This study aims to analyze local wisdom-based shariah tourism in Indonesia on the level of income, motivation, demand and willingness pay. The location this research is City Regency Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia. qualitative quantitative. We are collecting data through surveys determining survey sample using purposive convenience sampling method. at least 100 people randomly. results show that ...

Close examination of wealth distributions reveal the existence of two distinct power law regimes. The Pareto exponents of the super-rich, identified, for example in rich lists such as provided by Forbes, are smaller than the Pareto exponents obtained for top earners in income data sets. Our extension of the Slanina model of wealth is able to reproduce these double power law features. c © 2008 E...

This study examines joint retirement in Finland. Employing a regression discontinuity design, the leverages exogenous variation provided by eligibility age for earnings-related pensions. The analysis yields three key findings. First, reaching has significant effect on an individual's retirement. Second, male spouses' at of 63 spillover their female spouses. Third, disaggregated analyses show th...

This paper uses SIPP data matched to longitudinal uncapped earnings records from the Social Security Administration for 1981 to 1999 in order to analyze earnings responses to increases in tax rates and inform discussions about the likely effects of raising the Social Security taxable maximum. The earnings distribution of workers around the current taxable maximum is inconsistent with an annual ...

This paper analyses the relationship between household debt and income inequality in South Africa for period 1980–2021. We use two measures of estimate a vector error correction model (VECM) which includes debt, inequality, other macroeconomic variables. To test robustness our results, single equation models are used, as function factors. employ namely Gini coefficient ratio top bottom earners’...

The current paper investigates the influence of demography, geographical constraints, and land regulation on house price in Malaysia based developers’ perspective. A survey questionnaire was distributed among real estate developers country for demographical factors, population growth, income, standard living, household confidence future prices are identified to be important determinants. Meanwh...

How does fiscal austerity affect redistributive policies? We document that during episodes, countries tend to increase marginal income tax rates on top earners, but not average earners. then show that, in response an exogenously imposed rule, Italian municipalities local non-linear taxes progressively. They do adjust other policies. College-educated mayors are more likely than less educated imp...

BACKGROUND Increasing life expectancies, burgeoning healthcare costs and an emphasis on the management of multiple health-risk behaviours point to a need to delineate health lifestyles in older adults. PURPOSE The aims of this study were to delineate health lifestyles of a cohort of older adults and to examine the association of these lifestyles with biological and psychological states and so...

Africa is the world’s second largest and second most populous continent with about one billion people. Mobile phones are a major source of communication and means of taking information and technology to rural and remote areas of the continent. With low-cost and readily available mobile phones, underprivileged, low-income earners and rural dwellers can also participate in the Information and Com...