In recent decades, developed economies have experienced a strong concentration of economic activity around their main metropolises, generating economic and social fractures between these prosperous areas and the rest of the country. Several contributions in the literature on the 'geography of...

Excessive car-use by individuals and households poses significant challenges for regions attempting to develop and grow sustainably. School-runs are a staple trip for households and this consistency presents unique opportunities for policymakers to facilitate shifts toward more sustainable...

The popular and solidarity economy (PSE) plays a vital role in the economic and social development of Ecuador, fostering inclusion, employment, and the sustainability of local economies. This study aims to develop an index that assesses the sustainability levels of PSE organizations in Ecuador...

This paper presents an analysis of exogenous direct investments in high mountain areas, focusing on the case of the Aosta Valley, a small high mountain region in Northern Italy. More specifically, the work focuses on the results of six case studies of exogenous direct investments (investors...

Youth unemployment has remained one of the major social and economic problems facing many African countries despite persistent efforts by governments and other stakeholders to mitigate the problem. We deployed a two-parameter beta geospatial model within a distributional regression framework...

We estimate the Phillips Curve using panel data to infer the slope of the aggregate Phillips Curve for Spain. In recent years, inflation has become a puzzle for economists and monetary authorities and academic research has been more active suggesting many possible explanations to the inflation...

This study examines the impact of economic, environmental, social, and health factors on the Crude Death Rate (CDR), Infant Mortality Rate (IMR), and Life Expectancy at Birth (LEB) across 21 developing and emerging economies. Utilizing panel regression analysis and developing the Health Input...

The research examines the implications of relocating foreign direct investment (FDI) in the electronics industry from China to North America. The study focuses on nearshoring to Mexico and backshoring to the United States in the context of increasing trade tensions. Using Input-Output Analysis,...

This study used panel data analysis to investigate the relationship between economic growth and some selected macroeconomic variables such as the money supply, inflation, foreign direct investment (FDI), and government spending. The study used Fixed Effects (FE), Random Effects (RE), and...

For decades, there has been consensus that measures of well-being must move past readily available economic data, and newer measurements of well-being are often obtained through individual questions or questionnaires. Despite being more accessible to compare person to person, recent trends have...