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Modern Economy (ME) is an international journal dedicated to the latest advancements in all areas of international economics. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of mod…
Zhaolu Wang
With United States president Joe Biden announcing plans to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, conversations surrounding minimum wage laws have resurfaced yet again as businesses and policymakers look to get ahead of its effects on the economy. Thi…
Ana Clara Fernandes Bezerra, Daiane Rodrigues dos Santos, Izabel Cristina C. S. Matsuzaki, Justino S. Wanderley da Nóbrega
This study aims to describe the history and development of e-commerce in Brazil and the world associated with its milestones. In addition to describing the positive and negative points and a parallel to physical trade, highlighting the differences between the…
Edwige Kamitewoko
Entrepreneurship has a critical role to play in sustainable development. The form of its contribution to development is through job creation, increasing wealth and income and linking the local economy to the international economy. Besides, religion can influe…
Kalemasi Mosengo Cedrick, Mbuyamba Mulumba Samuel Blaise
The purpose of this study is to quantify the disparities between men and women in occupational choice and particularly in the choice of employment status and to identify the factors that contribute to explaining them. The results thus found confirm the genera…
Yaya Keho
This study examines the factors determining the demand for imports of the member countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) over the period from 1980 to 2017. As a modelling strategy, we employ the Common Correlated Effect Mean Group…
Oliver Lauche Assioro, Estelle Nkale Bougha Obouna, Mathias Marie Adrien Ndinga
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects of undereducation and over education on wages. To that end, we used data from the Transition to Em ployment Survey (ETVA-2015). With these data, we first proceeded to identify the downgraded individuals by t…
Mitiku Zena Shifa, LaJuan Perronoski Fuller
The lack of loanable funds exposes historically marginalized societies, such as women, lower-income earners, and rural communities, to situations in which an informal village lender charges exploitative interest rates. The reprioritiza tion of microfinance in…
Jiarou Shi, Qinghuan Zheng
Based on the financial potential theory, this paper uses the fixed effect model to explore whether there is a micro-dynamic mechanism of growth in local public debts, and analyzes its influencing factors. The following conclusions are drawn from the research:…
Peiyang Chen
From the perspective of economic policy uncertainty, this paper explores the relationship between corporate debt financing and the tone of text contained in relevant corporate text information. Based on the data from 2011 to 2018, it is found that economic po…
Chen Li
In today’s globalized economy, China has proposed the “One Belt, One Road” development strategy to adapt to society’s future development. This is one of the most important economic policies in China at present. The construction of the Belt and Road will not o…
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