International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 49 Issue 7

Gender differences in extractive activities: evidence from Ghana

William Baah-Boateng, Eric Kofi Twum, Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong

The study seeks to examine women’s participation in Ghana’s extractive growth-driven economy and the quality of this participation in terms of employment status and earnings…

Confident or captured? Commercial producers in South Africa

Kandas Cloete, Stefan Mann, Marion Delport

Among the many things that land reform in South Africa suffers from is the lack of scientific attention paid to the willingness of commercial producers to exit or contract. This…

Quantile analysis of the aspirational middle class in Malaysia: spending behaviour emulation or dissociation?

Jan-Jan Soon

This paper focusses on how the educated and less-educated middle class react differently to income increases, against an intertwined literature backdrop of Engel's law, quality of…

Regional well-being in Romania: assessment after a decade of EU accession

Dorina Lazar, Cristian Marius Litan

This paper aims to study through a comprehensive set of socioeconomic indicators the regional level of well-being achieved in Romania, and monitor the improvements and disparities…

Partnership building between NGOs and Indonesian local governments: a case study of integrative leadership immersing itself in innovativeness

Sumiyana, Wivaqussaniyyah, Muhadjir Darwin, Agus Heruanto Hadna

This study investigates partnership building between non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the regencies of Gunung Kidul, Bantul, Sleman, Yogyakarta Province and Indonesia's…

Air pollution trajectories and life expectancy in Nigeria

Stanley Emife Nwani

The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between air pollution and life expectancy considering the roles of institutional quality, agricultural output, foreign…

Potential demand for Islamic banking: examining the Islamic consumer behavior as driving factor

Hesi Eka Puteri, Baginda Parsaulian, Heru Aulia Azman

This study aims to examine the impact of Islamic consumer behavior on the potential demand for Islamic banking by using the Islamic religiosity approach. By classifying the…

Job satisfaction in telecommunications industry: empirical study in Uzbekistan

Sitora Inoyatova, Olmas Kuchkarovich Isakov

The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of job satisfaction among employees in the telecommunications company in Uzbekistan and assess the effects of demographic and…