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View article: Moonlighting and subjective wellbeing: Exploring the roles of quality time with children and time stress
Moonlighting and subjective wellbeing: Exploring the roles of quality time with children and time stress Open
Moonlighting (multiple job holding) has become increasingly prevalent, driven by both financial considerations-such as rising cost of living and income smoothing-and non-financial factors, including career development, human capital accumu…
View article: Determinants of improved groundnut variety adoption among farmers in Northern Ghana: a seed system analysis
Determinants of improved groundnut variety adoption among farmers in Northern Ghana: a seed system analysis Open
Background Despite the release and registration of several groundnut varieties in Ghana, adoption by farmers is low. Farmer-saved seeds have remained the most reliable source of planting material in the groundnut seed system leading to low…
View article: Recovery trajectories after a serious injury or illness: a longitudinal evaluation of health-related quality of life in an Australian cohort
Recovery trajectories after a serious injury or illness: a longitudinal evaluation of health-related quality of life in an Australian cohort Open
Purpose Serious injuries or illnesses impose a significant burden on the affected individuals. This study examined the long-term recovery of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after a serious injury or illness and quantified the econom…
View article: Improving our understanding of the longitudinal relationship between health-related quality of life and multimorbidity: The role of personality traits
Improving our understanding of the longitudinal relationship between health-related quality of life and multimorbidity: The role of personality traits Open
It is well known that multimorbidity negatively impacts health-related quality of life (HRQoL). However, how psychosocial factors moderate this relationship remains unclear. The present study investigated the moderating effects of personal…
View article: Technological and Socio‐Demographic Factors Influencing Telemedicine Literacy in Trinidad and Tobago: A Cross‐Sectional Study Using Multidimensional Approach
Technological and Socio‐Demographic Factors Influencing Telemedicine Literacy in Trinidad and Tobago: A Cross‐Sectional Study Using Multidimensional Approach Open
Background and Aims The COVID‐19 pandemic restriction impacted physical or face‐to‐face interactions, leading to an upsurge in the use of information technology (IT). This necessitated the adoption of various remote healthcare services inc…
View article: Club convergence in regional labor productivity: how do Australian states and territories compare to the US, UK, and Canadian subnational regions?
Club convergence in regional labor productivity: how do Australian states and territories compare to the US, UK, and Canadian subnational regions? Open
Developing strategies to enhance productivity growth requires identifying leading and lagging regions, industries, and growth drivers. However, there are limited cross-country studies using subnational data. Our study goes beyond the tradi…
View article: Employment-related time poverty, time stress and food away from home behaviour: Panel evidence from Australia
Employment-related time poverty, time stress and food away from home behaviour: Panel evidence from Australia Open
This study examines the link between employment-related time poverty and food away from home (FAFH) behaviour. We use a large representative sample of Australians drawn from five waves of panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dy…
View article: Racial diversity, child stunting and underweight: Policies design and promotion in South Africa
Racial diversity, child stunting and underweight: Policies design and promotion in South Africa Open
We examine the effect of racial diversity on child stunting and underweight in post-apartheid South Africa, which has a strong history of systemic racial segregation. Using five waves of longitudinal data from the National Income Dynamics …
View article: Informal care and financial stress: Longitudinal evidence from Australia
Informal care and financial stress: Longitudinal evidence from Australia Open
The number of people providing informal care has increased considerably in the last years while, at the same time, about one in four Australians have financial stress problems. This study uses rich longitudinal data from the Household, Inc…
View article: Entrepreneurship and subjective wellbeing in China: Exploring linkages and potential channels
Entrepreneurship and subjective wellbeing in China: Exploring linkages and potential channels Open
We analyse the effect of entrepreneurship on subjective wellbeing in China. To do so, we use four waves of the nationally representative China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) longitudinal survey data. Employing a suite of quasi-experimental an…
View article: Energy poverty and mental distress in South Africa: Assessing linkages and potential pathways
Energy poverty and mental distress in South Africa: Assessing linkages and potential pathways Open
Despite the increasing attention on energy poverty due to its health implications, the South African story is yet to be told, while pathways of influence have received little empirical investigation in the extant literature. This study exa…
View article: Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter?
Financial inclusion, vulnerability coping strategies and multidimensional poverty: Does conceptualisation of financial inclusion matter? Open
Policy emphasis on financial inclusion and deepening has shifted away from measures capturing formal financial services only and towards the development of more inclusive financial markets which account for both formal and informal service…
View article: Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India
Non-farm entrepreneurship, caste, and energy poverty in rural India Open
This study examines how non-farm entrepreneurship influences rural household energy poverty and explores caste-based heterogeneities in outcomes in India. The study used different quasi-experimental econometric methods to analyse panel dat…
View article: Ethnic diversity and financial inclusion in post-apartheid South Africa
Ethnic diversity and financial inclusion in post-apartheid South Africa Open
The ethnic diversity-financial inclusion nexus remains one of the least explored topics in the literature despite global attempts to promote cultural mixing due to its socioeconomic benefits. We contribute to the literature by examining th…
View article: Income inequality and economic growth in BRICS: insights from non-parametric techniques
Income inequality and economic growth in BRICS: insights from non-parametric techniques Open
The income inequality-economic growth linkage is a topical issue in economics and policy discussions. Both theoretical and empirical results on the impact of income inequality on economic growth have been controversial. One of the criticis…
View article: Relationships between Farmer Psychological Profiles and Farm Business Performance amongst Smallholder Beef and Poultry Farmers in South Africa
Relationships between Farmer Psychological Profiles and Farm Business Performance amongst Smallholder Beef and Poultry Farmers in South Africa Open
Beef cattle and poultry are critically important livestock for improving household food security and alleviating poverty amongst smallholder farmers in South Africa. In this paper, our goal is to examine the relationships between farmer ps…
View article: Psychological profiles of South African smallholder farmers
Psychological profiles of South African smallholder farmers Open
The present study examined smallholder farmer profiles based on key psychological variables associated with farm business performance in the South African context. A sample of 471 beef farmers (mean age = 54.15 years; SD = 14.46; men = 76%…