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The role of ethical leadership to employees work engagement: a social learning theory perspective
Junaidi JunaidiThis study examines the role of ethical leadership in building employee trust, knowledge sharing (KS), job satisfaction and then influencing employee engagement in the workplace.
Households’ entry into non-farm entrepreneurship and the market exit of enterprises in rural Ethiopia
Melaku Abegaz, Pascal NgobokaThis paper examines household and community characteristics that influence the entry of rural households into non-farm entrepreneurship and investigates the various factors that…
Effects of behavioral biases on life insurance demand decisions in Uganda
Yusuf Katerega Ndawula, Neema Mori, Isaac NkoteThis paper examines the relationship between behavioral biases, and demand decisions for life insurance products in Uganda.
“You cannot rely on bank loans to expand your business”: aversion to formal credit among female micro-entrepreneurs in Ghana
Charles Ackah, Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey, Faustina Obeng Adomaa, Kofi Takyi AsanteThe marginalisation of female entrepreneurs in accessing credit is well documented. Yet, how female entrepreneurs navigate through the marginalisation to gain funding is…
Saving behaviour determinants of Malaysia’s generation Y: an application of the integrated behavioural model
Ida Lopez, Nurul Shahnaz Mahdzan, Mahfuzur RahmanUsing the integrated behavioural model (IBM) as a theoretical framework, this study aims to identify the determinants of saving behaviour among Malaysia's income-earning…
Trends and socioeconomic disparities in undernutrition among Muslim women in India: evidence from the last two decades (1998–2021)
Zeenat Hashmi, Ashish SinghA woman's nutritional status significantly determines her overall well-being. The authors critically examine the trends — including socioeconomic disparities — in undernutrition…
Non-farm income and household welfare in rural Burkina Faso: a focus on the household land tenure situation
Windinkonté SéogoThis study investigates how income from non-farm activities affects households' consumption in two land holders' groups: households with insecure land holding and households with…
Entrepreneurial orientation and social performance of microfinance institutions in Indonesia
Morrison Hendrik Riwu Kore, Rofikoh Rokhim, Riani Rachmawati, Lily SudhartioThe purpose of this research was to examine the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on social performance and the influence of social performance on financial performance of…
Pollution, knowledge and coping strategy and life expectancy in oil producing communities
Stanley Emife NwaniThis study aims to examine the relationship between pollution and life expectancy in oil producing communities, where there is a dearth of empirical evidence on how knowledge and…
Socioeconomic status of international students and its relation to the brain drain: evidence from Greek PhD holders
Lois Labrianidis, Theodosis Sykas, Evi Sachini, Nikolaos KarampekiosThe study examines potential differences in socioeconomic status (SES) and emigration patterns between Greek international students (IS) and non-international students (non-IS…
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and human capital: the case of Azerbaijan
Omid SabbaghiThis article aims to relate investments in human capital to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), and examine the spending levels necessary to achieve high…
Predicting working sole Indian mothers' satisfaction towards work–family balance integrating the Kano model and weighted average method
Jyoti Kushwaha, Pankaj Singh, Ruchi KushwahaThe main impetus of the current paper is to identify and prioritize the work–family balance (WFB) satisfaction attributes specifically for working sole mothers' by deploying the…
Social media investors' sentiment as stock market performance predictor
Sana Ben Cheikh, Hanen Amiri, Nadia LoukilThis study examines the impact of social media investor sentiment on the stock market performance through qualitative and quantitative proxies.
Factors influencing micro-entrepreneurship among women SHG members of Sikkim: a propensity score matching approach
Smriti Prasad, Manesh ChoubeyThe paper identifies the influence of socio-economic factors and livelihood training in stimulating micro-entrepreneurship among women self-help group (SHG) members.
Income and health insurance effects on modern health-seeking behaviours in rural Ghana: nature and extent of bias involved
Samuel Sekyi, Philip Kofi Adom, Emmanuel Agyapong WiafeThis study examined the influence of income and health insurance on the health-seeking behaviour of rural residents, addressing the concerns of endogeneity and heterogeneity bias.
Cash and in-kind transfers in India: contexts, preferences and evidence
Aurolipsa Das, Narayan SethiSince the last decade, debates regarding the efficiency and effectiveness of the forms of transfer, i.e. in the form of in-kind or cash transfers, have been gaining momentum. This…
Efficiency in Uganda’s seed potato systems
Ambrose R. Aheisibwe, Razack B. Lokina, Aloyce S. HepelwaThis paper aims to examine the level of economic efficiency and factors that influence economic efficiency among seed potato producers in South-western Uganda.
Government health expenditure and child health: empirical evidence from West African countries
Bismark Osei, Evans Kulu, Paul Appiah-KonaduThe purpose of this paper is to study the effect of government health expenditure on the health of children (under-five mortality rate and prevalence rate of stunting) among West…
What do individuals know, feel and do from a financial perspective? An empirical study on financial satisfaction
Jitender Kumar, Manju Rani, Garima Rani, Vinki RaniFinancial satisfaction is a potential ambition of individuals' lives that requires well-strategized economic behaviors. The authors examine the impact of various factors on the…
Economic impact of gain in life expectancy: a case study of India
Sujoy DasFew empirical studies examined the relationship between life expectancy and income in India. This study aims to examine the impact of life expectancy on economic growth in India…
Assessment of antecedents of financial literacy among young adults: hybrid BWM and ISM approach
Anamika Saharan, Akash Saharan, Krishan Kumar Pandey, T. Joji RaoThe low level of financial literacy among young adults is a pressing concern at both individual and country levels. Therefore, there is a dire need to understand the best-worst…
Covid-19 pandemic and firm performance: evidence on industry differentials and impacting channels
Hang Thi Ngo, Ha Ngan DuongThis study explores the impacts of Covid-19 on the performance of firms operating in different industries, and further discovers suspected impacting channels through which…
Unpacking regional variations of multidimensional food security in rural Ethiopia: insights for policy
Workicho Jateno Gadiso, Bamlaku Alamirew Alemu, Maru SheteThis study aims to measure the status of rural household food security across regions using multidimensional indicators. It also aims to identify the determinants of rural…
Does practicing healthy lifestyles improve the technical efficiency of farms?
Oluwaremilekun Ayobami Adebisi, Abdulazeez Muhammad-Lawal, Luke Oloruntoba AdebisiThe purpose of this paper is to ascertain if practising healthy lifestyles improves the technical efficiency of farms in Kwara state, Nigeria. In theory, all deviations from the…
Financial development and growth nexus in Asian countries: mediating role of FDI, foreign aid and trade
Biswajit Patra, Narayan SethiThis paper analyzes the direct effect of financial development and the mediating impact of financial development through foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign aid and trade on…
A growth pattern of foreign investment motivations by individuals
Nguyễn Thanh HoàngThis paper aims to introduce a growth comprehensive pattern to explain the phenomenon of individual foreign investment, first at the global level and then at the regional level…
Does financial market development really drive migrant remittances’ flow in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Olapeju IkpesuThe discussion on international migration has become a significant part of globalization and a topical issue in international relations, especially in developing economies which…
Does inflation affect asymmetrically to financial development in India? Fresh insights based on NARDL approach
Muzffar Hussain Dar, Md. Zulquar NainThis study examines the possibility of asymmetric impact of inflation on the financial development (FD) in the case of Indian economy from 1980 to 2020. Moreover, the…
A systems approach to examine microentrepreneurship development through Stimulus-Organism-Behavior-Consequence (SOBC) theory
Debadutta Kumar PandaMicrofinance programs across the countries are designed on the self-help and peer pressure model, aim at microentrepreneurship development. Despite of significant studies on…
Sustainability in supply chain management: using drawings to understand undergraduates' perceptions of sustainability
Sharon Feeney, John HoganThis paper presents an interpretation of freehand drawings produced by supply chain management undergraduates in response to the question: “What is sustainability?” Having to…
Economic agency of women in Islamic economic philosophy: going beyond Economic Man and Islamic Man
Mariam KhawarThe purpose of this paper is to provide a gender-sensitive analysis of economic agency in Islamic economic philosophy.
Commercialisation level and determinants of agricultural commercialisation of farmers in the highland of Vietnam
Tien Dung Nguyen, Hung Gia Hoang, Le Thi Hoa SenThe paper aimed to examine the determinants of agricultural commercialisation of farmers and measured its commercialisation level in the highland of Vietnam.
Examining whether religion is a positive factor in access to self-employment for youths: evidences from Congolese data
Ted Cléophane NgassaHigh levels of youth unemployment in Africa, the difficulty of accessing salaried jobs, and the weakness of public institutions in charge of employment issues push youths towards…
Duration of high school education on early fertility and marriage: evidence from a policy change in Ghana
Emmanuel Adu Boahen, Jacob Nunoo, Kwadwo OpokuThe objective of this paper is to examine the effect of spending one extra year in high school on early marriage and childbirth.
Moderating role of millennials' financial literacy on the relationship between risk tolerance and risky investment behavior: evidence from India
Anu Mohta, V ShunmugasundaramThis study aims to examine the association between risk tolerance and risky investment intention with financial literacy as a moderating variable. The proposed relationship was…
Can the ocean economy in Brazil become blue?
Samuel Façanha Câmara, Francisco Roberto Pinto, Felipe Roberto da Silva, Paulo Torres Junior, Marcelo Oliveira SoaresThis study aimed to identify the potential for economic activities related to the ocean economy in Brazil to become blue economy (BE) activities, in which the concept of the…
How economic policy uncertainty affects foreign direct investment inflows: implications for the post-Covid-19 pandemic period
Nghi Huu Phan, Van Do Bui, Loan Thi Quynh NguyenThis study investigates the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI), specifically focusing on two components of FDI…
Corporate social responsibility and performance among rural banks in Ghana: the moderating role of governance structures
Elvis Kwame Agyapong, Louis David Junior Annor, Williams OhemengThis paper evaluates the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the performance of rural banks, as well as the moderating influence of effective governance on the…
Macroeconomic cyclical indicators and bank non-performing loans: does country governance matter in African countries?
Godwin Ahiase, Denny Andriana, Edinam Agbemava, Bright AdonaiThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of macroeconomic cyclical indicators and country governance on bank non-performing loans in African countries.
Interactive effects of armed conflict and climate change on gender vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chinwe Regina Okoyeuzu, Angela Ifeanyi Ujunwa, Augustine Ujunwa, Nelson N. Nkwor, Ebere Ume Kalu, Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-FaryanSub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is regarded as a region with one of the worst cases of armed conflict and climate risk. This paper examines the interactive effect of armed conflict and…
Foreign investors and stocks' volatility: evidence from COVID-19
Shallu Batra, Mahender Yadav, Mohit SainiThe purpose of this study is twofold: first, to examine the relationship between foreign ownership and stock return volatility and second, to explore how COVID-19 impacts such a…
Food security and women empowerment of livestock farming households in the Feed the Future zone of Bangladesh
Paresh Kumar Sarma, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Ismat Ara Begum, Sheikh Mohammad SayemThis study aims to investigate the determinants of the food security status of participants and non-participants of livestock extension services living under similar socioeconomic…
Social conditions shaping outcomes of water use in the jeans industry: a multidimensional analysis
Robson Soe RochaSince the early 1990s, Brazil has adopted an experimental approach to environmental management. Its reforms continue to this day and have produced robust water-management…
Painting art and sustainability: relationship from composite indices and a neural network
Driss El Kadiri BoutchichThis work aims to establish the relationship between painting art and sustainability, which allows for highlighting implications likely to improve sustainability for humanity's…
Empirical investigation of Islamic legal framework, crowd humanitarian funds and poverty reduction in selected Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Yusuff Jelili Amuda, Shafiqul HassanThis study reports the results of the empirical investigation of the Shari'ah legal framework which serves as a basis of the crowd humanitarian fund and poverty reduction among…
Measures for achieving sustainable environment to mitigate climate change in Africa
Bismark Osei, Mark Edem Kunawotor, Paul Appiah-KonaduThis study examines the appropriate measures that need to be intensified among African countries to achieve sustainable environment to mitigate climate change.
Social capital-based strategy of sustainable village-owned enterprises (BUMDes) development
Murtanti Jani Rahayu, Hakimatul Mukaromah, Mulyanto MulyantoThe Indonesian government's Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) initiative optimizes Village Resources (SDD)—human and natural—to improve rural communities' welfare. Villagers must…
Environmental stringency and competitive export strengths: a study in context of environmentally sensitive goods in G20
Alisha Mahajan, Kakali MajumdarTrade of environmentally sensitive goods (ESGs) is often exposed to countries with less stringent regulations suggesting that those countries have comparative advantage in the…
Predicting elderly users' intention of digital payments during COVID-19: an extension of the theory of planned behavior model
Jiaji Zhu, Xin Li, Yushi Jiang, Wenju MaPromoting the adoption of digital payments by the elderly plays an important role in the development of the digital economy. The purpose of this study is to build an extended…
Distributional impacts of anchor borrower program on the welfare of rice farming households in Oyo State, Nigeria
Osayi Precious Emokpae, Christopher Osamudiamen Emokaro, Nneji Ifeyinwa UmeokekeThis study assessed the heterogeneous impact of the Anchor Borrower Program (ABP) on the welfare distribution of rice farming households in Nigeria.
Health insurance coverage and maternal health services in Rwanda: a policy paradox
Manzoor Ahmad Malik, Wondimagegnehu AlemuResearch has found a strong correlation between maternal healthcare and health insurance coverage. But, despite having one of the best health coverage systems in the developing…
Role of institution in combating crime in India: an empirical study
Soumyananda Dinda, Poulomi KhasnobisThis paper examines the role of institution in the combating crime in India. This study also assesses institutions for controlling property crime in India in the post-reform era.
Do corruption and inequality shape sustainable development? Evidence from the post-soviet countries
M. Mesut Badur, Ekrem Yılmaz, Fatma SensoyThis paper aims to investigate the role of corruption and income inequality in three-dimensional sustainable development in the post-Soviet countries.
New insights into the impact of global security on economic growth: The case of Tunisia
Amal Jmaii, Noomene ZaafouriThis paper provides a new empirical evidence of the impact of Global security on economic growth in Tunisia. Like Buzan (1991), the framework used four types of security: army…
Benchmarking non-pharmacological policies from an efficient administration perspective: a panel DEA approach with strategic insights for the post-pandemic
Thyago Celso Cavalcante Nepomuceno, Miguel Gomes da Silva, Maria Eugênia Vergilio Mori, Wilka Maria do N. Silva, Isaac PergherThe recent increase in the number of infections and mortality rates in many regions has emphasized the cyclical nature of this pandemic, with new variants emerging constantly…
From “Switzerland” to “Venezuela” of the Middle East: who is harmed the most by inflation in Lebanon?
Sandra Khalil, Diana DagherThe paper explores the inflationary consequences of the Lebanese economic and financial crises on Lebanese society. The study investigates the distribution of inflationary harm…
Contagious crowds and rational faithfuls: a club theory approach
Jubril Olayinka AnimashaunThis study investigates the observed resurgence in religious beliefs seen across many societies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the economic theory of religious clubs, the…
Does social banking matter in times of crisis? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic: a combined SEM-neural network approach
Nattaporn Thongsri, Orawan TripakThe purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that would influence the intention to use social banking during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This…
Debt to the Penny and US Dollar Index: a lead-lag relationship of the US economy under impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak
Bao Khac Quoc Nguyen, Nguyet Thi Bich Phan, Van LeThis study investigates the interactions between the US daily public debt and currency power under impacts of the Covid-19 crisis.
The COVID-19 pandemic and financial stability in Vietnam: evidence from the interbank market
Hang Thi Thuy Le, Huy Viet Hoang, Nga Thi Hang PhanThis study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on financial stability in Vietnam, a developing country characterized by a bank-based financial system.
Why do the educated poor pay less price per calorie? Evidence from household-level calorie consumption data
Kalyani Mangalika Lakmini Rathu Manannalage, Shyama Ratnasiri, Andreas ChaiWhile the monetary returns to education are well documented in the economics literature, the studies on non-monetary returns to education are scarce. The purpose of this study is…
Behavioural economics and social economics: opportunities for an expanded curriculum
Paul ManningThe global financial crisis (GFC) has undermined the legitimacy of orthodox neo-classical economic assumptions, which nevertheless continue to frame the philosophical assumptions…
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