The digital economy's influence on society and the traditional economy is deepening, owing to the wide application of digital technology in production and life. The question of how the digital economy affects the employment structure has become a hot issue to discuss. To explore the impact of...

This empirical analysis explores the impact of industrial robots on labour productivity using panel data of 17 Chinese industries from 2006 to 2021. The results reveal that the development of industrial robots significantly improves labour productivity; a series of robustness tests validate this...

The virtual isolation of Islamic financial markets from 2008's financial crisis prompted a quest to find the underlying determinants that stabilise the market's liquidity. Utilising data from the Malaysian bond market, the paper first provides insight into the trend and liquidity of the sukuk...

In Malaysia, transformation of economic structure from agricultural sector to manufacturing and services sector has led to urbanization process in which individual migrates from rural to urban areas for better jobs opportunity and higher wages. This inclination of movement has led to a reduction...

This article examines the impact of trade openness on wage inequality in Malaysia during the period 1984--1997. Malaysia has operated a very open trade regime since the 1960s and has pursued aggressive import substitution and export supporting policies. This development strategy is very...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the oil price pass‐through into consumer price inflation for a developing country: Malaysia. The focus is on whether aggregate consumer prices and different consumer price components or sub‐price indexes are related in different ways to oil...