International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 48 Issue 4

Health insurance satisfaction, financial burden, locus of control and quality of life of cancer patients: a moderated mediation model

Saeed Pahlevan Sharif, Navaz Naghavi, Fon Sim Ong, Hamid Sharif Nia, Hassam Waheed

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between consumers' satisfaction with their health insurance and quality of life (QoL), the mediating role of perceived…

Financial sector development and life insurance inclusion in India: an ARDL bounds testing approach

Biju Mathew, Sunitha Sivaraman

This paper analyses the relationship between financial sector development (FSD) and life insurance inclusion in India during the period from 1971–1972 to 2016–2017. The study…

Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Ghana's economy: challenges and prospects

David Tanoh Aduhene, Eric Osei-Assibey

The world's economies are on their knees following the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic over the past 8 months. Growing number of researches has been conducted on the…

The role of governance in the health expenditure–health outcomes nexus: insights from West Africa

Cleopatra Oluseye Ibukun

Despite the global attempt at achieving goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals by improving health outcomes, some countries (West African countries inclusive) still do not…

Mothers, sons and daughters: intergenerational transmission of education in Canada

Ehsan Latif

This study used data from the General Social Survey (2011) to examine the trends in intergenerational educational mobility in Canada for the 1940–1989 birth cohorts. To this end…

Factors influencing investor behavior: an empirical study of Saudi Stock Market

Muhammad Junaid Khawaja, Zainab Nasser Alharbi

The objective of the study is to determine the factors influencing the behavior of investor in Saudi Stock Market.

Primary school enrolment rate, completion rate and gender balancing in Nigeria; the financial inclusion perspective

Amenawo Ikpa Offiong, Hodo Bassey Riman, Godwin Bassey James, Anthony Ogar, Emmanuel Ekpenyong Okon, Helen Walter Mboto

The bedrock of growth in education is at the primary/basic education level, hence there is need to ensure that the populace not only enrolls but complete their education as well…

Life satisfaction amongst working parents: examining the case of mothers and fathers in Ireland

Edel Walsh, Aileen Murphy

The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of having minor children on parents' life satisfaction. Given the demands on working parents in terms of their time and…

Sociodemographic determinants of health care expenditure: micro level evidence of a fast-growing developing country

Yong Kang Cheah, Kim-Leng Goh, Azira Abdul Adzis

The objective of this study is to examine the sociodemographic factors that are associated with health care expenditure among households in Malaysia.