International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 30 Issue 11

Income inequality between skilled individuals

Serge Svizzero, Clem Tisdell

It is widely agreed that income inequality has increased in OECD countries over the past two decades. Most of the debate has focused on the distinction between skilled and…

Diversity in entrepreneurship: ethnic and female roles in urban economic life

Tüzin Baycan Levent, Enno Masurel, Peter Nijkamp

The aim of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of ethnic female entrepreneurship in urban economic life. The focus of the research is on the attitudes and behaviour of…

Measuring the quality of life in European Union: The case of Turkey as a candidate country

Baris K. Yoruk, Osman Zaim

This paper is aimed at measuring and comparing the quality of life in European Union (EU) and Turkey as an important candidate country on the process of integrating with the EU…

Regional income divergence: a test of the endogenous growth theory

Nozar Hashemzadeh, Douglas Woolley

The study of regional income differences has been a matter of considerable debate and empirical testing for many years. More than three decades ago, Easterlin suggested that…

Form or contents? On the concept of social economy

Hans Westlund

This paper discusses the concept of social economy. Based on an economic‐historical perspective, reciprocity is seen as the fundamental principle for the social economy. In…