You might begin in Lexington, where the 1200-acre Kentucky Horse Park is a popular attraction. The university adds exciting sports, impressive art and a vibrant student/professor population to the city. Louisville is similar, where renowned Churchill Downs hosts the annual Kentucky Derby and the ...
The older worker is old in Japan but middle-aged in Europe. In this paper retirement patterns and average actual retirement ages are contrasted for the two regions and the comparative literature is surveyed in order to find the relevant explanations for this difference. Due to a number of dispa...
Objective To investigate the development of sexuality from early to late adolescence,and to compare girls and boys of different agesMethods A cross sectional survey in all schools was performed covering all pupilsbetween 13 and 18 years of age that were in school when the survey was conducted. ...
For Europe as a whole the shifts in opinion have been remarkably mild but with differences between countries that reflect the severity of the recession. Pro-immigration opinion is negatively related to the share of immigrants in the population and to the share of social benefits in GDP, but ...
There are estimated to be almost 60 million people living in poverty throughout the European Union. This bleak statistic underlines the value of this important book which explores the nature and extent of poverty and social exclusion in six European countries, namely: Austria, Germany, Greece, Nor...
European Health for All Database (HFA-DB) 1989-2012 data were processed using difference-in-difference (DiD) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The strongest expenditure growth was recorded in EU 2004 followed by SEE and the CIS. A surprisingly similar longevity increase was present in SEE ...
In 2023, the United Kingdom (UK) was the largest digital advertising market in Europe, with a spend of 34.01 billion euros. Germany ranked second with an expenditure of 13.42 billion euros. Bright future for digital marketing A glance at digital advertising spend in the UK from 2007 to 2019...
Low-wage employment in America: results from a set of recent industry case studies Data from national surveys show the dramatic changes that have taken place in the US wage structure over the past three decades. However, these data provid... A Eileen,B Annette,RJ Murnane,... - 《Social ...
Key messages • Climate change (increases in temperature, changes in precipitation and decreases in ice and snow) is occurring globally and in Europe; some of the observed changes have established records in recent years. • Observed climate change has already led to a wide range of impacts ...
As talk of raising retirement ages in pensions and social security schemes continues around the world, it is important to know both the costs and benefits for the individual, as well as the governments' budgets. In this paper we use the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (...