Solomon Owusu

Research programme: Transformation of Economic and Social Systems

Function: Associate Researcher

Specialization: Economy

Work areas:

Sustainable Global Supply Chains

Vita

since 12/2021	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Associate Researcher
4/2021-11/2021	German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Researcher in the Research Programme "Transformation of Economic and Social Systems"
since 9/2016	Maastricht University/ UNU-MERIT, the Netherlands Ph.D. Researcher/Teaching Assistant/Admin Support
2020-2021	United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Austria Junior Expert on Industrial Development
2018-2021	The World Bank, Washington D.C Research and Policy Analyst
2012-2013	Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Field Officer and Data Analyst

Refereed Publications

Mensah, Emmanuel B. / Solomon Owusu / Neil Foster-Mc Gregor (2023)
Productive efficiency, structural change, and catch-up within Africa
in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 65, 78-100
Ndubuisi, Gideon / Solomon Owusu (2023)
Trade for catch-up: examining how global value chains participation affects productive efficiency
in: Journal of Productivity Analysis 59, 195-215
Mensah, Emmanuel / Solomon Owusu / Neil Foster-McGregor / Adam Szirmai (2023)
Structural Change, Productivity Growth and Labour Market Turbulence in Sub-Saharan Africa
in: Journal of African Economies 32 (3), 175–208
Ndubuisi, Gideon / Chuks Otioma / Solomon Owusu / Godsway Korku Tetteh (2022)
ICTs quality and technical efficiency: An empirical analysis
in: Telecommunications Policy 46 (10), article 102439
Ndubuisi, Gideon \ Solomon Owusu (2022)
Wage effects of global value chains participation and position: An industry-level analysis
in: The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development 31 (7), 1086-1107
Ndubuisi, Gideon / Solomon Owusu (2021)
Trust, Efficient Contracting and Export Upgrading
in: The European Journal of Development Research 34, 2708–2729
Danquah, Abdul / Malik Iddrisu / Ernest Owusu Boakye / Solomon Owusu (2021)
Do gender wage differences within households influence women's empowerment and welfare? Evidence from Ghana
in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 188, 916-932
Owusu, Solomon / Adam Szirmai / Neil Foster-McGregor (2021)
The rise of the service sector in the global economy
in: Ludovico Alcorta / Neil Foster-McGregor / Bart Verspagen & Adam Szirmai, New Perspectives on Structural Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Ndubuisi, Gideon / Solomon Owusu (2021)
How important is global value chain participation for export upgrading
in: The World Economy 44 (10), 2887-2908

Non-refereed Publications

Danquah, Michael / Solomon Owusu (2021)
Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises: empirical evidence from Nigeria
in: UNU WIDER Working Paper Series 2021-114
Blimpo, Moussa P. / Solomon Owusu (2020)
Human Capital
in: Jieun Choi / Mark A. Dutz / Zainab Usman, The future of work in Africa: harnessing the potential of digital technologies for all, Washington: World Bank,
Blimpo, Moussa P. / Ousman Gajigo / Solomon Owusu / Ryoko Tomita / Yanbin Xu (2020)
Technology in the Classroom and Learning in Secondary Schools
Policy Research Working Paper No. 9288, Washington: World Bank
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi / Solomon Owusu / Neil Foster-McGregor (2020)
Productive efficiency, technological change and catch up within Africa
in: UNU-MERIT Working Paper Series 2020-033
Ndubuisi, Gideon / Emmanuel Mensah / Solomon Owusu (2020)
Export variety and imported intermediate inputs: industry-level evidence from Africa
MPRA Paper No. 106008, 10 Feb 2021
Abreha, Kaleb / Emmanuel Lartey / Taye Mengistae / Solomon Owusu / Albert Zeufack (2020)
Africa in manufacturing global value chains: cross-country patterns in the dynamics of linkages
Policy Research Working Paper No. 9439, Washington: World Bank
Mensah, Emmanuel Buadi / Solomon Owusu / Neil Foster‐McGregor / Adam Szirmai (2018)
Structural change, productivity growth and labour market turbulence in Africa
in: in: UNU-MERIT Working Papers No. 2018-026

Opinion Pieces

Projects

Research Network “Sustainable Global Supply Chains”

Current Publications

Die Republik Senegal am politischen Wendepunkt: zum Amtsantritt von Staatspräsident Faye

Grütjen, Klaus
Policy Brief 10/2024

Getting special drawing rights right: opportunities for re-channelling SDRs to vulnerable countries

Zattler, Jürgen K.
Policy Brief 9/2024

Cooperation for future

Hornidge, Anna-Katharina
External Publications of 17 April 2024

Unlocking climate finance for social protection: an analysis of the Green Climate Fund

Aleksandrova, Mariya / Laura Kuhl / Daniele Malerba
External Publications of 17 April 2024