Progress and Development of Kermanshah Province

Progress and Development of Kermanshah Province

Investigating the effects of border markets on social security, job creation and economic policies of border cities in the west of the country

Document Type : Original Article

Abstract
Objective: the purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of border markets on social security, employment and economic policies in the western border cities of the country.
 
Methodology: The present study is an applied research based on the existing goals and the research is based on qualitative-quantitative paradigm and applied technique for data gathering and survey data. The statistical population of the study consists of experts in the qualitative section and in the quantitative section of all the indigenous inhabitants of the western border crossings of the country, with a population of about 321,000. The research tool is an open-ended questionnaire (in the form of interviews) in the first phase and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative phase, consisting of 42 questions. The face validity method was used to assess the validity of the research instrument. Research data were also collected using multistage cluster sampling. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used to confirm the questions, all of which were validated. For statistical analysis, Pearson correlation coefficient was used to identify the relationship and structural equation modeling was used to measure effectiveness. The whole process of analyzing the results was done using Spss 24 and Amos 24 software.
Results: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between the variables of border crossing points with social security, employment and economic policies of the western cities of the country.
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