The Journal of Socio-Economics articles from November 2000

The Journal of Socio-Economics archives from November 2000

Confidence and action: a comment on Barbalet.(Jack Barbalet)
November 1, 2000... David Dequech [*] Abstract John Maynard Keynes is widely recognized as one of the greatest economists of the 20th century. For a growing number of his interpreters, Keynes's emphasis on uncertainty and on the psychological aspects of...

Well-being at work: a cross-national analysis of the levels and determinants of job satisfaction.
November 1, 2000... Alfonso Sousa-Poza [a,*] Andres A. Sousa-Poza [b,c] Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze the levels and determinants of job satisfaction in a cross-national setting. This aim is accomplished using the latest Work...

Introduction to the symposia on binary economics and social capital.
November 1, 2000... The collection of papers which follows represents two symposia. In each case, the editor decided to spread the symposia over several issues of this journal. The remainder of the short articles on social capital will appear in the first two...

The theory of productiveness: a microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis of binary growth and output in the Kelso system [1].
November 1, 2000... Stephen V. Kane [*] 1. Introduction What is Productiveness? Does it relate at all to productivity? Why is it important for the Kelsonian analysis? What are its antecedents? What are the similarities to conventional micro- and/or...

Kelso's binary economy as social ethics.(Louis O. Kelso)
November 1, 2000... Alan Zundel [*] Abstract Professor Robert Ashford (1996) has undertaken to bring attention to the economic ideas of the late Louis Kelso, best known as the inventor of leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). ESOPs are but a...

Short papers from the April, 1998 Social Capital Conference at Michigan State University.(social capital)
November 1, 2000... Prepared by the Social Capital Interest Group (SCIG) 1. Introduction Social capital is a concept now included in most social science disciplines. Many definitions of the term social capital exist so that tracing its origin to a single...

Work and family patterns: effects across generations [*].(impact on behavior)
November 1, 2000... Purpose: Recent research suggests that childhood and adolescent rates of behavior problems have been rising in the United States over the past two decades. At the same time, family composition and parental, especially maternal, employment...

Social capital, capital goods, and the production of learning.
November 1, 2000... 1. Introduction The concept of social capital, according to James Coleman (1990), "blurs distinctions" between types of social structures (p. 305). Most researchers who embrace Coleman's concept choose to preserve its broad content rather...

Lone Motherhood in Twentieth-Century Britain--From Footnote to Front Page.(Review)
November 1, 2000... Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman [*] Lone Motherhood in Twentieth-Century Britain--From Footnote to Front Page Kathleen Kiernan, Hilary Land, and Jane Lewis; Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998 This book is a uniquely interdisciplinary volume...