Population growth and its effect on labour productivity in Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorAblordeppey, Suzzie
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMueller, Richard E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-12T14:52:52Z
dc.date.available2021-07-12T14:52:52Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzes population growth and its effect on labour productivity in Ghana. In addition to the main objective, the study looks at the various factors affecting overall labour productivity, labour productivity in the manufacturing and agricultural sectors. The factors included in this study are government size, gross fixed investment, human capital, inflation, and trade openness. The study is founded on the data in Ghana from 1980-2019 by using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model to define the long-run association between the variables. According to the empirical evidence, increased population growth would reduce overall labour productivity in Ghana’s economy in the long-run. No significant long-run impact was observed between population growth rate and labour productivity in the manufacturing sector. Finally, the research revealed that an increase in population growth would have more than a proportionate fall on agricultural labour productivity in the long-run.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5951
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectEconomics [0501]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectLabor economics [0510]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectEconomic theory [0511]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Economicsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectCapital productivity -- Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectGhana -- Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subjectHuman capital -- Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectLabor productivity -- Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectLabor supply -- Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectPopulation -- Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen_US
dc.titlePopulation growth and its effect on labour productivity in Ghanaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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