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    Does human capital have an impact on employment in Turkey? An ARDL analytical perspective
    (2022) Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Muntaka; Adeniyi, Abiola; Hamidu, Yusuf Agana
    Human capital plays a key role in most production function of economies. In Solow growth model, labor is more efficient and effective per capital when the human capital is well developed. Most research on human capital and employment are centered around microeconomic principles. Thus, focusing firms, and role highly skilled labor play in self-employment, return on sales and investment, business growth and employment opportunities. This study puts an emphasis on the macroeconomics aspects of human capital and employment. Accordingly, this study seeks to answer the question “Does Human Capital have an impact on Employment in Turkey”. Employing data from 1990 – 2019, Human capital (proxied by means, years of schooling, life expectancy at birth, and labor force participation rate) has a long run relationship with employment according to the Bound test we conducted. This suggests that the short run relationship conducted is spurious. More so, health and educational expenditures, and inflation were employed as a policy control variable within the model. We found out that while life expectancy at birth and labor forces participation had positive coefficient with employment, mean years of schooling had a negative impact on employment. As a matter of policy recommendation, a more aggressive policy geared towards job creation, monitoring labor market volatilities, ensuring that labor laws are followed to the latter, stabilizing inflation, and attracting more private sector business expansion is critical in having a sustainable employment opportunities and reduction in unemployment.
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    Impact of foreign direct investment on poverty in Ghana: A Johansen co-integration analysis
    (International Students Science Congress, 2023) Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Muntaka; Oluwaseun, Adeoye Oyebamiji; Abiola, Adeniyi
    In the past years, Ghana has witnessed a significant increase in Foreign Direct Investment which is expected to translate into transformative growth that reduces poverty and inequality; however, the country’s poverty and income inequality profile remain high. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and poverty research are important because FDI can have both positive and negative effects on poverty levels in host countries [1]. The positives imply that FDI can bring in capital, technology, and job opportunities, which can help reduce poverty by boosting economic growth and raising people's living standards. On the other hand, FDI can displace local businesses, exacerbate income inequality, and have environmental consequences that harm the poorest members of society. Understanding the relationship between FDI and poverty can assist policymakers and businesses in making informed decisions that promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth and reduce poverty. This study investigates the impact of FDI on poverty in Ghana using a 29-year data set from (1990 to 2018). Analysis was done using the Johansen Cointegration technique. The literature informed the variables used for this study. The Gini coefficient (which serves as a proxy for poverty and its parts of the FGT poverty indices family), foreign direct investment (FDI), GDP per Capita, exchange rate, trade openness, and inflation rate were all cointegrated. The results of the study showed that FDI, GDP per capita, inflation rate, and exchange rat widen the income inequality gap, hence, increasing the poverty incidence. In contrast, an increase in trade openness reduces the Gini coefficient implying a reduction in income inequality and poverty.
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    Oil prices and economic growth nexus in Ghana: New empirical evidence
    (Sciendo, 2023) Abdul-Rahman, Mutawakil; Seidu, Ayatullahi; Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Muntaka; Turgut, Murat; Yönetim Bilimleri Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü
    The study aims to contribute to the oil price-economic growth nexus in Ghana by assessing the short- and long-run relationships with annual data that covers the period from 1987 to 2020. The study contributes to the literature by accounting for developments in the Ghanaian oil industry post-2012, including the discovery of the Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme (TEN) and Sankofa Gye-Nyame (SGN) oil fields in 2016 and 2017, respectively, thus filling a massive deficiency in the literature. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) and the bounds cointegration test are used because they are appropriate for analyzing short- and long-run dynamics on a theoretical basis when time series are mixed-integrated, i.e., I(1) and I(0). The bounds test results indicated a cointegration relation between economic growth as proxied by real gross domestic product per capita and physical capital, labor force, oil prices, population growth, and government expenditure. The findings provide convincing evidence that the oil price is a significant driver of economic growth in Ghana. Both long-run and short-run impacts of the oil price are positive, statistically significant, and robust for the oil price proxy. The results suggest that because of the recent volatility of oil prices, economic policies should be concentrated on reducing overreliance on oil revenue to avoid the Dutch disease phenomenon. Nonetheless, policymakers should strategize well enough by encouraging more local participation in the oil sector to avoid the risk of falling victim to the Dutch disease.
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    Social studies pedagogy in Ghana
    (UEW Journals, 2023) Pufaa, Felicia Esinam; Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Muntaka; Saayir, Paul Tongkomah
    The purpose of Social Studies Education is to help the youth develop ability to make informed and reasoned decisions; facilitate their personal growth and development of their respective communities. Key features that distinguish Social Studies (SS) as a field of study is its intent to promote values and attitudes for civic competence. Relevant pedagogy is critical to the teaching and learning of the subject. As a result, the main purpose of this study is to examine pedagogy for the teaching and learning of Social Studies in Ghanaian Senior High Schools (GSHSs) using related empirical secondary literature. It was found among others that, the inquiry method, discussion method, project method, field trip, lecture method, problem-based approach, role play, simulations, resource persons and team-teaching approaches are pedagogical approaches considered more responsive to the teaching and learning of SS. Conclusions also pointed to the fact that pedagogy plays a significant role in teaching and learning and the successful achievement of the objectives of Social Studies lessons and requires that teachers employ and combine variety of pedagogical methods and strategies in lesson delivery. It was recommended that teachers of Social Studies should employ different methodologies to motivate and arouse learners' interest in the subject because students become more interested in a topic when a variety of teaching methods are used to achieve varied lesson objectives. It is also recommended among others that the Ministry of Education, the Curriculum Research Development Division (CRDD), Social Studies curriculum specialists, regional, district as well as heads of various second cycle institutions should organize workshops for teachers to update their knowledge in varied pedagogies to improve the teaching and learning of the subject.
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    The triple impact of innovation, financial inclusion, and renewable energy consumption on environmental quality in some emerging economies
    (Econjournals, 2024) Kaplan, Muhittin; Abdul Rahman, Mohammed Muntaka; Khan, Asad ul Islam; Vergil, Hasan; Yönetim Bilimleri Fakültesi, İktisat Bölümü
    This paper investigates the triple impact of innovation, financial inclusion, and renewable energy consumption on the quality of environment. The study employed data between 2007 and 2019 from selected emerging economies. Using the fixed effect two-step GMM econometric method. The result found that financial inclusion and innovation have a positive relationship with carbon emissions, hence, contributing to the reduction in the quality of the environment. Renewable energy consumption was found to reduce carbon emissions. Similarly, the interactive terms TPT*FIN, FIN*REN, and TPT*REN were all negatively related to carbon emissions. The study recommends that governments should increase financial instruments to support innovation that will enhance environmental quality. Additionally, governments should strengthen their environmental policies. Financial institutions should encourage firms to access green finance solutions. The value and originality of this study is the introduction of the interactive term which throws more light on variables that affect the environment and through which channel. Moreso, there are few works with these interactive terms relative to emerging economies. Third, there are no previous studies that employed the fixed effect two-step GMM to analyze the impact of financial inclusion, technological innovation, and renewable energy consumption on environmental quality.