International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 44 Issue 2

Premature deindustrialization and inequality

Richard Grabowski

The purpose of the paper is to determine why premature deindustrialization is occurring in many developing countries.

A theoretical and methodological framework for social economic value theory

Leon Monroe Miller

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to research on the impact that the creation of value theory has on professional, organizational, and economic performance. However, a…

Evaluation of MGNREGA: data envelopment analysis approach

Sarabjeet D. Natesan, Rahul Ratnakar Marathe

How can efficiency of a welfare scheme be measured? The purpose of this paper is to develop an efficiency evaluation model, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee…

Spiritually inspired creativity in business

László Zsolnai, Katalin Illes

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relation of spirituality and creativity in business context.

The influence of Bolsa Familia conditional cash transfer program on child labor in Brazil

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

The Brazilian Government created the Bolsa Familia program to combat poverty and the insertion of so many children into the labor market. This program is an income transfer…

Revisiting Environmental Kuznets Curve in Sub-Sahara Africa: Evidence from deforestation and all GHG emissions from agriculture

Kolawole Ogundari, Adebola Abimbola Ademuwagun, Olajide Abraham Ajao

The purpose of this paper is to revisit the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) model in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries by focusing on two indicators of environmental change…

Foreign direct investments, democracy, and economic growth in Turkey

Nazif Durmaz

In the last decade, foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have increased dramatically in the world, especially in the emerging economies. Some of these countries make changes in…

How unequal is the size of middle class in the rural urban areas of Punjab province: Evidence from micro data analysis

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

Strengthening the middle class has become a major policy goal in both developed and developing economies due to its social, economic, cultural and political importance. Keeping in…

Does parents’ income matter in intergenerational transmission of human capital? A decomposition analysis

Fareed Shareef, Muhammad Junaid Khawaja, Toseef Azid

Since the pristine works of Schultz (1961) and Becker (1964, 1975), the concept of intergenerational transmission has constantly been in the front line of discussion among the…