International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 45 Issue 12

Young Saudi consumers and corporate social responsibility: an Islamic “CSR tree” model

Yazeed Alfakhri, Mohammad Nurunnabi, Demah Alfakhri

In response to the scarcity of research on Islamic corporate social responsibility (CSR), the purpose of this paper is to explore how young Saudi consumers perceive CSR from an…

Child labour, future earnings and occupation choice: evidence from Ghana

Monica Puoma Lambon-Quayefio, Nkechi Srodah Owoo

The prevalence of child labour continues to feature prominently on the agenda of many sub-Saharan African countries. The problem remains critical despite existing laws and other…

Gender and returns to entrepreneurship in Africa

Frank Agyire-Tettey, Charles Godfred Ackah, Derek Asuman

The purpose of this paper is to assess determinants of returns to male and female entrepreneurship in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda at selected quantiles along the distribution, as well…

Gender perspective on life insurance demand in Ghana

Samuel Ampaw, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Nkechi Srodah Owoo

Against the background that Ghanaians seldom purchase insurance policies, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of life insurance uptake among male and…

A Rasch analysis of the community’s preference for different attributes of Islamic banks in Indonesia

Budi Setiawan, Morita Panduwangi, Bambang Sumintono

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the degree to which the different attributes of Islamic banks in Indonesia are preferred by the community.