International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 48 Issue 8

Shadow pricing utilitarian justice: some tentative estimates

Andrew Torre, Darryl Whitford Coulthard

The purpose of this paper is to recognise and provide an approach to estimate the value of an institution that produces a public good to the wealth of a nation. Specifically, the…

Read, write, develop: the socio-economic impact of literacy in South Africa

Ziyanda Khumalo, Abdul Latif Alhassan

Taking motivation from South Africa's ranking of 50 out of 50 countries who participated in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study of Grade four learners in 2016…

Socioeconomic and environmental impacts of bridge construction: evidence from the Khan Jahan Ali Bridge, Khulna, Bangladesh

Md. Abdul Fattah, Syed Riad Morshed, Gitisree Biswas, Md. Nazmul Haque, Saifullah Bin Ansar, Md. Mojammel Hoque, Fahmida Yeasmin Sami, Asma Amin Rimi

Khan Jahan Ali (KJA) Bridge was constructed to promote industrial and commercial activity and improve economic and employment activity for local people. This study assessed the…

Examining the influence of financial inclusion on financial well-being of marginalized street vendors: an empirical evidence from India

Prabhakar Nandru, Madhavaiah Chendragiri, Arulmurugan Velayutham

The study attempts to explore the determinants of financial inclusion. Subsequently, it examines the effect of financial inclusion on financial well-being of marginalized street…

Demographic dividend and economic growth in emerging economies: fresh evidence from the SAARC countries

Nusrat Jafrin, Masnun Mahi, Muhammad Mehedi Masud, Deboshree Ghosh

The study attempts to establish the relationship between demographic dividend and GDP growth rate by utilising panel data from 1990 to 2017 in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal…

Money creation process, banking performance and economic policy uncertainty: evidence from Tunisian listed banks

Hamdi Khalfaoui, Abdelkader Derbali

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between money creation process and banking performance for Tunisian listed banks, particularly in the context of increased economic…

The psychological effect of compensation on decent work dimensions: a research on public and private school teachers in Turkey

Cavit Çolakoğlu, Arda Toygar

The purpose of this work is to examine the psychological impact of adequate compensation, which is one of the dimensions of Decent Work Scale (DWS) evaluated within the psychology…

Factors affecting Vietnamese farmers' intention toward organic agricultural production

Thi Phuong Linh Nguyen, Xuan Hau Doan, Thu Thuy Nguyen, Thi Mai Nguyen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate factors affecting Vietnamese farmer's intention toward organic agricultural production based on research model integrating theories…