International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 48 Issue 5

Consumption patterns and demand in households headed by the elderly: evidence from Brazil

Guilherme Fonseca Travassos, Alexandre Bragança Coelho, Mary Paula Arends-Kuenning

The main objective of this paper is to analyze patterns of consumption expenditure and the effects of income, prices and socioeconomic and demographic factors on demand among…

Transition to social-ecological sustainability using the environmental fiscal reform

Flavio Gazzani

The purpose of this paper is to examine the introduction of three specific fiscal flexible mechanisms such as VAT surcharges/discounts, surcharges on import/manufacture of risk…

Financial access and the finance–growth nexus: evidence from developing economies

Hazwan Haini

This study examines the impact of financial institutions access and financial institutions depth on economic growth in 51 low- and lower–middle-income countries from 1996 to 2017.

Female CEOs and corporate innovation

Ronny Prabowo, Doddy Setiawan

We investigate the effect of female CEOs on corporate innovation using Indonesian companies. More specifically, this paper aims to answer the following research questions. First…

A typology of emerging farmers in three rural provinces of South Africa: what are the implications for the land redistribution policy?

Siphe Zantsi, Louw Petrus Pienaar, Jan C. Greyling

Understanding diversity amongst potential beneficiaries of land redistribution is of critical importance for both design and planning of successful land reform interventions. This…

Occupational choices in art and agriculture – a mixed-method web scraping approach

Stefan Mann

Empirical studies on occupational choice have typically concentrated on a specific sector. The purpose of this study is to compare two sectors wherein there are grounds to…

Recent development and regional disparity of the rural industries in China

Yufu Chen, Yue Han, Liankai Guo

Rapid development of China's rural industry since 1980s has a massive ripple effect on rural China. However, recent rural industrial development in China has received little…

The interrelationships among the formal, semiformal and informal credit demands of farm households in Vietnam

Nguyen Tuan Anh, Christopher Gan, Dao Le Trang Anh

This study simultaneously explores the nexus among formal, semiformal and informal credit markets and farm households' credit demand determinants in Vietnam.