International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 43 Issue 12

Editorial

“Happy slaves”? The adaptation problem and identity politics in the writings of Amartya Sen

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Amartya Sen’s notion of adaptation and his views on identity politics by focussing on the issue of slavery and…

Sen, Marx and justice: a critique

The purpose of this paper is to offer a critique of Sen’s utilisation of aspects of Marx’s thought that inform his idea of justice. Marx’s ideas appear in four main areas of…

Capability, objectivity and “false consciousness”: on Sen, Marx and J.S. Mill

The extent to which Amartya Sen’s capability approach is prefigured in Karl Marx’s views comes into sharper focus when one notes that Marx and Friedrich Engels explicitly argued…

Why Sen’s interpretation of the liberal tradition matters and is also problematic to understanding his social economics

Sen has recently acknowledged his “immense” debts to the liberal tradition of J.S. Mill and, to much lesser extent, to T.H. Green. This essay explores how identifying himself so…

Exposure to air pollution and crime in the neighbourhood: Evidence from life satisfaction data in Turkey

The purpose of this paper is to explore the determinants of life satisfaction in Turkey. Moreover, this study explores the effects of air pollution and crime problems on…

Transition out of self-employment – evidence from Poland

The purpose of this paper is to address the issue of self-employment exit in Poland and its determinants.

Technology for Islamic microfinance’s disbursement and repayment system

The purpose of this paper is to explore the implementation of a mobile network system for an Islamic microfinance institution, made in collaboration with a commercial bank in…

What is the actual prevalence of medical bankruptcies?

Medical bankruptcies occur when an individual experiences an acute or chronic health event, and the costs of care exceed the individual’s ability to pay. In such cases, the…

The implications of income dependent equivalence scales for measuring poverty in Sri Lanka

The purpose of this paper is to test whether household preferences satisfy the assumption of base-independence, to examine the effects of household income on equivalence scales…

Parenthood and labour division in Italian two-earner couples

Lack of robustness of findings characterizes the empirical studies about the effect of the transition to parenthood on partners’ labour division. In this analysis, the purpose of…

What motivates employees to engage in the social economy sector? A case study of Greek cooperative enterprises

Social economy employees focus on personal fulfillment and social good rather than economic gains. They prefer to work in a sector that promotes satisfaction and makes them feel…

Predicting intention to participate in family takaful scheme using decomposed theory of planned behaviour

The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence an individual’s intention to participate in the family takaful scheme based on decomposed theory of planned…

Bank risk-taking in the MENA region: A comparison between Islamic banks and conventional banks

The purpose of this paper is to investigate determinants of risk-taking in Islamic banks and conventional banks located in the MENA region.

The effect of health expenditure on selected maternal and child health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of public and private health expenditures on selected maternal-child health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

An empirical analysis of fertiliser use intensity in rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Tofa local government area, Kano State, Nigeria

It is generally agreed that shortage of food, which is one of the main problems bedevilling Sub-Saharan African region, can be eliminated via the adoption of modern agricultural…

International capital inflows and labour immigration: A heterogeneous panel application in Malaysian manufacturing industries

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and unskilled immigrants for a panel of 23 manufacturing industries in…

Socioeconomic inequalities of child malnutrition in Bangladesh

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how socioeconomic status and demographic factors were associated with child malnutrition as well as how these factors accounted for…

Income inequality and cooperative propensities in developing economies: Summarizing the preliminary experimental evidence

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of income inequality on cooperative propensities, and thus the ability of individuals to resolve collective action dilemmas.

Wage growth and occupational mobility in Spain: movers vs stayers

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the causality between job mobility status, occupational career and wage growth. First, it will be verified whether the type of job-to-job…

Aggregation with a mix of indivisible and continuous labor supply decisions: The case of home production

The purpose of this paper is to explore the problem of non-convex labor supply decision in an economy with both discrete and continuous labor decisions. In contrast to the setup…

The relevance of conditional cash transfers in developing economy: the case of Muslim countries

The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the relevance of directly targeted poverty reduction programmes in Muslim countries by means of conditional cash transfers…

Intergenerational equity and social discount rates: what have we learned over recent decades?

The purpose of this paper is to examine what the significant contributions to the intergenerational equity and social discount rate (SDR) literature have been over recent decades…