Care Work, Gendered Time Poverty & Livelihood Outcomes in Ghana's Urban Informal Sector: Panel Evidence & Lived Narratives

This proposal investigates, across four panel waves tracking the same households, how unpaid care and gendered time poverty constrain livelihoods in Ghana's urban informal sector. Using the ISSER–Yale longitudinal dataset with interviews and focus groups in Accra and Kumasi, it will analyse effects on income, working hours, assets and mobility, and inform debates on urban labour markets, social protection and economic constraints shaped by unpaid care.

About the Speaker: Adlai Gardesey is a DAAD-funded Junior Visiting Researcher at ZEF CPC from ISSER, University of Ghana. He is a development economist & has worked with GIZ, Amnesty International & Ministry of Finance.