Purpose: This paper aims to analyse the differential impact of foreign and domestic remittances on household expenditure shares. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses micro-data from a very large and detailed income-expenditure survey in Mexico and runs consumption-share Engel equations...

Purpose: Related literature finds that human capital proxied by cognitive abilities is an important antecedent of numerous specific life outcomes. The purpose of this study is to extend existing evidence by investigating the link between cognitive skills and income in Tajikistan. Tajikistan is...

Purpose: This paper aims to assess the perceptions of stakeholders as regards the practices of Indian companiesvis-à-visclimate change seeking underpinnings from stakeholder theory and collecting data using a structured questionnaire. Design/methodology/approach: This paper used a descriptive...

Purpose: This paper aims to offer a preliminary overview and analysis of the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on commodity-dependent developing economies (CDDEs). Using debt, decarbonisation and demand as empirical and analytical prisms to understand impacts and dynamics, the paper offers “rent...

Purpose: There is growing attention towards inclusive mining to make an economic case for gender equality and diversity in the industry. Available literature lacks sufficient empirical evidence on the subject matter in Ghana. Therefore, this paper aims to understudy women miners in Ghana and...

Purpose: This study aims to analyze whether precarious employment is associated with youth mental health, self-rated health and happiness in marriage and whether this association differs by sex. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses longitudinal data from the Survey of Young People in...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the mediating effect of human capital in foreign direct investment (FDI) and growth nexus and establish the threshold of human capital in 28 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries over the period 1999–2017. Design/methodology/approach: This study...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the inequality of opportunity among Indonesian school-age children from 2002 to 2012. It focuses on the possibilities of accessing basic needs, such as primary education, secondary education, electricity and clean water....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of a regional trade agreement among a group of small island developing states on trade creation and trade diversion. Design/methodology/approach: An augmented gravity model and panel data are used to estimate the trade creation and...

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the association between social inclusion and financial inclusion. Social inclusion and financial inclusion are two major development policy agendas in many countries, and the association between them has received little attention in the policy and...