This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...

We examine theoretically and empirically social interactions in labor markets and how policy prescriptions can change dramatically when there are social interactions present.

This paper describes an evolutionary perspective on human development and wellbeing and contrasts it with the model of self-interest that is prominent in economics. The two approaches have considerably different implications for how human wellbeing might be improved. Research in psychology,...

As a contribution to the nascent literature, this study examines patterns of vote buying among poor voters in 17 cities in Metro Manila, using a dataset closely following the 2016 national and local elections. Specifically, it will examine the possible factors linked to vote buying, hopefully...

This paper presents the Philippine hunger and poverty condition. It explores on the causes of the poverty and the impact of the price changes in the hunger incidence. Policy promulgations were found to primarily cause hunger and poverty in a country with high-wealth concentration. An economic...

The paper focuses, by 'good paradigms' on a 'new' poor areas development concept, by a win-win-win methodology [well known as 'Papakonstantinidis Model']. It highlights both: (a) the globalization and the local development methodology contradiction in terms of 'diversification rate' from the...

Son preference is common in many Asian countries. Though a growing body of literature examines the drivers and socioeconomic impacts of phenomenon in case of China and India, work on other Asian countries is scarce. This study uses nationally representative survey of over 13 thousand households...

Esse artigo constrói um modelo teórico onde cada indivíduo maximiza sua função de utilidade intertemporal consumo-lazer para explicar o diferencias de salário recebido pelas prostitutas. O modelo não considera qualquer hipótese sobre o nível de habilidade das prostitutas. Contudo, o...