This study aims to: (1) to analyze the development of poverty in Jambi Province (2) to analyze the characteristics of poor households in Jambi Province (3) to analyze the factors that affect household poverty in Jambi Province. The results showed that the poverty rate in the Jambi Province in 2012 was increased compared to the year 2011, but generally in the last five years the poverty rate was decreased in Jambi Province. The characteristics of poor households in Jambi Province were the majorit...

Welfare Economics  Socioeconomics  Development Economics 

Antakya has many important monuments and sacred places which are visited each year within the scope of religious tourism. Therefore in this study it has been aimed to evaluate religious tourism potential in terms of Antakya, is to research whether Antakya has international tourism potential enough or not for the religious tourism. In the application part of this study, questionnaire technique was used for gathering data. The analysis was done in two stages. In the first stage, thoughts of the lo...

Socioeconomics 

Doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.66

An earnings gap has been previously shown between bachelor men and married men. The gap appears higher when estimated using OLS .This gap is examined here by considering simple econometrics and with the use of British Household Panel Survey data. The estimate of the gap found from pooled OLS is higher due to unobserved effects; possibly including individual ability. Thus, married men may have earned more even before marriage. The remaining gap of the Fixed Effect estimation of 3.1% as compared t...

Socioeconomics  Labor Economics 

The article appraises the impact of the e-banking and cashless society in the Nigeria economy. The study explores various aspects of the e-banking and cashless economy using banking sector of the Nigerian Economy as a focal point. Specifically, the paper articulates empirical opinions which highlights possible ways of these policy measures have direct links to the beneficiaries and the weighted outcomes when divergent is noticed and how to bring back the soundness, sustainable and rebranding pol...

Socioeconomics  Technology And Innovation 

Doi:10.18639/MERJ.2015.01.162936