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Household consumption is emerging as a significant source of carbon emissions growth; however, embedded equity concerns, particularly the mechanisms underlying urban–rural carbon inequality, remain inadequately explore...

In this study, an Entropy Transformed Pareto Distribution (EnTrPD) was proposed to provide improved flexibility in modelling heavy-tailed behavior observed in data, and was subsequently applied to assess wealth inequalit...

This article reconceptualizes dehumanization as an ideological epistemology of inequality, a modular grammar through which social hierarchies appear moral, natural, and inevitable. It argues that structural inequality pr...

Background: Low birth weight (LBW) is a major public health concern in Lesotho, linked to higher infant mortality, long-term morbidity and intergenerational poverty. Despite expanded maternal and child health services, ...

PurposeThis study is underpinned by the conviction that the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)'s transformative potential will only be fully realised when its benefits are extended universally across all regions. This pa...

Abstract This study investigates the nexus between income inequality and health outcomes in Ethiopia over the period 1970–2024 using a Co-Integrated Vector Autoregressive (CVAR) approach. Employing time series data fro...

This article examines the social, economic, and ecological conflicts stemming from the development of Rempang Eco City, a National Strategic Project (PSN) in the Riau Islands. The research utilizes a descriptive qualitat...

The persistence of socioeconomic challenges related to inequality and unequal access to education highlights the need for a deeper theoretical understanding of how households make educational investment decisions under u...

Abstract Economic inequality is a critical issue in elections and legislating, so having an informed electorate is vital to sensible policymaking. Unfortunately, misperceptions about the true extent of inequality abound....

The inequality in the implementation of menstrual leave rights for women in the workplace in Indonesia remains a significant issue, despite being regulated under Law Number 13 of 2003 concerning Manpower. This study aims...

Abstract Inequalities in social networks arise from linking mechanisms, such as preferential attachment (connecting to popular nodes), homophily (connecting to similar others), and triadic closure (connecting through mut...

Artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI in particular, is accelerating innovation in education by expanding access to tutoring, content creation, learning analytics, and teacher support. At the same time, policy ...

In the face of socioeconomic challenges, this paper develops and empirically demonstrates the Gondauri Index (GI) as a reproducible, diagnostics-first composite framework for benchmarking macro-financial resilience acros...

Abstract Purpose This study examines the demographic, spatial, and economic determinants of household access to electricity in Nigeria, a country characterized by persistent energy poverty and pronounced infrastructure i...

Abstract Background Contraceptive use is integral to improving reproductive health outcomes, but disparities in access and use persist across Africa, influenced by socio-economic, educational, and age-related factors. Th...

BackgroundHormone-sensitive cancers (HSCs) pose a significant threat to women’s health, with global rising incidence rates. This study provides the most up-to-date assessment of the global burden of HSCs.MethodsWe retr...

This article offers a normative defence of using neighbourhood demographic quotas to deconcentrate residential clusters of advantage. It develops the case by detailing problems of inequality that arise from this kind of ...

During 2020–2024, developing countries faced global financial turbulence caused by a cascade of exogenous shocks (COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical crises, inflationary pressure), leading to a significant deterioration i...

The study of inequalities in mathematics is fundamental for understanding areas such as analysis, probability theory, and optimization. Notable inequalities include Jensen's and Young's convolution inequalities. Jensen's...

The aim of the present study was to identify the prevalence of metabolic syndrome at 22 and 30 years of age, determine inequalities by sex, skin color, and socioeconomic status, and investigate the intersections of these...

Introduction and aims: This study examined oral health inequalities by socioeconomic position (SEP) among single-person households in South Korea, a growing but understudied demographic group. While prior research has hi...