International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 47 Issue 4

The impact of violence on tourism to Rio de Janeiro

Gabriel Caldas Montes, Solimar de Pinho Bernabé

Rio de Janeiro has a high tourism potential, and it is the only Brazilian city among the 100 most visited in the world. However, the National Confederation of Commerce of Goods…

Do food certification standards guarantee small-sized farming enterprises access to better markets? Effectiveness of marketing contracts in Kenya

Castro N. Gichuki, Simon K. Gicheha, Charles Wambu Kamau

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of GLOBALGAP standards certification on farmer's preference for marketing contract choices including written contracts…

Development, present status and performance analysis of agriculture insurance schemes in India: Review of evidence

Pankaj Singh, Gaurav Agrawal

Agriculture insurance is the panacea for the farming community. Many policy interventions were implemented for stimulating agriculture insurance access to farmers in India…

Using asset index to reassess poverty in the Northern States of Malaysia: do the poor stay poor?

Nur Azirah Zahida Mohamad Azhar, Saidatulakmal Mohd

Currently, Malaysia uses the Poverty Line Income (PLI) to measure poverty. This is because income measurement is the easiest way to collect data, but in its simplicity, it fails…

What does (and does not) affect crime in India?

Devika Hazra

This paper uses data from 2010 to 2016 across 32 states and union territories to investigate the determinants of crime in India. Results indicate the significance of…

Testing Malthusian's and Kremer's population theories in developing economy

Muhammad Azam, Haider Nawaz Khan, Farah Khan

This study aims to test the Malthusian and Kremer theories by exploring the relationship between population and economic growth in a low middle-income economy of India.

Social capital, labour market status and wages: some evidence from Spain

Antonio Caparrós Ruiz

This article analyses the social capital's influence on the Spanish labour market. In particular, this study examines to what extent the social capital increases the likelihood of…