International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 45 Issue 3

Economic development and health improvement: mutual support in the historical UK (1541-2001)

Viktoria Dalko, Michael H. Wang

The purpose of this paper is to study the mutual disruption and support of economic growth and health improvement in the last 500 years in the UK.

Factor accumulation and economic growth in Pakistan: incorporating human capital

Kashif Munir, Shahzad Arshad

The purpose of this paper is to examine the long-run and short-run relationship between factor accumulation (i.e. physical capital and human capital) and economic growth by…

Is the learning economy a viable concept for understanding the modern economy?

John A. Cotsomitis

The purpose of this paper is to explore the conceptual adequacy of the learning economy and its ability to describe the modern globalised economy. It is argued that unlike many…

Urban lifestyle in the Klang Valley

Hway-Boon Ong, Shay Wei Choon

The purpose of this paper is to examine how urban dwellers engage on an environmentally friendly lifestyle. A survey was conducted in the Klang Valley, Malaysia, to establish the…

Converging crime rates among European countries? A note

Christos Kollias, Theodosia Leventi, Petros Messis

Social change and modernization theories postulate that as countries grow they gradually move toward a condition of similarity in various spheres exhibiting similar economic and…

Social transitions in the Savannah: The decline and fall of social risk management amongst Fulani in the subhumid zone of Nigeria

Ayodele O. Majekodunmi

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore social risk management strategies amongst Fulani in the subhumid zone of Nigeria; and second, to determine current status…

Effects of income inequality on the economic growth of Brazilian states: An analysis using the cointegrated panel model

Cássio Nobrega Besarria, Jevuks Matheus Araujo, Andrea Ferreira da Silva, Erika Fernanda Miranda Sobral, Thiago Geovane Pereira

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of income inequality on the economic growth of Brazilian states in the period from 1994 to 2014. The transmission mechanism…

Bank financing and innovative development of Russian circumpolar area: An empirical investigation

Taisya Pogodaeva, Natalia Baburina, Anna Dmitrieva

The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of bank financing on innovative development of Russian circumpolar area and identifying the barriers to its development.