Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of the most challenging goals for most developing economies. Using Panel Least Square with Regional Dummies (LSDV) for a sample of Developing countries over the period 1990 to 2014,...

This concept paper reviews the various definitions of the social economy in Canada.

Social Economy and Sustainable economics are two independent fields that sometimes refer one to another. The former is primarily concerned with “social capital” issues, while the latter deal with “natural capital” stakes. When referring to the other field, there is no systematic analysis...

The Paper gives a brief overview over the social economy in Ireland, presenting this against the background of the countries history and social structure

This paper approaches the problem of CSR in the context of social economy development in New Member States at the example of Poland. We explore the opportunities for companies to engage into socially beneficial undertakings with direct rather than indirect economic advantages. Namely, we...

An attempt is made to answer some important, controversial and provocative questions: What is social innovation? Do we need to distinguish 'social innovation' in the general category of innovation? To what extend 'social economy' and 'social innovation' can be considered as a new paradigm in the...

The fundamental question that attempts to be answered in this article is following: To what extend supporting and subsidizing of the development of social economy and social innovation by the European Union and European governments is needed and justified? Zasadnicze pytanie, na które podjęto...

"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...

Successive reforms enacted since the 1990s have dramatically changed Europe’s pensions landscape. This paper tries to assess the impact of recent reforms on the ability of systems to alleviate poverty and maintain living standards, using estimates of pension wealth for a number of hypothetical...

Rapidly aging population in high-income countries has exerted additional pressure on the sustainability of public pension expenditure. We present a formal model of public pension expenditure under endogenous human capital, where the latter facilitates a substantial decrease in equilibrium...