I am a lecturer with the Department of Economics Education at Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development. I pursued an MPhil/PhD in Economics Education at the University of Cape Coast. I hold an MBA (Finance) and B. A, (Economics & Geography) from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. I also hold a Diploma in Education from the University of Education, Winneba.

I have taught Economics and Finance related courses, as a part-time lecturer, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the College of Distance Education in the University of Cape Coast,  I have also taught Economics and Geography at the Senior High School level.

Academic Qualifications

• • PhD (Economics Education)
  • MBA (Finance)
  • Diploma in Education
  • B.A, (Economics & Geography)

Teaching Interests

• • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • International Finance
  • Managerial Economics
  • International Economics
  • Monetary Economics
  • Entrepreneurial Economics
  • Curriculum development in Economics
  • Instructional methods in Economics
  • Research methods

Research Interests and Supervision

My general research interest areas are education economics, international trade, economic growth, labour economics and behavioural economics.

I have considerable research experience on inequality and returns to education with emphasis on: infrastructure inequality and academic performance; education inequality and labour returns; as well as gender wage gap.

Furthermore, my current research areas include education poverty, climate change, energy usage and inclusive growth.

Selected Publications

• • Agyei, E. A., Annim, S. K., Acquah, B. Y. S., Sebu, J., & Agyei, S. K. (2024). Education infrastructure inequality and academic performance in Ghana. Heliyon, 10(14).
  • Bossman, A., Agyei, S. K., Owusu Junior, P., Agyei, E. A., Akorsu, P. K., … (2022). Flights-to-and-from-quality with Islamic and conventional bonds in the COVID-19 pandemic era: ICEEMDAN-based transfer entropy. Complexity, 2022(1), 1027495.
  • Asiamah, O., Agyei, S. K., Bossman, A., Agyei, E. A., Asucam, J., & Arku-Asare, M. (2022). Natural resource dependence and institutional quality: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Resources Policy, 79, 102967.
  • Asiamah, O., Agyei, S. K., Ahmed, B., & Agyei, E. A. (2022). Natural resource dependence and the Dutch disease: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Resources Policy, 79, 103042.
  • Bossman, A., Agyei, S. K., Asiamah, O., Agyei, E. A., Arhin, E. Y., & Marfo-Yiadom, E. (2022). Dividend policy and performance of listed firms on Ghana stock exchange. Cogent Economics & Finance, 10(1), 2127220.
  • Mireku, K., Agyei, E. A., & Domeher, D. (2017). Trade openness and economic growth volatility: An empirical investigation. Cogent Economics & Finance, 5(1), 1385438.