http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/293 Economics 2026-04-11T14:30:25Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8478 Title: Comparative analysis of non-medical consumption pattern between insured and uninsured people in Ekiti State, Nigeria Authors: Adeyemi, F. O.; Lawanson, A. O. Abstract: Health Insurance (HI) brings about welfare improvement through improved health status and maintenance of non-medical consumption by ensuring that medical expenditures are smoothened over time. Notwithstanding, available data show that less than 4% of the Nigerian households are covered by national health insurance scheme.This implies weak ability to smoothen consumption over time whenever there is ailment. This paper aims at studying and evaluating the spillover effect of health insurance on non-medical consumption in Ekiti state. A propensity score matching estimation model was adopted to 1500 households across Ekiti state. This is the mean effect of an intervention through the mean difference in the outcomes of the treated and the control groups. The mean expenditure on non-medical consumption was N6947.03. In addition to that, the sign of the coefficient of the effect of health insurance on non-medical consumption is positive, showing that health insurance increases expenditure of insured households on non-medical consumption. Having recognized that insured households can be financially protected against unforeseen medical bill, federal government should encourage the expansion of health insurance by encouraging state government, local government and private sector to enroll their employees in health insurance programme. The paper concludes that health insurance is consumption increasing and therefore be expended to more people at local government areas to further redistribute income from the healthy to the sick. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8477 Title: Health expenditure and child health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa Authors: Novignon, J. N.; Lawanson, A. O. Abstract: This study sought to understand the relationship between child health outcomes and health spending while investigating lagged effects. The study employed panel data from 45 Sub-Saharan African countries between 1995 and 2011 obtained from the World Bank’s World Development Indicators. Fixed and Random effect models were estimated. Under-five, infant and neonatal mortality were used as child health outcomes while total health spending. The effects of one and two period lags of expenditure were estimated. The results show a positive and significant relationship between health expenditure and child health outcomes with elasticities of -0.11 for infant mortality, -0.15 (under-five mortality) and -0.-8 (ne0natal mortality). Public health expenditure. Positive and significant lagged effects were also estimated between health expenditure and child health. The findings suggests that, while health expenditure is crucial for the improvement of child health, it is equally important for this expenditure to be sustainable as it has delayed effects. 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8476 Title: Entrepreneurial interest and academic performance in Nigeria: evidence from undergraduate students in the University of Ibadan Authors: Osakede, U. A.; Lawanson, A. O.; Sobowale, D. A. Abstract: Entrepreneurial interest among the youth population is a panacea for unemployment especially due to high turnout of educated individuals in the labour force. This paper provides findings on the factors that determine entrepreneurship interest among the youth population in Nigeria using the University of Ibadan as a case study. Empirical results on whether engagement in entrepreneurial activities interferes with academic performance; extent of involvement and gender differences are also presented. The logit and multinomial logit models were used to examine the factors that influence entrepreneurship interest and interference with academic performance, respectively. Descriptive statistics and the T test were employed in examining the extent of involvement and whether there is a statistically significant difference across gender. The results showed that subjective norm, perceived behavioural control and family business background significantly predicts students’ interest in entrepreneurship. Engagement in entrepreneurial activity has no significant effect on students’ academic performance. Findings suggest relatively low entrepreneurial engagement among students with significant differences across gender. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8475 Title: Equity in healthcare financing in Nigeria Authors: Lawanson, A. O.; Opeloyeru, O. S. Abstract: Using both graphical and geometric analyses, this paper examines the extent of inequity in healthcare finance among the Nigerian population. One of the acclaimed plans in healthcare in this teeming community is the mix method of financing but the system in practise is dominated with Out-of-Pockets (OOPs) meanwhile the degree of income inequality still remain high. Using the Nigerian Living Standard Survey (NLSS) data conducted in 2004, the framework for this study relies on Kakwani Progressivity Index (KPI). A decomposition of the groups into lower and upper bound however, reveal that health payment for lower bound is regressive while payment for upper bound is progressive. Although, the upper bound result dominates the entire result which finally suggests a progressive system arising from the spending habit of the rich in seeking for healthcare services abroad. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z