International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 5 Issue 1

National Defence and Social Welfare Budget Trends in Ten Nations of Postwar Western Europe

Joseph E. Pluta

For the past two decades, economists, political scientists, and other public policy analysts have repeatedly lamented the lack of attention afforded the expenditure side of fiscal…

Income Inequality in some Western Countries: Patterns and Trends

Paolo Roberti

This article is concerned with pre‐tax total income distribution in 18 “western” countries. Its objective is a tentative comparison among national income distributions and the…

Within‐Set and Between‐Set Income Inequalities in a Developing Country

F.M. Andic, A.J. Mann

The relation between economic growth and income distribution has been the subject of a growing body of empirical studies ever since the initial discussion by Kuznets, who argued…

Youth Unemployment: An International Perspective

John Fyfe

This article will examine youth unemployment experience in a number of countries and the different measures that have been adopted to alleviate them in some way. We begin by…