In 1989, countries that joined EU in 2004 were relatively inefficient in the number of life-years gained yet had a lower life expectancy than the SEE region and was only slightly higher than the CIS region (DEA). By 2012 the revenue spent was roughly linear to additional life-year ...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
The extended period of limited growth experienced until recently in many European countries raises the issue as to which policies could be most effective in improving their economic performance. This paper argues that further financial sector reforms may be a valuable complement to ongoing efforts to ...
This book presents the work of nine study groups of the European Association of Animal Production to document the present structure of animal production in Europe, to identify trends and analyse their consequences, and to forecast developments. Its constituent chapters deal with economic and structural...
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...
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 ...
Using period and cohort fertility data for 17 European countries and the United States this paper analyses and projects trends in final childlessness among women born between 1940 and 1975. Two basic scenarios of lifetime childlessness are presented for women born after 1955. The first upper bound...
Household incomes improve, supported by better income from work which, in turn, should feed growing private consumption. The economic sentiment and employment expectations continue to improve, while unemployment expectations stabilised. On the other hand, there are some signs of a slowdown in economic...