International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 47 Issue 1

Mapping social economy discourses in Chile

Beatriz Cid, Eduardo Antonio Letelier Araya, Pablo Saravia, Julien Vanhulst, Nelson Carroza, Daniel Sandoval

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the social economy discourses in four regions of Chile, characterized by their internal economic heterogeneity.

Individual time preferences and obesity: A behavioral economics analysis using a quasi-hyperbolic discounting approach

Moslem Soofi, Ali Akbari Sari, Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Farid Najafi

Behavioral economic analysis of health-related behavior is a potentially useful approach to study and control non-communicable diseases. The purpose of this paper is to explore…

The hierarchy of resource use for a sustainable circular economy

Heidi Rapp Nilsen

The original principles of the hierarchy of resource use seem to have been forgotten. The purpose of this paper is to address the necessity of these principles in order for a…

Taxation of robots – what would have been the view of Smith and Marx on it?

Maik Huettinger, Jonathan Andrew Boyd

The purpose of this paper is to approach the issue of taxation of robotic process automation (RPA) through an interpretive lens provided by both Adam Smith and Karl Marx. Both…

Profitability and marketability efficiencies of Vietnam manufacturing firms: An application of a multi-stage process

Dao Le Trang Anh, Christopher Gan

The purpose of this paper is to measure profitability and marketability efficiencies as well as examine the efficiencies’ determinants of listed manufacturing firms in Vietnam.

Evaluating complementary synergies in integrated crop-livestock systems in Ghana

Bright O. Asante, Renato A. Villano, George E. Battese

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the characteristics of crop-livestock diversification among smallholders in the forest-savannah agroecological zone of Ghana.

Effect of education–occupation mismatch on happiness

Naiwei Chen, Ho-Chyuan Chen, Shih-Yu Lin

Prior research mostly focuses on the effect of over-education on happiness, whereas the effect of under-education on happiness has received minimal attention. In addition, no…

The effect of regional income inequality and social diversity on the provision of local public goods in Indonesia

Matondang Elsa Siburian

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the effects of regional income disparity and social diversity on local public goods delivery in Indonesia.

Gender longevity gap and socioeconomic indicators in developed countries

Igor Fedotenkov, Pavel Derkachev

The purpose of this paper is to explain relations between socioeconomic factors and gender longevity gap and to test a number of contradicting theories.