International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 46 Issue 9

Socioeconomic inequality in catastrophic healthcare expenditures in Western Iran: A decomposition analysis

Satar Rezaei, Mohammad Hajizadeh, Sina Ahmadi, Sadaf Sedghi, Bakhtiar Piroozi, Amjad Mohamadi-Bolbanabad, Enayatollah Homaie Rad

Financial protection of households against catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) is defined as one of the main goals in health systems. The purpose of this paper is to measure…

Impact of information and communication technology on marketing of rice: A study of Uttar Pradesh

Kakali Majumdar, Rajeev Kumar Singh

The lack of proper dissemination of market information is observed as the main reason of poor marketing of the agricultural produce in India. Application of information and…

Effect of off-farm income on multi-dimensional poverty among rural farm households in Nigeria

Ifeoluwa Damilola Adeoye, Wayo Seini, Daniel Sarpong, Ditchfield Amegashie

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of the different components of off-farm income on multi-dimensional poverty. Furthermore, the study aims to measure…

Do Indian daughters shadow their mothers?: A case of intergenerational educational mobility among women

Akanksha Choudhary, Ashish Singh

A few studies in India have related daughters’ education to their fathers, but there is little to no evidence when it comes to the intergenerational relation between daughters and…

Are farmers in Ethiopia ready to embrace cost-sharing agricultural extension approach?

Muluken Gezahegn Wordofa

The purpose of this paper is to investigate perceptions of smallholder farmers toward the cost-sharing agricultural extension service provision.

Public health expenditure and child mortality in Southern Africa

Chamunorwa Nyamuranga, Jaeun Shin

The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the effect of public health expenditure on child mortality in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region in…

Unemployment and self-rated health in Ghana: are there gender differences?

Iddisah Sulemana, Ebenezer Bugri Anarfo, Louis Doabil

A large extant literature examines the association between unemployment and self-rated health. Most of these studies reveal that unemployment diminishes self-rated health. Another…