International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 35 Issue 3

Micro‐level determinants of poverty reduction in Sri Lanka: a multivariate approach

Indunil De Silva

The main purpose of this paper is to construct a poverty profile for Sri Lanka, and examine the micro‐level determinants and correlates of poverty.

Can interaction contribute to the explanation of business cycles?

Orlando Gomes

Recent literature has been able to include into standard optimal growth models some hypotheses that allow for the generation of endogenous long‐run fluctuations. This paper aims…

A wellbeing index based on an enabling environment

Maria Cornachione Kula, Priniti Panday, Brandon Parrish

The purpose of this paper is to devise a new index of wellbeing that includes social and political in addition to economic factors. The new index seeks to assess a country's…

The effect of abortion costs on adoption in the USA

Marshall H. Medoff

The purpose of this paper is to empirically estimate the effect the costs of an abortion have on the supply of infants relinquished for adoption in the USA.

An empirical investigation of relationships between official development assistance (ODA) and human and educational development

Tun Lin Moe

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between official development assistance (ODA) and human and educational development in countries in Southeast Asia.

Bijuralism: An Economic Approach

James W. Bowers