Journal of Economic Studies: Volume 45 Issue 1

Income inequality and shadow economy: a nonparametric and semiparametric analysis

Wai Weng Yap, Tamat Sarmidi, Abu Hassan Shaari, Fathin Faizah Said

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nonlinear relationship between shadow economy and income inequality and determine whether the size of shadow economy can influence…

The importance of off-farm employment for smallholder farmers in Rwanda

Ildephonse Musafiri, Pär Sjölander

Based on unique data the authors analyze the Rwandan non-farm employment expansion in rural areas and its relation to agricultural productivity. The purpose of this paper is to…

The effect of oil shocks and cyclicality in hiding Indian twin deficits

Ashima Goyal, Abhishek Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the relationship between the current account (CA) and fiscal deficit (FD), and the real exchange rate for India, for the managed float…

Tests of a more comprehensive model of economic growth in lower middle-income countries

Minh Quang Dao

The purpose of this paper is to empirically test a more comprehensive model of economic growth using a sample of 28 lower middle-income developing countries.

Corruption, institutions and capital flight: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Eric Osei-Assibey, Kingsley Osei Domfeh, Michael Danquah

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of corruption and institutional governance indicators on capital flight in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Conditional volatility nexus between stock markets and macroeconomic variables: Empirical evidence of G-7 countries

Ghulam Abbas, David G. McMillan, Shouyang Wang

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relation between stock market volatility and macroeconomic fundamentals for G-7 countries using monthly data over the period from July…

Estimating shadow economy in Tanzania: an analysis with the MIMIC approach

Roberto Dell’Anno, Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu, Nguling’wa Philip Balele

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the Tanzanian shadow economy (SE) from 2003 to 2015 and test the statistical relationships between the SE and its potential causes and…

Unmasking the contributing factors of entrepreneurial activities among men and women in Ghana

Peter Quartey, Michael Danquah, George Owusu, Abdul Malik Iddrisu

Using the 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) survey data, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the contributing factors of entrepreneurial propensity among males…

Social organization and its impact on economic growth in China

Yidan Chen, Lanying Sun

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the direct and indirect impacts of social organization in promoting Chinese economic growth. It adopts empirical research to test the…

Employment security and workers’ moonlighting behavior in Ghana

Jacob Nunoo, Kwabena Nkansah Darfor, Isaac Koomson, Abigail Arthur

The purpose of this paper is to determine the effect of employment security on moonlighting in Ghana as a means to inform policy on enforcing issues of employment security.

Racial and low-income quotas in Brazilian universities: impact on academic performance

Claudia Bueno Rocha Vidigal

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of racial and low-income quotas on academic performance of students from public and private universities in Brazil.

What is extracted from earth is gold: are rare earths telling a new tale to economic growth?

Emmanuel Apergis, Nicholas Apergis

The purpose of this paper is to explore, for the first time, the relationship between the prices of rare earth materials and economic growth. Renewable technologies and many…

Institutional quality and export-led growth: an empirical study

Vidhya Sathyamoorthy, Tuck Cheong Tang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of institutional quality on the export-led growth (ELG) with global evidence of a panel of 119 countries.