Overview
Background
Isaac koomson is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for the Business and Economics of Health (CBEH). He also serves in an adjunct role as a Faculty Director with the Center for Social Development at the Brown School in the Washington University in St. Louis, United States. He is a guest lecturer in Quantitative Research Methods in the University of North Carolina and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the United States.
He holds a PhD degree in Economics (Applied Econometrics) from the University of New England, Australia; Master of Philosophy degree in Economics from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; and a BSc (Hons) degree in Economics (Social Sciences) from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Apart from research, he has more than 10 years of teaching experience at the University of New England, Australia, the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and the University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana.
Dr Koomson’s current research is in the areas of health and development economics and cuts across topics such as child health (i.e., malnutrition), healthcare utilisation, out-of-pocket health expenditure, mental health, disease outbreak resilience, poverty, vulnerability, food insecurity, and energy poverty. He has worked on projects as a consultant to organisations such as the World Bank, the United Nations, and other policy-oriented research institutes.
His experience in producing translational research outputs. He was part of a three-member research team on the UNE/BUPA Health System Project which assessed students' access to the Australian Health System. He also led a team of researchers from the United States to introduce a novel multidimensional disease outbreak resilience index (DORI).
Availability
- Dr Isaac Koomson is:
- Available for supervision
Research impacts
- Health economics: drivers of healthcare utilisation, catastrophic and out-of-pocket health expenditure, mental health, obesity, disease outbreak resilience, social determinants of health
- Development economics and personal finance: how personal finance affects, health and wellbeing, poverty and vulnerability, food insecurity and energy poverty, among others
- Applied econometrics: application of econometrics and emerging data science/analytic techniques to build evidence on how to enhance health and socioeconomic welfare and wellbeing outcomes
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Energy innovation investment and renewable energy in OECD countries
Osei Opoku, Eric Evans, Acheampong, Alex O., Dogah, Kingsley E and Koomson, Isaac (2024). Energy innovation investment and renewable energy in OECD countries. Energy Strategy Reviews, 54 101462, 101462. doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101462
2024
Journal Article
Toward vulnerability-responsive climate adaptation decision making: group inclusiveness as prime driver of local participation
Koomson, Paul and Koomson, Isaac (2024). Toward vulnerability-responsive climate adaptation decision making: group inclusiveness as prime driver of local participation. Climate and Development, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2024.2368173
2024
Journal Article
Women’s empowerment in integrated cattle-farming systems in Indonesia
Villano, Renato Andrin, Koomson, Isaac, Thei, Stella, Taqiuddin, Moh, Prameswari, Febrina, Fachry, Anwar, Fatah, Luthfi, Sumantri, Ika and Burrow, Heather (2024). Women’s empowerment in integrated cattle-farming systems in Indonesia. Applied Economics, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2024.2364090
2024
Journal Article
Can health financing programmes reduce food insecurity in a developing country?
Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim, Koomson, Isaac and Baako-Amponsah, Josephine (2024). Can health financing programmes reduce food insecurity in a developing country?. International Journal of Health Economics and Management. doi: 10.1007/s10754-024-09380-5
2024
Journal Article
Entrepreneurship and subjective wellbeing in China: Exploring linkages and potential channels
Koomson, Isaac, Zhang, Quanda and Prakash, Kushneel (2024). Entrepreneurship and subjective wellbeing in China: Exploring linkages and potential channels. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 21 e00449, e00449. doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00449
2024
Journal Article
Energy poverty and mental distress in South Africa: Assessing linkages and potential pathways
Koomson, Isaac (2024). Energy poverty and mental distress in South Africa: Assessing linkages and potential pathways. World Development Sustainability, 4 100116, 100116. doi: 10.1016/j.wds.2023.100116
2024
Journal Article
Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter?
Bukari, Chei, Koomson, Isaac and Annim, Samuel Kobina (2024). Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter?. Review of Development Economics, 28 (2), 462-498. doi: 10.1111/rode.13062
2024
Journal Article
Informal care and financial stress: Longitudinal evidence from Australia
Koomson, Isaac, Lenzen, Sabrina and Afoakwah, Clifford (2024). Informal care and financial stress: Longitudinal evidence from Australia. Stress and Health, 40 (4) e3393, e3393. doi: 10.1002/smi.3393
2024
Journal Article
How financial resilience shapes social and public health policy choices in sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical insights from the COVID-19 pandemic
Okumu, Moses, Ansong, David, Koomson, Isaac and Chen, Ding-Geng (2024). How financial resilience shapes social and public health policy choices in sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical insights from the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 15 (1), 43-67. doi: 10.1086/717770
2024
Journal Article
Borrower discouragement and multidimensional child deprivation in Ghana
Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim, Koomson, Isaac and Peprah, James Atta (2024). Borrower discouragement and multidimensional child deprivation in Ghana. The Journal of Economic Inequality, 22 (1), 49-67. doi: 10.1007/s10888-023-09578-6
2024
Journal Article
Financial inclusion and multidimensional child poverty
Koomson, Isaac, Kofinti, Raymond Elikplim and Laryea, Esther (2024). Financial inclusion and multidimensional child poverty. Review of Economics of the Household, 22 (1), 237-260. doi: 10.1007/s11150-022-09641-7
2024
Journal Article
Racial diversity, child stunting and underweight: Policies design and promotion in South Africa
Koomson, Isaac, Afoakwah, Clifford and Twumasi, Martinson Ankrah (2024). Racial diversity, child stunting and underweight: Policies design and promotion in South Africa. Journal of Policy Modeling. doi: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2024.05.009
2024
Journal Article
The role of teacher support in students' academic performance in low- and high-stakes assessments
Ansong, David, Okumu, Moses, Amoako, Emmanuel Owusu, Appiah-Kubi, Jamal, Ampomah, Abena Oforiwaa, Koomson, Isaac and Hamilton, Eric (2024). The role of teacher support in students' academic performance in low- and high-stakes assessments. Learning and Individual Differences, 109 102396, 102396. doi: 10.1016/j.lindif.2023.102396
2023
Journal Article
Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India
Koomson, Isaac, Orkoh, Emmanuel and Ahmad, Shabbir (2023). Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India. Energy Economics, 127 (Part A) 107118, 107118. doi: 10.1016/j.eneco.2023.107118
2023
Journal Article
Trust in banks, financial inclusion and the mediating role of borrower discouragement
Koomson, Isaac, Koomson, Paul and Abdul-Mumuni, Abdallah (2023). Trust in banks, financial inclusion and the mediating role of borrower discouragement. International Review of Economics and Finance, 88, 1418-1431. doi: 10.1016/j.iref.2023.07.090
2023
Book Chapter
Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection and development
Ansong, David, Okumu, Moses, Huang, Jin, Sun, Sicong, Huseynli, Aytakin, Koomson, Isaac, Chowa, Gina, Ssewamala, Fred, S. Sherraden, Margaret and Sherraden, Michael (2023). Financial capability and asset building: innovations in social protection and development. Handbook on Social Protection and Social Development in the Global South. (pp. 308-330) edited by Leila Patel, Sophie Plagerson and Isaac Chinyoka. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781800378421.00033
2023
Journal Article
The link between households’ durable asset accumulation and healthcare utilisation and spending
Koomson, Isaac, Abdul-Mumuni, Abdallah, Ampah, David Kofi and Afful, Anthony Fiifi (2023). The link between households’ durable asset accumulation and healthcare utilisation and spending. International Review of Applied Economics, 37 (5), 1-25. doi: 10.1080/02692171.2023.2254246
2023
Journal Article
The effectiveness of financial capability and asset building interventions in improving youth’s educational well-being: a systematic review
Ansong, David, Okumu, Moses, Nyoni, Thabani, Appiah-Kubi, Jamal, Amoako, Emmanuel Owusu, Koomson, Isaac and Conklin, Jamie (2023). The effectiveness of financial capability and asset building interventions in improving youth’s educational well-being: a systematic review. Adolescent Research Review. doi: 10.1007/s40894-023-00223-x
2023
Journal Article
Income inequality and economic growth in BRICS: insights from non-parametric techniques
Acheampong, Alex O., Adebayo, Tomiwa Sunday, Dzator, Janet and Koomson, Isaac (2023). Income inequality and economic growth in BRICS: insights from non-parametric techniques. Journal of Economic Inequality, 21 (3), 619-640. doi: 10.1007/s10888-023-09567-9
2023
Journal Article
Private supplementary tutoring expenditures and children’s learning outcomes: gender and locational evidence from Ghana
Ansong, David, Koomson, Isaac, Okumu, Moses, Alhassan, Mustapha, Makubuya, Timothy and Abreh, Might Kojo (2023). Private supplementary tutoring expenditures and children’s learning outcomes: gender and locational evidence from Ghana. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 76 101232. doi: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2022.101232
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