📈 economics

Informal Caregiving and the Mental Health of the Young: Panel Evidence from Uruguay

Using panel data from Uruguayan youth, this paper demonstrates that while mental health disparities are primarily driven by gender and family structure rather than income, the onset of informal caregiving—particularly for ill or older relatives—causally reduces well-being by approximately one-third of a standard deviation, an effect distinct from educational outcomes and robust to selection bias.

Evelin Lasarga2026-09-30
📈 economics

Intergenerational Economic Mobility among Immigrants’ Children: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Cross-National Synthesis

This systematic review and meta-analysis of 31 studies across 12 countries reveals that while immigrant children generally experience higher economic mobility than the general population, robust settlement and integration programs are the most effective policy lever for further reducing intergenerational income persistence.

Mohamed Abdoulaye Aboubacari2026-09-30
📈 economics

A Glass Floor in Microentrepreneurship? Gender, Care Work, and a Widening Profit Gap

Despite women microentrepreneurs in Chile matching or exceeding men in observable capabilities like education and digital skills, their businesses earn significantly lower profits with a widening gender gap driven by unequal returns rather than compositional differences, a disparity concentrated among the lowest-profit firms and linked to women's disproportionate burden of unpaid care work.

Mauricio Villena, María José Quinteros2026-09-30
📈 economics

Perceived Influence of Community Engagement on University Students' Entrepreneurial Knowledge and Entrepreneurial Intentions: Evidence from Business and Information Management Students in South Africa

This study of Business and Information Management students at a South African university of technology reveals that community engagement is perceived to significantly enhance both entrepreneurial knowledge and intentions, with community problems serving as key triggers for opportunity recognition, though the cross-sectional design limits claims of causality.

Zakhe Sifiso Khuzwayo, Smangele Pretty Moyane, Angeline Sibongile Ngcobo2026-09-30
📈 economics

Dollar Weaponization and the Fragmentation of the Global Political Economy: Assessing BRICS Pursuit of Financial Autonomy

This paper argues that the United States' weaponization of the dollar through financial sanctions has accelerated the fragmentation of the global political economy by driving BRICS nations to pursue financial autonomy through de-dollarization and alternative monetary systems, ultimately undermining the liberal economic order.

Goddy Uwa OSIMEN, Oyindeinyefa BIOKO, Celestina Ekene CHUKWUDI2026-09-30
📈 economics

Consumer Behaviour on Financial Technology Adaptation: A study on increasing the India's GDP

This study analyzes India's financial technology adoption from FY 2021–22 to FY 2025–26 using OLS and VAR models to demonstrate that a 1% increase in digital transaction value contributes approximately 0.14% to real GDP growth, establishing Fintech as a primary macroeconomic engine rather than merely an intermediary platform.

Prof. (Dr.) Mohit Sharma, Prof. (Dr.) Sudhinder Singh Chowhan, Ishfaq Ahmad Malik, Priyanka Sharma2026-09-30