This book provides an up-to-date analytical and empirical treatment of some important interactions between paid and unpaid labour and the social economy. The emphasis on the motivations for paid and unpaid labour, and on how these factors contribute to efficiently providing social services,...

The paper extends Breggren et al. (2008, EE) on ‘trust and growth: a shaky relationship” by incorporating recent developments in the trust-growth literature and using a robust methodological underpinning that accounts for the presence of outliers. The empirical evidence is based on 63...

In this paper I study the role of social capital in a just society. In such a world, the most fruitful first step in considering communities as economic institutions isn’t to ask what social capital might be, but to ask instead a fundamental question facing any group of people who have agreed...

Privacy law relies on the argument that consent does not entail any relevant impediments for the liberty of the consenting individual. Challenging this argument, we experimentally investigate whether consent to the publication of personal information in cyberspace entails self-coercion on a...

Cet article a pour objectif de présenter une compréhension du prêt sur gages au Crédit municipal mobilisant une approche psycho-socio-économique. Cet établissement possède, en effet, des caractéristiques spécifiques : il ne juge, ni ne contrôle sa clientèle, et ne vérifie pas sa...

In this paper I examine the influence which a population of different behavioral types may have on the provision of public goods. In particular, the population or subject pool consists of three behavioral types: myopic selfish agents, enlightened selfish agents and ethically motivated agents. I...

The objective was to assess the effect of hard martial arts on the physical fitness components such as balance, flexibility, gait, strength, cardiorespiratory function and several mental functions in people over forty. A computerized literature search was carried out. Studies were selected when...

The purpose of this paper is to discuss human trafficking within the broader framework of socio-economic inequality. The presence of socio-economic inequality in the world creates a system where those in power very easily dominate and take advantage of those people without power. One of the most...

Resumen:En este trabajo se propone avanzar en la reflexión teórica y metodológica en torno a los componentes socioculturales que impactan los procesos de emprendimiento empresarial. El propósito de este trabajo es invitar a reflexionar sobre la pertinencia metodológica de asumir el enfoque...

Lo que pretendo presentar a continuación tiene que ver con dos niveles de análisis: en el primero se identifican algunos criterios teóricos de valoración del sistema institucional bajo el alcance que representa la consulta de sus diversos componentes en lo político, lo económico y lo...