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Item Education and employment outcomes in Ghana through the lens of the capability approach [Scolarisation et emploi au Ghana à travers la lunette de l’approche des capabilités](Etude de la Population Africaine / Union for African Population Studies, 2014) Sarkodie, A.O.; Agyei-Mensah, S.; Anarfi, J.K.; Bosiakoh, T.A.Existing literature on education and employment confirms that in Ghana educational qualification largely influences the type of work. Through the lens of the Capability Approach, which sees human development in terms of the expansion of freedoms and opportunities, this paper identifies, for a cross-section of Ghanaians, the array of employment opportunities between and within education endowments. “Between endowments” refers to differentials in opportunities for individuals with different levels of educational qualifications, while “within endowments” considers the differentials for individuals with the same level of education. The source of data is the 2005/06 Ghana Living Standard Survey (GLSS5). Results show that education is not enough to erase inequalities. Multinomial regression analysis demonstrates that functionings differ according to the individual’s context, household and personal conversion factors. This is explained by inequalities in the requirements for a particular job (between educational endowments) and by job accessibility due to personal characteristics (within educational endowments). © 2014, Union for African Population Studies. All rights reserved.Item The Effect of the Price of Time on Healthcare Provider Choice In Ghana(Humanities And Social Sciences Communications, 2022) Sarkodie, A.O.The existing literature confirms that the cost of treatment affects the choice of a particular healthcare provider. The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme was established in 2003 to reduce the cost of healthcare provision and increase access to healthcare. However, we find that that even when the price is assumed to be “zero”, there remain some economic costs for choosing a particular healthcare provider over another. This is called the price of time or opportunity cost. The study uses data from the seventh round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7) conducted in 2016–2017 and employed multinomial probit regression as the technique for the analysis. The study finds that travel time and waiting time have significant effects on the choice of healthcare provider. If travel time and waiting time increase by 1 hour, it will decrease the probability of seeking healthcare by 12% and 17%, respectively. Travel cost were not found to have a significant effect. The recommendations are: that policymakers should make the effort to decrease travel time and waiting time at the health facilities in the country to improve healthcare delivery