International Journal of Social Economics

1974 - 2024

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Volume 44, issue 12, 2017

Islamic vs conventional Human Development Index: empirical evidence from ten Muslim countries pp. 1562-1583

Necati Aydin

Building bridges or gates? Gated communities’ escape from reality pp. 1584-1596

Sam Sarpong

Can food production diversity influence farm households’ dietary diversity? An appraisal from two-dimensional food diversity measures pp. 1597-1608

Dare Akerele and Adebayo Musediku Shittu

A difficulty in Arrow’s impossibility theorem pp. 1609-1621

Khandakar Qudrat-I Elahi

Taming cronyism!: the role of Public Private Dialogues pp. 1622-1638

Mohamed Ismail Sabry

Sunset for the American Dream pp. 1639-1653

Kenneth Bruce Taylor

Mapping patterns of financial distress among consumers in Zimbabwe pp. 1654-1668

Richard Chamboko, Gerald Kadira, Lisho Mundia and Rumbidzai K.T. Chamboko

Impact of the production of underutilized vegetables on the livelihood of farmers in Southwestern Nigeria pp. 1669-1682

Oluwatosin Adejoke Oyedele and Kemisola O. Adenegan

Distributional impact of public expenditure on human development in Nigeria pp. 1683-1693

Richardson Kojo Edeme, Chigozie Nkalu and Innocent A. Ifelunini

Determinants of household health expenditure in Nigeria pp. 1694-1709

Noah Olasehinde and Olanrewaju Olaniyan

Can trade liberalisation bring benefits to the war-affected regions and create economic stability in post-war Sri Lanka? pp. 1710-1726

Athula Naranpanawa and Jayatilleke Bandara

Institutional framing and financial inclusion pp. 1727-1744

George Okello Candiya Bongomin, Joseph Mpeera Ntayi and John C. Munene

The effects of microfinance on women’s empowerment: new evidence from Bangladesh pp. 1745-1757

Mohammad Mafizur Rahman, Rasheda Khanam and Hong Son Nghiem

Paternal religious affiliation and practice in Lithuania: spiritual goods or secular utilities? pp. 1758-1777

Dmitri Medvedovski and Kirk Allison

Educational mismatch and its impact on earnings: evidence from Indian labour market pp. 1778-1795

Swati Sharma and Prateek Sharma

Micro determinants of the extent of credit rationing amongst SMEs in Ghana pp. 1796-1817

Daniel Domeher, Godwin Musah and Kwasi Poku

Income shocks, informal insurance mechanisms, and household consumption expenditure pp. 1818-1832

Joseph Boniface Ajefu

Inheritance and inequality, and aggregate demand and policy issues pp. 1833-1845

Gerasimos Soldatos

The sexual orientation wage gap in the USA pp. 1846-1855

Rachel Sayers, John Levendis and Mehmet Dicle

To sell or not to sell: the insurance agents’ attitude toward high-risk customers pp. 1856-1870

Lu-Ming Tseng

The relationship between political parties and tolerance to criminality pp. 1871-1891

Paulo Loureiro, Tito Moreira and Roberto Ellery

Loan demand by microfinance borrowers pp. 1892-1905

Vijeta Singh and Puja Padhi

An empirical investigation of the link between infrastructure development and poverty reduction pp. 1906-1918

Varun Chotia and N.V.M. Rao

Sustainable development and spirituality: a critical analysis of GNH index pp. 1919-1939

Kanupriya Gupta and Rajat Agrawal

Creative economy assessment: a case study of Kish Island pp. 1940-1956

Elham Lafzi Ghazi and Miguel Goede

Did the time frame associated with the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act noticeably impact consumer bankruptcy filings? pp. 1957-1972

Donald D. Hackney, Daniel Friesner and Erica H. Johnson

Channels of financial sector development and rural-urban consumption inequality in India pp. 1973-1987

Atul Mehta and Joysankar Bhattacharya

Economic benefits of savings groups in rural Mozambique pp. 1988-2001

Aurélie Brunie, Diana Rutherford, Emily B. Keyes and Samuel Field

Economic growth, public expenditure on health and IMR in India pp. 2002-2018

Subhalaxmi Mohapatra

Safety net programs in West Bengal: how much effective? pp. 2019-2032

Arghya Kusum Mukherjee

Correlates of poverty in Africa pp. 2033-2051

Richard Dwumfour, Elikplimi Agbloyor and Joshua Abor

Age and the pursuit of happiness among immigrants pp. 2052-2066

Sarinda Taengnoi Siemers and Denise Robson

Determining the optimal allocation of time among work, sports, internet use, and sleep pp. 2067-2085

Nissim Ben David and Aviad Tur-Sinai

The importance of co-operatives to the New Zealand economy pp. 2086-2096

Morris Altman

Relationships of collapse: network brokerage, opportunism and fraud in financial markets pp. 2097-2111

Bryce Hannibal and Hiroshi Ono

Church attendance, faith and the allocation of time: evidence from Australia pp. 2112-2127

Michael A. Kortt, Todd Steen and Elisabeth Sinnewe

The relationship between attitudes in Poland towards the decommodified welfare state with those on the communist economy and transition to a market economy pp. 2128-2140

Gavin John Rae

Welfare implications of minimum wage increase in Nigeria pp. 2141-2156

Taiwo Aderemi and Fidelis Ogwumike

Exploring the relationship between financial inclusion and assets accumulation in South Africa pp. 2157-2172

Tita Anthanasius Fomum and Meshach Aziakpono

Does agricultural extension promote technology adoption in Sri Lanka pp. 2173-2186

Buddhini Ranjika Walisinghe, Shyama Ratnasiri, Nicholas Rohde and Ross Guest

Economic growth and the development of banking and insurance sector in the post-liberalized India pp. 2187-2207

Shrutikeerti Kaushal and Amlan Ghosh

The challenges facing poverty alleviation and financial inclusion in North-East Kenya Province (NEKP) pp. 2208-2223

Abd Elrahman Ali

Returns to education and occupations for Canadian Aboriginal people pp. 2224-2237

Lida Fan, Keith Brownlee, Nazim N. Habibov and Raymond Neckoway

The role of moral transaction mode for sustainability of banking business pp. 2238-2256

Sirajo Aliyu, Rosylin Mohd Yusof and Nasri Naiimi

Altruism or exchange: what motives inter-household transfers in Burkina Faso? pp. 2257-2270

Didier Alia, Nicolas Ponty and Ignace Kamga Tchwaket

Practices of corporate integrity and accountability of non-profit organizations in Malaysia pp. 2271-2286

Ruhaya Atan, Md. Mahmudul Alam and Jamaliah Said

Banking and credit extension: does religious diversity matter? pp. 2287-2301

Saibal Ghosh

Efficiency of banks in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand pp. 2302-2312

Shazida jan Mohd khan, Shamzaeffa Samsudin and Rabiul Islam

Who benefits from the high-price segment in commodity markets? pp. 2313-2324

Stefan Mann and Christian Ritzel

A spatial analysis of suicide rates in Tennessee pp. 2325-2335

Ferdinand Gabriel Difurio and Willis Lewis

Beyond the equal-weight framework of the Social Progress Index pp. 2336-2350

Boonlert Jitmaneeroj

So why is Uttar Pradesh still poor? Poverty incidence and its correlates pp. 2351-2377

Akarsh Arora and S.P. Singh

Employee well-being in Britain: perspectives from the margins of the labour market pp. 2378-2395

John Sutherland

Motivations, income determinants and livelihood vulnerability of female teenage head porters in Kasoa, Ghana pp. 2396-2408

Evans Otieku, Charles Godfred Ackah and David Forkuor

Re-examining the financial development and poverty nexus: some international evidence pp. 2409-2427

Nasreddine Kaidi and Sami Mensi

The value-orientations of Catholic and Buddhist entrepreneurs pp. 2428-2449

Gábor Kovács

Cost efficiency among rice millers in Southwest Nigeria pp. 2450-2465

Busayo Bidemi Adeyemi, Victor Olusegun Okoruwa and Adesola Ikudaisi

Is the performance improvement effect of social capital contingent on life cycle stages of professional athletes? Evidence from motorboat racing in Japan pp. 2466-2485

Nobuya Fukugawa

Mapping patterns of multiple deprivation in Namibia pp. 2486-2499

Richard Chamboko, Alessandro Re and Sevias Guvuriro

Volume 44, issue 11, 2017

The role of personality traits in investors trading behaviour: empirical evidence from Greek pp. 1402-1420

Dimitrios Kourtidis, Prodromos Chatzoglou and Zeljko Sevic

Explaining participation in the informal economy: a purchaser perspective pp. 1421-1436

Colin Williams, Ioana Alexandra Horodnic and Jan Windebank

On the development of socially beneficial infrastructure projects pp. 1437-1455

Norayr Badasyan and Hans Wilhelm Alfen

Gender, the state, and informal self-employment pp. 1456-1470

Nathanael Ojong

The threshold effects of household indebtedness on multidimensional poverty pp. 1471-1488

Lungile Ntsalaze and Sylvanus Ikhide

Female labour force participation: evidence from Ghana pp. 1489-1505

Abena Yeboah Abraham, Fidelia Nana Akom Ohemeng and Williams Ohemeng

Does female human capital contribute to economic growth in India?: an empirical investigation pp. 1506-1521

Madhu Sehrawat and Arun Giri

A comparative analysis of the practice and performance of microfinance institutions in Nigeria pp. 1522-1538

Abiola Ayopo Babajide, Joseph Niyan Taiwo and Kehinde Adekunle Adetiloye

In the centre, but still on the periphery pp. 1539-1558

Martin Plešivčák and Ján Buček

Volume 44, issue 10, 2017

Ethnic communities: a factor of industrial clustering pp. 1290-1306

Shah Muhammad Kamran, Hongzhong Fan, Butt Matiullah, Gulzar Ali and Shafei Moiz Hali

Work, family and other life domains centrality among managers and workers according to gender pp. 1307-1321

Moshe Sharabi

Endogenous evolution of patriarchal clan system in ancient China pp. 1322-1334

Feng Deng

Application of Gini, Theil and concentration indices for assessing water use inequality pp. 1335-1347

Krishna Malakar and Trupti Mishra

Economic hardship and suicides pp. 1348-1360

Marko Korhonen, Mikko Puhakka and Matti Viren

Socio-economic determinants of employment in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Jammu and Kashmir pp. 1361-1376

Malik Altaf Hussain

Socioeconomic inequalities in child obesity and overweight in Portugal pp. 1377-1389

Carlota Quintal and Joana Oliveira

Public health expenditure, GDP and the elderly population: a comparative study pp. 1390-1400

Marta Pascual-Saez, David Cantarero and Daniela Castañeda

Volume 44, issue 9, 2017

Regional dynamism between social and commercial ventures pp. 1122-1138

Habib Kachlami

Does post-migration education improve labour market performance? Findings from four cities in Indonesia pp. 1139-1153

Devanto Pratomo

Social cyclicality in Asian countries pp. 1154-1165

Deepti Ahuja and Venkatesh Murthy

Role of personality style on bargaining outcomes pp. 1166-1196

Bryan McCannon and John Stevens

Is methodology destiny? Religiosity and charitable giving pp. 1197-1210

Yan Li

Measurement of social development: evidence from India pp. 1211-1230

Naresh Kumar

Factors influencing healthcare choices by the elderly in India: role of social interactions pp. 1231-1251

Sharmistha Self and Subhasree Basuroy

Social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystems pp. 1252-1267

Philip Roundy

Understanding the relationship between the economy and crime: Canadian provinces, 1981-2009 pp. 1268-1288

Joao Jalles and Martin A. Andresen

Volume 44, issue 8, 2017

The effect of globalization and credit market imperfections on the incidence of child labour pp. 998-1017

Ambreen Fatima

Taking stock of the waqf-based Islamic microfinance model pp. 1018-1031

Rose Abdullah and Abdul Ghafar Ismail

Does access to finance alleviate poverty? A case study of SGSY beneficiaries in Kashmir Valley pp. 1032-1045

Audil Rashid Khaki and Mohi-ud-Din Sangmi

Multidimensional poverty status of rural households in Nigeria pp. 1046-1061

Abimbola Oluyemisi Adepoju and Oluwatofunmi Ibukun Akinluyi

Impact of rising food prices on consumer welfare in the most populous countries of South Asia pp. 1062-1077

Shafque Aftab, Muhammad Rizwan Yaseen and Sofia Anwar

Culture and social identity in preserving cultural heritage: an experimental study pp. 1078-1091

Kean Siang Chng and Suresh Narayanan

Subjective equivalence scale – cross-country and time differences pp. 1092-1105

Małgorzata Kalbarczyk, Rafal Mista and Leszek Morawski

The impact of cash transfer programs on Brazilian’s well-being pp. 1106-1118

Izete Bagolin

Volume 44, issue 7, 2017

The importance of new forms of capital in nonprofit organizations pp. 846-868

Paulo Mourão, Teresa Pereira and Maria Cristina Moreira

Love thy neighbor – religion and prosociality pp. 869-883

Guido Heineck

Unmasking the factors behind income inequalities in Ghana pp. 884-899

Michael Danquah and Williams Ohemeng

Interaction and higher order effects of factors affecting the performance of microfinancing institutions pp. 900-920

Gemunu Nanayakkara

Developing a comprehensive performance measurement system forwaqfinstitutions pp. 921-936

Nazrul Noordin, Siti Nurah Haron and Salina Kassim

A multi-disciplinary approach to explaining workless-ness in Britain pp. 937-959

Gabriella Cagliesi, Denise Hawkes and Max Tookey

Performance of SOEs: evidence on Botswana Telecommunications Corporation pp. 960-979

Mbako Mbo and Charles Adjasi

Measuring trust and commitment in collective actions pp. 980-996

Getaw Tadesse and Girma Kassie

Volume 44, issue 6, 2017

Psycho-economic aspiration and subjective well-being pp. 698-714

Necati Aydin

A principal component analysis of the determinants of spatial disparity between rural and urban localities of Ghana pp. 715-731

Ivy Drafor

Parents or peers, wealth or warmth? The impact of social support, wealth, and a positive outlook on self-efficacy and happiness pp. 732-750

Vesarach Aumeboonsuke

The willingness of undergraduate students to volunteer for NGO work: a Ghanaian case study pp. 751-759

Ernest L. Okorley, Alberta A. Owusu and Samuel Akuamoah-Boateng

The new deflation and housing market bubbles in the USA and UK: a monetary policy dilemma pp. 760-773

Heather Richardson Bono, Charles G. Leathers and J. Patrick Raines

Inequalities in economic and educational status among social groups in India pp. 774-796

Ishwar Chandra Awasthi and Puneet Kumar Shrivastav

A panel vector AutoRegression analysis of income inequality dynamics in each of the 50 states of USA pp. 797-815

Olugbenga Onafowora and Oluwole Owoye

Trade policy and health implication for Pacific island countries pp. 816-830

Siope Ofa and Azmat Gani

A conceptual framework for ecological economics based on systemic principles of life pp. 831-844

Fritjof Capra and Ove Daniel Jakobsen

Volume 44, issue 5, 2017

Does individual heterogeneity shape retail investor behaviour? pp. 578-593

Abhijeet Chandra, Kantesha Sanningammanavara and A. Satya Nandini

Evaluating the effect of macroeconomic variables on the welfare changes in Iran pp. 594-604

Mohammad Shahiki Tash, Saber Molaei and Kamran Barghandan

Competencies as a factor of economic deactivation pp. 605-619

Justyna Wiktorowicz

The effect of social spending on reducing poverty pp. 620-632

Ferdi Celikay and Erdal Gümüş

Factors determining child mortality in Uganda pp. 633-642

Will Kaberuka, Alex Mugarura, Javan Tindyebwa and Debra S. Bishop

Economic impact of the Canadian co-operative sector (2009 and 2010) pp. 643-652

George Karaphillis, Fiona Duguid and Alicia Lake

The effects of higher education on childrearing fertility behavior in Japan pp. 653-669

Yuko Nozaki

Self-interest and the modernity ofhomo economicus pp. 670-682

Valentin Cojanu

Impact of migration on economic growth and human development pp. 683-695

Olusegun Akanbi

Volume 44, issue 4, 2017

Identifying the poor and the needy among the beneficiaries of zakat pp. 446-458

Bilqis Ololade Ahmed, Fuadah Johari and Kalsom Abdul Wahab

Exchange transactions revisited: on the universal applicability of homo economicus pp. 459-473

John Dixon

Impact of electronic-wallet system on farmer’s welfare in Oyo State, Nigeria pp. 474-490

Nneji Ifeyinwa Umeokeke, Victor Olusegun Okoruwa and Temitayo Adenike Adeyemo

Flags and anthems: naturalisation effects on income and employment pp. 491-504

Jan-Jan Soon

The impact of targeted subsidies plan on electricity consumption, sale, receivables collection and operating cash flow pp. 505-520

Mahdi Salehi, Hamdollah Sojasi Qeidari and Ahmad Asgari

Life insurance demand: Middle East and North Africa pp. 521-529

Sara Emamgholipour, Mohammad Arab and Zahra Mohajerzadeh

Disparity in family status attainment between the majority and minority ethnic groups in Bangladesh pp. 530-546

Md. Emaj Uddin

Institutional change and economic development: a conceptual analysis of the African case pp. 547-559

Kwami Adanu

Quality of life in Italian cities: a temporal comparison between before the crisis and after pp. 560-574

Guido Bonatti, Enrico Ivaldi and Riccardo Soliani

Volume 44, issue 3, 2017

Cops and/or courts? A heterogeneous panel Granger-causality analysis of DUI in California pp. 286-311

Va Nee L. Van Vleck and David Vera

Parental migration, paid child labour, and human capital pp. 312-325

Akira Shimada

Deviation of community savings groups from their apparent methodology pp. 326-336

Emmanuel Maliti

An empirical relationship between financial development indicators and human capital in some selected Asian countries pp. 337-349

Madhu Sehrawat and Arun Giri

Does corruption matter for economic development? Long run evidence from Bangladesh pp. 350-361

Mohammad Habibullah Pulok and Moin Uddin Ahmed

Agricultural structure and farmers’ interconnections with rural communities pp. 362-376

T. Besser, C. Jurt and Stefan Mann

Looking for status appeal? Act interested in your child’s education pp. 377-399

Salvador Contreras

Information technology’s impacts on productivity and welfare: a review pp. 400-413

Clement Tisdell

Reckoning females’ education as a determinant of fertility control in Pakistan pp. 414-444

Qurra-tul-ain Ali Sheikh, Mahpara Sadaqat and Muhammad Meraj

Volume 44, issue 2, 2017

Premature deindustrialization and inequality pp. 154-168

Richard Grabowski

A theoretical and methodological framework for social economic value theory pp. 169-180

Leon Monroe Miller

Evaluation of MGNREGA: data envelopment analysis approach pp. 181-194

Sarabjeet D. Natesan and Rahul Ratnakar Marathe

Spiritually inspired creativity in business pp. 195-205

László Zsolnai and Katalin Illes

The influence ofBolsa Familiaconditional cash transfer program on child labor in Brazil pp. 206-221

Paloma Santana Moreira Pais, Felipe de Figueiredo Silva and Evandro Camargos Teixeira

Revisiting Environmental Kuznets Curve in Sub-Sahara Africa pp. 222-231

Kolawole Ogundari, Adebola Abimbola Ademuwagun and Olajide Abraham Ajao

Foreign direct investments, democracy, and economic growth in Turkey pp. 232-252

Nazif Durmaz

How unequal is the size of middle class in the rural urban areas of Punjab province pp. 253-266

Mariam Shahzadi, Muhammad Faraz Riaz, Sofia Anwar and Samia Nasreen

Does parents’ income matter in intergenerational transmission of human capital? A decomposition analysis pp. 267-283

Fareed Shareef, Muhammad Junaid Khawaja and Toseef Azid

Volume 44, issue 1, 2017

Safety net for agriculture: effect of idiosyncratic income shock on remittance payments pp. 2-20

Eric Akobeng

Trust-based social capital, economic growth and property rights: explaining the relationship pp. 21-52

Mahyudin Ahmad and Stephen Hall

The rationale of part-time farming: empirical evidence from Norway pp. 53-59

Klaus Mittenzwei and Stefan Mann

Skills and earnings in less than bachelor’s occupations pp. 60-74

David B. Yerger

The effect of intimate partner violence on labor market decisions pp. 75-92

Fernando Rios-Avila and Gustavo Canavire-Bacarreza

Mining and livelihood: a microanalysis in Odisha, India pp. 93-113

Minati Sahoo, Dharmabrata Mohapatra and Dukhabandhu Sahoo

The impact of financial management practices and competitive advantage on the loan performance of MFIs pp. 114-131

Stephen Korutaro Nkundabanyanga, Brendah Akankunda, Irene Nalukenge and Immaculate Tusiime

Lights and shadows of Affordable Care Act and its influence on world civilization pp. 132-140

Matteo Migheli and Cinzia Di Novi

Schumpeter and economic man pp. 141-150

Edward John O’Boyle