Islamic Banking and Income Inequality: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility

Nurul Muna Mohamad (), Tajul Masron (), Risna Widiyanti () and Muslimah Mohd Jamil ()
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Nurul Muna Mohamad: School of Management Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, MALAYSIA.
Tajul Masron: School of Management Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Penang, MALAYSIA.
Risna Widiyanti: Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Brawijaya Jl. MT. Haryono 165, Malang 65145, INDONESIA.
Muslimah Mohd Jamil: Universiti Teknologi MARA Kampus Sungai Petani 08400 Merbok, Kedah, MALAYSIA.

Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia, 2020, vol. 54, issue 2, 77-90

Abstract: The objective of this study is to analyse whether engaging more actively in corporate social responsibility (CSR) enhances the effectiveness of Islamic banks in narrowing income inequality in the selected Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) countries. Both fixed-effect and random-effect models representing static model as well as generalized method of moments approach of dynamic model are employed to estimate the sample of 24 OIC countries for the period from 2006 to 2013. The results suggest that Islamic banking has potential to reduce income inequality via Islamic financing and CSR further helps to reduce income inequality. In addition, the findings suggest that Islamic financial institutions able to reduce income inequality further if they actively engage in CSR. However, small size of CSR activities is unlikely to be effective in reducing income inequality..

Keywords: Islamic banks; OIC countries; corporate social responsibility; dynamic model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.17576/JEM-2020-5402-7

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