This study examines the issue of debt distress of rural labour households (agricultural and non-agricultural labour), in all the major Indian states, using data from the 61st round, pertaining to 2004-05, of the National Sample Survey (NSS). We conduct this study at various levels and using...

Proposed study presents an analysis of the linkages between the Livelihood strategies of the rural area and their Institutional impact on the rural livelihoods. Agriculture is the main livelihood option of the majority of the rural people in rural area. As a coping strategy for food production...

This research paper investigates the socio-political and cultural dynamics surrounding the Sama Bajau ethnic tribe, commonly referred to as "stateless sea gypsies," residing along the coastlines of the Bangsamoro region in the Philippines. By employing a multidisciplinary approach that...

The socio-economic and institutional factors explaining the length of civil proceedings (LCP) over the 2004-2022 time frame are analyzed here in 20 Italian regions. Adopting panel data analysis approaches, such as fixed-effects, random-effects, and two-stage least squares (2SLS) instrumental...

The East Asian countries are currently experiencing declining fertility rates and aging of their populations. The demographic transition is beginning to affect various societal functions, and increasing international migrants are becoming one of the responses to the transition, despite the...

Neighborhood decline is a complex and multidimensional process. National and regional variation in economic and political structures (including variety in national welfare state arrangements), combined with differences in neighborhood history, development and population composition, makes it...

The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program in the United States creates incentives for potential aged recipients to reduce labor supply prior to becoming eligible, and our past research finds that older men likely to be eligible for SSI at age 65 reduce their labor supply in the years...

This study tests for a migration response to the implementation of stricter rules for welfare benefit receipt, in the form of mandatory participation in activation programs for welfare recipients, in Stockholm town districts. The hypothesis is that welfare benefit prone individuals will choose...

We investigate the employment effects of living in affordable housing. We develop a unique administrative data set of labor market biographies linked to affordable housing projects in five German cities. This allows us to follow individuals in affordable housing over almost 20 years. The funding...