International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 35 Issue 11

What determines the duration of stay of immigrants in Germany?: Evidence from a longitudinal duration analysis

Sebastian Gundel, Heiko Peters

Because of the increasing importance of immigration for Germany due to the ageing population and the lack of highly skilled in some industries, the purpose of this paper is to…

An empirical survey of individual consumer, business firm and financial institution attitudes towards Islamic methods of finance

Alsadek Gait, Andrew Worthington

The purpose of this paper is to review the attitudes, perceptions and knowledge of Islamic financial products and services.

International trade, foreign direct investment and the phenomenon of child labor: The case of Pakistan

Uzma Iram, Ambreen Fatima

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causal links between, foreign direct investment (FDI), openness through trade, poverty, value added of agriculture sector as share…

Macro‐, Meso‐ and Microeconomic considerations in the delivery of social services

Ben Freyens

In the wake of public service liberalisation in many OECD countries, economic interventions into the purpose and implementation of social policies have gained a lot of interest in…

Evaluating Stephen Zarlenga's treatment of historical monetary thought

Simon Mouatt

The aim of this paper is to examine the proposition that the monetary reform movement has correctly identified the central importance of money‐issue whilst, simultaneously, not…

Gender, HIV‐AIDS, land restitution and survival strategies in the Capricorn district of South Africa

O.A. Akinboade

The purpose of this paper is to look at aspects of gender issues in HIV/AIDS (non)affection on land restitution and survival strategies in the Capricorn district of Limpopo…

Democracy's Dilemma, Environment, Social Equity and the Global Economy

Colin Butler

Transforming Microfinance Institutions: Providing Full Financial Services to the Poor

Elisabeth Rhyne