...Abolghasem Mahdavi; Hamid Azizmohammadlou Purpose This article aims to take into consideration the mechanism in which the process of industrialization affects social capital in Iran. Design/methodology/approach In order to investigate the way in which industrialization affects social capital...

...Mohammad Hajizadeh; Luke B. Connelly; James R.G. Butler; Aredshir Khosravi Purpose This paper uses a unique nationwide survey data derived from the 2003 Utilisation of Health Services Survey (UHSS) in Iran (n=16,935) to analyse inequities of health care utilisation. Design/methodology...

...Mohammad A. Chaichian Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on “brain drain,” or emigration of educated and skilled individuals to the USA from one Southwest Asian nation, Iran, which has experienced fundamental social changes since the early 1970s. The author examines the profile...

... of the history of Iran from the regime of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi to the Islamic Republic of Iran. During the modernization process and the reduction of the power of Shiite clergy undertaken by the Shah, there was a remarkable growth rate of non‐oil gross domestic product (GDP) accompanied by an equally...

...Abbas Valadkhani Iran's third five‐year development (2000/2001‐2004/2005) has been considered a pivotal role for private investment in creating 700,000‐800,000 jobs per annum to stabilise the rate of unemployment. This paper examines the long‐ and short‐run determinants of the private investment...

...D.P. Doessel; Abbas Valadkhani The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between economic development and income distribution for Iran. Using time series data for the period 1967‐1993, it is found that there is no significant relationship between the Gini coefficient...