Books in Demographic economics

Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals

1st Edition
October 1, 2025
Léo-Paul Dana + 1 more
English

Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals: An Opportunity Nexus is a compilation of state-of-the-art research articles and case studies on how women-owned businesses support one or more of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Authored by experts from around the world, this book presents theoretical and empirical research to support sustainable development, especially studies of women’s entrepreneurship. This includes how sustainability is conceptualized in different contexts.The book covers topics and themes such as gender differences and how women become entrepreneurs while considering the green economy; the impact of the female workforce participating in entrepreneurial activities and its relevance regarding sustainability; the importance of female entrepreneurship and its link with sustainable development; intrapreneurial female leaders and corporate sustainability orientation; and more.Researchers, practitioners, and students of sustainability and entrepreneurship will find this a valuable source of up-to-date information on sustainable entrepreneurship issues and practical steps that can be taken to foster women in sustainable enterprises to advance the SDGs.

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging

1st Edition
Volume 1B
November 29, 2016
John Piggott + 1 more
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 4 4 4 5 3 8 4 0 6
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 4 5 3 8 4 1 3

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volume 1B provides the economic literature on aging and associated subjects, presenting comprehensive portraits of both social and theoretical issues. As the second of two volumes in this series on the economics of population aging, it continues the discussion, delving deeper into topics such as the labor market and human resource issues, gerontology, history, and the sociological and political ramifications of this fascinating topic whose inception dates back to the late 1970’s. This volume includes literature that has appeared in general economics journals, in various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues, information from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and data presented in papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others.

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging

1st Edition
Volume 1A
November 29, 2016
John Piggott + 1 more
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 4 4 4 5 3 8 4 2 0
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 4 5 3 8 4 3 7

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, Volume 1A, provides the economic literature on aging and associated subjects, including social insurance and healthcare costs. This text explores the economic literature on aging and associated subjects, including social insurance, health care costs, the interests of policymakers, and the role of academics. As the first of two volumes, users will find it a great resource on the topics associated with the economics of aging. Together with its companion, volume 1B, this work includes literature that has appeared in general economics journals, in various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor market and human resource issues, information from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and data presented in papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others.

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging

1st Edition
Volume 1A-1B
November 21, 2016
John Piggott + 1 more
English
Hardback
9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 4 0 5 4
eBook
9 7 8 0 4 4 4 6 3 4 0 4 7

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging synthesizes the economic literature on aging and the subjects associated with it, including social insurance and healthcare costs, both of which are of interest to policymakers and academics. These volumes, the first of a new subseries in the Handbooks in Economics, describe and analyze scholarship created since the inception of serious attention began in the late 1970s, including information from general economics journals, from various field journals in economics, especially, but not exclusively, those covering labor markets and human resource issues, from interdisciplinary social science and life science journals, and from papers by economists published in journals associated with gerontology, history, sociology, political science, and demography, amongst others.

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Books in Demographic economics

Women’s Entrepreneurship and the Sustainable Development Goals

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging

Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging