Journal of Economics and Development: Volume 26 Issue 1 , Open Access

Does the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affect the poor? Evidence from a six-country survey

Hai-Anh Dang, Toan L.D. Huynh, Manh-Hung Nguyen

The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought havoc on economies around the world. The purpose of this study is to learn about the distributional impacts of the pandemic.

Mineral rents, conflict, population and economic growth in selected economies: empirical focus on Sub-Saharan Africa

Temitope Abraham Ajayi

This study aims to investigate the effects of mineral rents, conflict and population growth on countries' growth, with a specific interest in 13 selected economies in Sub-Saharan…

Happiness and pro-environmental consumption behaviors

Hung Vu Nguyen, Mai Thi Thu Le, Chuong Hong Pham, Susie S. Cox

This paper employs the theoretical foundations for subjective well-being to examine the impacts of two underlying dimensions of subjective well-being (psychological well-being and…

Farmers' coping strategies to artisanal small-scale mining activities: welfare improvement or deterioration in Asutifi North District of Ghana?

Franklin Nantui Mabe, Seiba Issifu, Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa

In Ghana, legal and illegal artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) activities have attracted the attention of the general populace and academia with varied opinions. This study…

The impact of trust on intellectual property right protection: a cross-national study

Thuy Thi Nguyen, Tien Hanh Duong, My Tran Thanh Dinh, Tram Ho Ha Pham, Thu Mai Anh Truong

This study aims to empirically investigate how difference in social trust explains the heterogeneity of intellectual property right (IPR) protection (proxied by software piracy…