Optimal housing selection is one of the most important challenges in housing demand, which most people, especially housing investors, are facing. Although there is an overall agreement on the importance of the budget role on choosing the house, the model that uniquely measures the role and impact of all the factors of investment demand for housing has not been presented and no clear explanation...

Political participation is one of the important issues drawn to the special attention of various fields of social sciences and politics. Today, women as an effective group in participation and political participation especially have an important role in political decision-making. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to examine social factors affecting women's political participation i...

Aims. Discrimination against people with severe mental illness is an international problem. It is associated with reduced social contact and hinders recovery. This paper aims to evaluate if experienced or anticipated discrimination is associated with social capital, a known correlate of mental health. Methods. Data from the annual viewpoint cross-sectional survey of people with severe mental il...

Insufficient access to assets is the main determinant of poverty. We analyze the role of access to assets in explaining household labor allocation strategies, sources of income, levels of income achieved, and poverty headcount ratios among classes of Mexican rural households. To assess the gains from asset redistribution, we both measure the direct income effects from redistribution and simulat...

by using a model of development, called developmental state, which appeared during the history of development in east asia region, the current essay tries to present a review on possibility of iran’s transition to economic development. it is supposed that the ground is prepared for iran’s transition to development through effective state intervention in economy. unlimited access of iran to a ve...

We investigate how private information and monitoring affects both the sensitivity of investment to internally generated cash flows and the role of accounting quality in reducing this sensitivity. We expect financing frictions to be lower when debt is obtained from banks with private information and when banks place direct restrictions on investments. We also argue that access to private inform...