...Salimata Traoré; Richard K. Moussa Purpose In Burkina Faso, maize is a key component in farm households’ food security and welfare. However, maize productivity in the country is low and productivity improvements do not necessarily result in better living conditions. This paper aims to establish...

...Osayi Precious Emokpae; Christopher Osamudiamen Emokaro; Nneji Ifeyinwa Umeokeke Purpose This study assessed the heterogeneous impact of the Anchor Borrower Program (ABP) on the welfare distribution of rice farming households in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Self-selection bias...

...Bismark Amfo; James Osei Mensah; Robert Aidoo Purpose The study assessed welfare of migrant and non-migrant labourers on cocoa farms in Ghana, using multidimensional poverty index (MPI) with four dimensions (education, health, dietary diversity, living standards) and 21 indicators. Specifically...

... at: abraham@nova.edu 28 02 2021 05 05 2021 25 06 2021 16 08 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Health Education Welfare I1 I3 Governments in developing countries fund health care through two main...

... the effect of covariate and self-reported idiosyncratic shocks on household welfare. The study examines the effectiveness of the various informal coping measures adopted by households against shocks. Findings The results suggest that idiosyncratic shocks have been found to have little effect on real...

.../approach Using the Human Development Index (HDI) as the measure of welfare, the authors specify these relationships using the System GMM estimator approach. Findings The authors hypothesise that for remittance to effectively improve welfare, the recipient of remittances must have access to credit...

...Taiwo Aderemi; Fidelis Ogwumike Purpose The primary motive of a minimum wage policy is to provide a wage floor for poorly paid workers and improve their welfare. In Nigeria, real minimum wage declined by 60 per cent between 1974 and 2011, thus reducing the welfare of workers. The wage gap between...

...Mohammad Nabi Shahiki Tash; Saber Molaei; Kamran Barghandan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the level of cardinal welfare based on Sen’s index using both Pareto and non-Pareto states besides evaluating the effective factors on the welfare changes according to a fuzzy least-squares...

... of development as an expansion of capability. Welfare Human capabilities Marxism Human development Social justice Well-being There are several citations from Karl Marx’s works scattered across Amartya Sen’s writings. In this paper I am chiefly concerned with citations of Marx’s work...

... limitation is the inability of cross-section data to capture long-term impacts of credit constraints on household welfare. Finally, causes of credit constraints from the lender’s view cannot be observed. Practical implications – The results suggest that it is necessary to enhance the credit allocation...

...David Merrill Purpose – Paper argues that the proper approach to the topic of economic welfare should include an appreciation that markets are not characterized by an endogenous tendency towards equilibrium. The economists, Schumpeter, Keynes and Minsky are right in this regard as opposed to Adam...

...Jayanta Sen; Dipti Prakas Pal Purpose Individuals earn their income from different sources in an economy. Persons being engaged with different occupations have different income levels. Welfare level thus varies from person to person. Obviously an indignant feeling arises out of interpersonal...

...Charles Ackah; Denis Medvedev Purpose Using a recently compiled dataset on migration and remittances in Ghana, the purpose of this paper is to estimate the determinants of an individual's likelihood to be an internal migrant and the relationship between internal migration and welfare. Design...

... framework for understanding job characteristics and job satisfaction, using non‐panel longitudinal data from the International Social Survey Program (Work Orientations I, II, and III:, 1989, 1997, 2005 – survey questions on job characteristics and job quality) and various welfare state country‐contextual...

... is not a factor numerical measures can consider, numerical solutions for poverty may be misapplied. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Poverty Welfare Social class Social control Social policy Labour Two academic dilemmas concerning the topic of poverty have thwarted the development...

... the extent which free will exists and that which constrains free will in choice behaviour. Originality/value This paper challenges the extremes of the free will debate in economics and suggests the boundaries within which free will exists in economic behaviour. It also suggests the welfare implications...

... that of the economic man, but this prototype deals only with people or their goods. Welfare analysis based on the economic man prototype is of little help in explaining the observed phenomena of individuals engaging in philanthropic activities. This article incorporates empirically derived motivational variables...

... and explores the relevance of consumer equivalence scales to the broader welfare questions associated with tax/transfer policies and poverty and inequality measurement. The paper concludes that in contrast to conventional methods of measuring poverty and inequality, there is a case for the use of different...

.... This requires them to engage in policy discourses that are informed by competing welfare ideologies. Reflecting these discourses, national governments have adopted three reform approaches to public pension privatization. All are consistent with values of community solidarity, social cohesion and citizenship...

..., better nutrition, more welfare programs and benefits, greater home ownership, improved environment, more income inequality, more crimes, more traffic congestion, and more divorces. Therefore, economic growth brought mixed outcomes in social development. The impacts of the recent change in the regime...