The paper analyses the determinants of household recycling in Italy with particular emphasis on social behaviour. The econometric analysis is based on two waves 1998 and 2000 of the Multipurpose Household Survey conducted annually by the Italian Central Statistics Office. In Italy household recycling was substantially voluntary in the years from 1998 to 2000 with no monetary incentives or pecun...

The study aims to detect demographics and economic factors the related residential properties social-environmental indicators affecting household savings in Turkey. In study, cross-sectional data was obtained from Household Budget Survey conducted by Turkish Statistical Institute between years 2015-2017. Binary logistic regression binary probit analyses determined factors. According analysis re...

A sustainable society will have to be accomplished not only through new production methods, but will also require different consumption patterns, if only because these are necessary to follow up on sustainable production. While influencing production processes to the extent needed is indeed a difficult task for any ‘environmental governance’ system, the complementary influencing of consumption ...

Overseas remittances are a vital source of income for many households in developing economies, yet little is known about the characteristics of the sender households. We begin by examining what motivates households to send money to other households living abroad. We then model the remittance behaviour of a diverse set of ethnic minority groups living in England and Wales using survey data. Our ...

Delamination fracture of a two-dimensional functionally graded multilayered four-point bending beam that exhibits non-linear behaviour of the material is analyzed. The fracture is studied analytically in terms of the strain energy release rate. The beam under consideration has an arbitrary number of layers. Each layer has individual thickness and material properties. A delamination crack is loc...

Understanding the factors affecting the utilization of health services is essential for health planners, especially in low income countries where increasing access to and use of health services is one of the main policy goals of government. While much has been written on adult health-seeking behaviour, there is comparatively little known about the influence of the broader context such as the ef...

Realistic models of occupant behaviour in relation to air-conditioner (a/c) use are fundamentally important for developing accurate building energy simulation tools. In Australia and elsewhere, such simulation tools are inextricably bound both in legislation and in the design of new technology, electricity infrastructure and regulatory schemes. An increasing number of studies in the literature ...