International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 50 Issue 3

A dichotomy between democracy and personal freedom on the spread of COVID-19

Joshua Ping Ang, Guanlin Gao, Andrew Sparks

The authors analyze the effects of political freedom and personal freedom on the spread of COVID-19 in a cross-country study. The authors also investigate how income inequality…

Impact of social affinity on altruism: Experimental evidence from the Ultimatum Game

Vivek Suneja, Debashree Das

The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of social affinity on the strategic choices made by economic agents using the framework of Ultimatum Game. Conventional theory…

Factors associated with early literacy and numeracy development among children under five years in Bangladesh: multivariate two-level mixed effect approach

Md. Ismail Hossain, Iqramul Haq, Md. Sanwar Hossain, Md. Jakaria Habib, Fiza Binta Islam, Sutopa Roy, Mofasser Rahman

Early literacy and numeracy development among children may be the best measure of a child's well-being. The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of child factors…

Corporate social responsibility disclosure and banks' performance: the role of economic performance and institutional quality

Jasim AlAjmi, Amina Buallay, Shahrokh Saudagaran

This study aims to examine the moderating role of a country's economic activities and institutional quality (IQ) on the relationship between corporate social responsibility…

Role of financial literacy in investment choices of financial consumers: an insight from India

Jagriti Arora, Madhumita Chakraborty

The study aims to address two objectives. First, to examine the socioeconomic and demographic factors contributing to financial literacy and second, to analyze if financial…

Exploration and prioritization of enablers to organization work–family balance planning for working sole Indian mothers integrating fuzzy Delphi and AHP

Jyoti Kushwaha, Aparna Sharma, Pankaj Singh

This study intends to identify, prioritize and rank the enablers for organizational work–family balance (WFB) planning specifically for working sole mothers by employing the fuzzy…

Public transport preferences amongst Ghana's urban dwellers

Michael Tuffour, Rexford K. Asiama

This study considered five means of transport, both old and emerging ones and analysed the preferences of city dwellers in a rapidly expanding African city such as Accra.

Impact of savings and credit co-operative societies’ services on household livelihood outcomes in Mwanza and Tabora rural areas, Tanzania

Richard Ibrahim Msuya, Benedicto Kazuzuru, Lucas Mataba, Severine Sirito Augustine Kessy

This study investigates whether Savings and Credit Co-operatives’ (SACCOS) services such as loans, savings and training improve household livelihood outcomes.

Analysis of the financial sustainability of the cooperative savings and credit sector in Peru

James Flores-Chia, Benoit Mougenot

This research analyzes the determinants of the financial sustainability of the cooperative savings and credit sector in Peru.