I am an Academic Entrepreneur who holds Doctor of Philosophy in Social Studies, MA (Development Economics), MA (Economics), BA (Economics and Sociology), Diploma in Education qualifications. My research is in Economic-Sociology with specialisation in quantitative Social Science. I have been a seasoned teacher right from the basic school to the higher education instituions in Ghana.

Academic Qualifications

• • Doctor of Philosophy in Social Studies
  • MA (Development Economics)
  • MA (Economics)
  • BA (Economics and Sociology)
  • Diploma in Education

Professional Affiliations/ Memberships

• • Africa STATA Users Association
  • Social Studies Teachers Association of Ghana

Teaching Interests

• • Quantitative Social Science
  • Social Studies
  • Cultural Anthropology, Business and Society
  • Social and Education Statistics
  • Culture in Agriculture
  • Agriculture and Economic Development
  • Education Economics and Finance
  • Gender and Development
  • Economics of Vocational Training
  • Society and Technology
  • Social Innovations and Development
  • Social Entrepreneurship Skills and Networking
  • Social Policies and Conflicts Safeguards
  • Migration Issues
  • Labour Market Discrimination Determination
  • Principles of Economics
  • Development Economics

Research Interests and Supervision

• • Economic-Sociology
  • Education Economics and Finance
  • Social Studies

Selected Publications

• • Addai, I. (2024). An empirical analysis of household formal education expenditure in Ghana, Cogent Education, Taylor and Francis, 11:1, 2292863, DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2023.2292863
  •  Addai, I. (2024).  Performance and Efficiency Analysis of Public Polytechnic Institutions in the Academic Year of Transition to Technical Universities in Ghana. Social Science Research Network Electronic Journal, Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4690680
  •  Addai, I. (2024).  An Empirical Analysis of Ashanti Region Annual Household Education Expenditure Using the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Six Data.  Social Science Research Network Electronic Journal, Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4690623
  • Addai, I. (2024).  A Micro-Level Empirical Analysis of Annual Household Food Budget Shares in Ghana.  Social Science Research Network Electronic Journal, Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4717448
  • Addai, I. (2024).  Annual Household Budget Share in Formal Education Expenditure Using the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Six Data: A Micro-Level Statistical Investigation. Available at Social Science Research Network Electronic Journal, Elsevier.   http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4692373
  • Addai, I. (2024). Annual Spending on Formal Education Among Households in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Ghana Living Standards Survey Seven Investigation. Social Science Research Network Electronic Journal, Elsevier. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4690671
  • Addai, I. (2023). Achieving Schooling For All: An Empirical Analysis of Household Annual Formal Primary Education Expenditure In Ghana.  International Journal for Early Childhood Care and Educational Research, Vol. 1 No. 1. Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Education, Winneba. https://journals.uew.edu.gh/index.php/ijeccer
  • Addai, I.,  Kumah, P.K.,   Dapaah, J.M., Dwumah, P., Bimpeh, A.H., (2023). Effective Disciplinary Strategies to Combating Indiscipline in Public Senior High Schools in Kumasi, Ghana. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.7, Issue No.7, pp 43 – 64. ISSN 2520-467X
  • Addai, I. (2023). Analysing Household Expenditure on Education in Ghana: An Update. Econometric Modeling: Microeconometric Models of Household Behavior eJournal, Elsevier, Social Science Research Network,  http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4339145 / https://ssrn.com/abstract=4339145
  • Addai, I. (2023). The determinants of demand for education among households in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Accepted for publication in Ghana Journal of Education and Teaching UEW.
  • Addai, I. (2022). Estimating Household Food Budget Shares and Engel’s Food Coefficient in a Lean Food Supply Month in Ghana: A Micro Data Analysis. African Journal of Social Issues 5(1) DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v5i1.2 African Journal Online.
  • Addai, I. (2022). A contribution to the determinants of annual household education expenditure in Ghana. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 6(1), 100349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2022.100349
  • Addai, I. (2022). Investigating Household Food Expenditures and the Engel’s Curve in Ghana: The Empirics. 2022 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research https://doi.org/10.26803/MyRes.2022.07
  • Addai, I. (2022). Carrying of school bags by primary school learners in Ghana: The observation of parents.  African Journal of Educational and Social Science Research, African.
  • Addai, I. (2022). Estimating Household Food Budget Shares and Engel’s Food Coefficient in a Lean Food Supply Month in Ghana: A Micro Data Analysis. African Journal of Social Issues 5(1) DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v5i1.2
  • Addai, I. (2021). Accounting For Marginal Food Budget Share And The Engel’s Law Coefficient In Ghana: The Empirics From The Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Seven. Journal of Humanities and Social Science 51-55. doi: 10.9790/0837-2602015155
  • Addai, I., Baafi, J.A., Sarkodie, E.E. (2021). Examining Household Heads Annual Gender Earnings Gap Using The Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Seven: A Median Regression Approach. Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol. 9, 59-65.
  • Addai, I., Sarpong, C.O. (2021). The Comma Conundrum Among Higher Education Administrative Staff: A Case Study of Kumasi Technical University, Ghana. International Journal of Science and Research, 321-324. doi: 10.21275/SR21127223830
  • Addai, I. (2020). Overeducation:  A Growing Phenomenon Among Ghanaian Teachers at the Pre-Tertiary Level? The Empirical Evidence, International Journal of Social Science Perspectives,  Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 53-57.  doi: 10.33094/7.2017.2020.72.53.57
  • Addai, I. (2020). Watching the Watchman From Ghana:  The Case of Agenda 2063. Journal of Social Science Research, Vol. 16, 41-46. doi: https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v16i.8762.
  • Addai, I. (2020). Examining the Benefits of International Migration Ventures: The Statistics From Ghana. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 159-163, Vol. IV, Issue VII, ISSN 2454-6186.
  • Addai, I. (2020). The Sustainable Development Goals and Ghana Development Nexus: An Empirical Assessment. International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 11-14. doi: 10.24940/ijird/2020/v9/i7/JUL20009.
  • Addai, I. (2019). The Ghana Living Standards Survey Round Six Household Heads Annual Gender Earnings Gap: An Empirical Analysis, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 339-343.
  • Addai, I. (2019). A Probit Analysis of Brideprice Inflation in the Abuakwa-Tanoso Communities Marriage Market in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana, Global Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Vol.7, No.10, 1- 6.
  • Addai, I. (2019). Assessing University of Education, Winneba Production Economies of Scale and Scope: A Further Decomposition, International Journal of Education, Learning and Development, 41- 48.
  • Addai, I. (2019). University of Education, Winneba Productivity and Efficiency: A Data Envelopment Analysis Exploration, Ghana. The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 98-101.doi: 10.24940/theijhss/2019/v7/i11/HS1911-030.
  • Addai, I. (2019). Are the Customers Comfortable with Seats in the Classroom or Is the Customer wrong This Time? An Empirical Analysis of the Customers Satisfaction from the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 91-97.
  • Addai, I. (2019). Are the Customers Comfortable with Seats in the Classroom or Is the Customer wrong This Time? An Empirical Analysis of the Customers Satisfaction from the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 91-97.
  • Addai, I (2018).  Do Ghanaian Public Universities Exhibit Economies of Scale and Scope? An Empirical Evidence of University of Education, Winneba.  Published in the 5^th Biennial Social Science Conference on the theme Education and National Development: Government, Universities and Industry. 14^th -15^th March, 2018 North Campus UEW.
  • Addai, I (2017).  Efficiency, Technology and Productivity Change in University of Education, Winneba: 2010 – 2015.  Conference Proceedings, 1st International Conference on Competency-Based Training and Research. 96-103, 13^th – 15^th September, 2017, College of Technology Education, UEW.
  • Addai, I (2017).  Technical Universities Graduates Earnings Gap in Ghana: An Empirical Evidence From A Higher National Diploma Tracer Study.  Conference Proceedings, 1st International Conference on Competency-Based Training and Research. 13^th – 15^th September, 2017, Journal Post, College of Technology Education, UEW.
  • Addai, I.  (2017). English-Ghanaians or Engnaians a Growing Phenomenon? The Empirical Evidence From the Ghana Living Standards Survey Round six (GLSS6). Published in the 30^th West African Languages Congress on the theme  The Role of Language in the integration and Development of West Africa. 36, July 31-August 5, 2017, North Campus UEW.
  • Addai, I.  (2015). Attaining the Millennium Development Goals by 2015: Is Ghana Yet There? Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, Vol. (5), 113-117.
  • Addai, I.  (2015). The Predicaments of Non-Residential Students in Ghanaian Institutions of Higher Education: A Micro-Level Empirical Evidence, Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.1. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1083844
  • Awunyo, D & Aveh, F, Donkor, S. & Addai, I. (2015). Determinants of Mutual Funds Investment Decision by Second Cycle Teachers in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. African Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., Vol. 4, No. 4, 328-344.
  • Sarkodie, E.E, & Addai, I.  (2015). Financial Ratios (Accounting Ratios) and Survival of Microfinance Institutions in Ghana. Business & Financial Affairs, 1-3. doi:org/10.4172/2167-0234.1000151
  • Sarkodie, E.E, Konor, A, & Addai, I. (2015). The Long and Short Run Determinants of Private Sector Investment in Ghana, 1970-2011, British Journal of Economics, Management & Trade, 1-9.
  • Addai, I. (2013). Problems of Non-Residential Students in Tertiary Educational Institutions in Ghana: A Micro-Level Statistical Evidence.  Ghana Journal of Education and Teaching, 12, 10-17.
  • Addai, I.  (2011). Estimating Gender Earnings Gap in the Informal Sector Kayayei Labour Market: A  Micro-Level Empirical Evidence from Kumasi, Ghana, University of Ghana, Ghana Social Science Journal 8(2), 92-105.
  • Addai, I.  (2011). An empirical analysis of gender earnings gap in the Ghanaian informal sector using the 1998/1999 Ghana Living Standards Survey, The  Social Sciences, 3(4), 347-352.doi: 10.3923/sscience.2011.313.317.
  • Addai, I. (2011). Assessing computer literacy among Basic Education Teachers: A Micro-level empirical analysis from Kumasi, Ghana, African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 4, 77-80.
  • Addai, I. (2010). Graying lecturers in the Ghanaian academia: A micro-level statistical evidence from the College of Technology Education, University of Education, Winneba. African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 3, 111-116.
  • Addai, I. & Mensah, A.F.  (2010). Using Ananse folklores to teaching introductory economics at the College of Technology Education: A multinomial logit analysis. Ghana Journal of Education and Teaching, 10, 28-37.
  • Addai, I. & Mensah, A.F.  (2010). Testing the Stigler hypothesis in economics: The empirics from College of Technology Education, Ghana, Ghana Journal of Education and Teaching, 11, 1-9.
  • Addai, I. (2010). On the triggers of civil war onset in Africa: A micro-level evidence from Kumasi, Ghana, African Journal of Management and Administration, Vol.3 (1) 16- 20.