International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 44 Issue 10

Ethnic communities: a factor of industrial clustering

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

This paper not only draws conclusions from the available literature but also offers some new factors as well, which are not included in the existing literature. To be more…

Work, family and other life domains centrality among managers and workers according to gender

Moshe Sharabi

The purpose of this paper is to examine life domains centrality (work, family, leisure, community and religion) among workers, junior managers and middle managers, both men and…

Endogenous evolution of patriarchal clan system in ancient China

Feng Deng

The purpose of this paper is to analyze long-term institutional causes and consequences of preference falsification by studying the evolution of China’s patriarchal clan system.

Application of Gini, Theil and concentration indices for assessing water use inequality

Krishna Malakar, Trupti Mishra

The purpose of this paper is to propose the application of Gini, Theil and concentration indices for measuring inequality in water usage.

Economic hardship and suicides

Marko Korhonen, Mikko Puhakka, Matti Viren

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of aggregate suicides in 15 OECD countries during 1960-2010 using an economic model where changes in the welfare of…

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

Malik Altaf Hussain

The purpose of this paper is to look at the socio-economic determinants of employment in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in Jammu and Kashmir…

Socioeconomic inequalities in child obesity and overweight in Portugal

Carlota Quintal, Joana Oliveira

The purpose of this paper is to assess the association between socioeconomic status and child overweight/obesity in Portugal and to evaluate income-related inequalities in its…

Public health expenditure, GDP and the elderly population: a comparative study

Marta Pascual-Saez, David Cantarero-Prieto, Daniela Castañeda

The correlation between health care expenditure, gross domestic product (GDP) and population over 65 years (understood as share of the elderly) is a key question for health…