Focusing on an array of European and North American welfare states between 1985 and 2005, we consider how welfare state policies are related to households' relative incomes, taking into account cross-national and temporal differences in income distributions. At the same time, we consider how two...

Microfinance institution services are emerging as a potent tool for poverty eradication and aim to decrease poverty and empower women. However, fewer women than men manage and run businesses in many parts of the world. Therefore, this study investigates the role of microfinance services on...

This article emphasizes entrepreneurial skills in adolescents, in order to determine the relationship between entrepreneurial skills (dependent variable) and the key factors for their development: personal, social, and educational (independent variables). It has an empirical‒analytical design...