). Earlier approaches used individual attributes or human capital characteri…
A Reply
Black-White Wage Differential
This article uses the decomposition analysis developed by Neumark and the 1987 CPS data to investigate the relative importance of human capital and labor market structure in explaining the observed wage differential between white males and blacks (both male and female). We find that labor market structure, as opposed to differences in human capital, explains a relatively large portion of the wage gap between white males and blacks. In addition to…
Aid and Economic Growth in Ldcs
This paper uses a disaggregated cross-national time-series aid data and a Least Squares Dummy Variables (LSDV) model to investigate the effects of aid on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that, contrary to what some critics of aid argue, aid has a small but positive and significant effect on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. A simultaneous equation specification of the model shows that aid affects economic growth in Sub-Saharan …
Do African Governments Favor Defense in Budgeting
This article uses a methodology developed by Hicks & Kubisch and data from a sample of forty countries to investigate the dynamics of defense budgeting in Subsaharan Africa during the 1967-87 period. We find that African countries discriminate against defense in budgeting when budget resources are increasing. On the other hand, they favor defense in budgeting during periods of austerity. This pattern of budgeting increases the defense burden and …
Export Instability and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Demand for factors of production in municipal police departments
Defense Spending and Economic Growth in Subsaharan Africa
A four equation - growth rate, defense burden, skilled labor rate, and investment rate - simultaneous model is used to investigate whether increased defense burden increases or decreases economic growth and the channels through which defense burden influences economic growth in Less Developed Countries (LDCs). The model is estimated using cross national data for 39 Subsaharan African countries during the 1973 to 1983 period from ACDA data sources…
Agricultural development and the size distribution of personal income
Elasticity of Factor Substitution in Police Agencies
Elasticity of Factor Substitution in Police Agencies Evidence From Florida
A multiproduct translog cost function is estimated and used to calculate elasticities of factor substitution in the production of police services. The data come from Florida's municipal police departments and are for 1982–1983. It is found that substitution elasticities between any pair of inputs in police production are significantly different from unity. This result is inconsistent with the Cobb–Douglas production function—a functional form tha…
Economies of Scale in Municipal Police Departments
Defense Spending and Economic Growth in Subsaharan Africa
A four equation - growth rate, defense burden, skilled labor rate, and investment rate - simultaneous model is used to investigate whether increased defense burden increases or decreases economic growth and the channels through which defense burden influences economic growth in Less Developed Countries (LDCs). The model is estimated using cross national data for 39 Subsaharan African countries during the 1973 to 1983 period from ACDA data sources…
Do African Governments Favor Defense in Budgeting
This article uses a methodology developed by Hicks & Kubisch and data from a sample of forty countries to investigate the dynamics of defense budgeting in Subsaharan Africa during the 1967-87 period. We find that African countries discriminate against defense in budgeting when budget resources are increasing. On the other hand, they favor defense in budgeting during periods of austerity. This pattern of budgeting increases the defense burden and …
Neighborhood Income, Alcohol Availability, and Crime Rates
A Reply
Black-White Wage Differential
This article uses the decomposition analysis developed by Neumark and the 1987 CPS data to investigate the relative importance of human capital and labor market structure in explaining the observed wage differential between white males and blacks (both male and female). We find that labor market structure, as opposed to differences in human capital, explains a relatively large portion of the wage gap between white males and blacks. In addition to…
New Evidence on the Labor Market Segmentation Hypothesis
Introduction Since the publication of Glenn Cain's article (1976) on the challenge of segmented labor market theory, there have been numerous empirical tests of the effect of segmentation on earnings. A main concern of the segmentation literature has been the question of how to divide the work force among the various segments of the labor market (Taubman and Wachter, 1986). Earlier approaches used individual attributes or human capital characteri…
Aid and Economic Growth in Ldcs
This paper uses a disaggregated cross-national time-series aid data and a Least Squares Dummy Variables (LSDV) model to investigate the effects of aid on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that, contrary to what some critics of aid argue, aid has a small but positive and significant effect on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. A simultaneous equation specification of the model shows that aid affects economic growth in Sub-Saharan …
Export Instability and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Demand for factors of production in municipal police departments
Elasticity of Factor Substitution in Police Agencies
Elasticity of Factor Substitution in Police Agencies Evidence From Florida
A multiproduct translog cost function is estimated and used to calculate elasticities of factor substitution in the production of police services. The data come from Florida's municipal police departments and are for 1982–1983. It is found that substitution elasticities between any pair of inputs in police production are significantly different from unity. This result is inconsistent with the Cobb–Douglas production function—a functional form tha…
Economies of Scale in Municipal Police Departments
Agricultural development and the size distribution of personal income
Demand for factors of production in municipal police departments
Defense Spending and Economic Growth in Subsaharan Africa
A four equation - growth rate, defense burden, skilled labor rate, and investment rate - simultaneous model is used to investigate whether increased defense burden increases or decreases economic growth and the channels through which defense burden influences economic growth in Less Developed Countries (LDCs). The model is estimated using cross national data for 39 Subsaharan African countries during the 1973 to 1983 period from ACDA data sources…
Export Instability and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Aid and Economic Growth in Ldcs
This paper uses a disaggregated cross-national time-series aid data and a Least Squares Dummy Variables (LSDV) model to investigate the effects of aid on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. We find that, contrary to what some critics of aid argue, aid has a small but positive and significant effect on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. A simultaneous equation specification of the model shows that aid affects economic growth in Sub-Saharan …
Do African Governments Favor Defense in Budgeting
This article uses a methodology developed by Hicks & Kubisch and data from a sample of forty countries to investigate the dynamics of defense budgeting in Subsaharan Africa during the 1967-87 period. We find that African countries discriminate against defense in budgeting when budget resources are increasing. On the other hand, they favor defense in budgeting during periods of austerity. This pattern of budgeting increases the defense burden and …
A Reply
Black-White Wage Differential
This article uses the decomposition analysis developed by Neumark and the 1987 CPS data to investigate the relative importance of human capital and labor market structure in explaining the observed wage differential between white males and blacks (both male and female). We find that labor market structure, as opposed to differences in human capital, explains a relatively large portion of the wage gap between white males and blacks. In addition to…
New Evidence on the Labor Market Segmentation Hypothesis
Introduction Since the publication of Glenn Cain's article (1976) on the challenge of segmented labor market theory, there have been numerous empirical tests of the effect of segmentation on earnings. A main concern of the segmentation literature has been the question of how to divide the work force among the various segments of the labor market (Taubman and Wachter, 1986). Earlier approaches used individual attributes or human capital characteri…
Political instability and savings in less developed countries
A four‐equation model is used to investigate the effects of political instability (PI) on the savings rate in Sub‐Saharan Africa. Utilising a comprehensive measure of PI, we find that political instability has a deleterious effect on the savings rate both directly and indirectly through a reduction in investment and economic growth. The negative effects of PI on savings rate occurs contemporaneously as well as with a lag. We also find that econom…
Corruption, economic growth, and income inequality in Africa
Cost shifting in international telephone calls between US and African countries
Neighborhood Income, Alcohol Availability, and Crime Rates
Higher education and economic growth in Africa
This paper uses panel data over the 1960–2000 period, a modified neoclassical growth equation, and a dynamic panel estimator to investigate the effect of higher education human capital on economic growth in African countries. We find that all levels of education human capital, including higher education human capital, have positive and statistically significant effect on the growth rate of per capita income in African counties. Our result differs…
Crime and Race
A review of the economics of crime literature provides an unsatisfactory explanation of the higher crime rates among African Americans compared to crime rates for whites in the US. This address challenges economists, particularly African American economists, to come up with new and credible ideas to explain the observed crime differential that could influence policies to decrease crime in the African American community
The impact of debt relief on under five mortality rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper examines the impact of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative on under five mortality rate (U5MR) in Sub-Saharan Africa. The HIPC Initiative involves debt forgiveness and the redirection of funds that were meant to service external debt towards the provision of social services and poverty reduction in eligible countries. The Initiative is akin to a natural experiment since some countries benefited while some did not, and …
Economics (18 works) · Econometrics (9 works) · Development economics (7 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Developing country (5 works) · Economic Growth and Development (5 works)