The foreclosure crisis was detrimental to the financial well-being of many households, yet
the non-economic consequences are still poorly understood. This systematic review aims to …

We review the literature in sociology and related fields on the fast global growth of consumer
credit and debt and the possible explanations for this expansion. We describe the ways …

This paper examines the recent empirical literature in Islamic banking and finance,
highlights the main findings and provides a guide for future research. Early studies focus on …

In the last few decades, there was a marked increase in consumer debt in the United States,
Latin America and other emerging countries, spurring a debate about the real costs and …

Recent scholarship has sought to distinguish between the deeper societal factors that shape
the more proximate social determinants of health. One of these socio-structural institutions is …

The need to more explicitly incorporate political economy and neoliberalism into research
on social inequalities in health has been acknowledged across disciplines. This paper …

This paper examines the impact that the Great Recession had on individuals' health
behaviours and risk factors such as diet choices, smoking, alcohol consumption, and Body …

This paper aims to explore the association between over-indebtedness and two facets of
well-being–life satisfaction and emotional well-being. Although prior research has …

Purpose The purpose of this is to propose a model in which materialism is a mediator of the
effects of self-esteem, impulsiveness, attitude toward debt, attitude toward credit card and …

Although homelessness is inherently associated with social exclusion, homeless individuals
are rarely included in conventional studies on social exclusion. Use of longitudinal survey …