International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 46 Issue 5

The relationship between perceived service quality of antenatal care and use among rural women in Ghana

Benedict Osei Asibey, Augustina Boakye Dankwah, Seth Agyemang

The purpose of this paper was to examine rural women’s perceived quality of antenatal care (ANC) and its influence on the extent of ANC in the Amansie Central District in the…

Inclusiveness and effectiveness of agricultural cooperatives: recent evidence from Ethiopia

Solomon Bizuayehu Wassie, Hitoshi Kusakari, Sumimoto Masahiro

Using a recent rural farm household survey, the purpose of this paper is to investigate inclusiveness and effectiveness of agricultural cooperatives in Ethiopia.

Personality and gender differences in revealed risk preference: evidence from Ghana

Priscilla Twumasi Baffour, Ibrahim Mohammed, Wassiuw Abdul Rahaman

The purpose of this paper is to investigate gender differences in risk aversion and determine the effect of personality traits on risk aversion from an African country context.

US Decennial Census return rates: the role of social capital

Julie L. Hotchkiss

The purpose of this paper is to assess whether additional information about a community’s level of social capital can help to better predict a return rate from that area, in order…

Isolated illiteracy and access to social programs: evidence from Brazil

Fernanda Dachi Carrets, Felipe Garcia Ribeiro, Gibran da Silva Teixeira

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether isolated illiteracy generates a barrier to knowledge about the Brazilian Federal Government’s Single Registry for social…

Gender differences in job dissatisfaction in a developing country

Paulo Aguiar do Monte

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between job dissatisfaction and gender using an objective behavioural measure variable for dissatisfaction.

Sustainable development and Buddhist economics in Thailand

Mark W. Speece

The purpose of this paper is to examine “(Buddhist economics)” in urban reform Buddhism in Thailand. In the West, Buddhist economics is often perceived as a specific economic…

The moderating effect of religiosity on resource-capability-competitive advantage interaction: Empirical evidence from Sri Lankan agribusiness farm owners

Vilani Sachitra, Chong Siong-Choy

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating effect of religiosity of farm owners on the resource-capability-competitive advantage interaction.