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Read more about Time to look beyond human capital to understand how parents help their children earn more Image 27/02/2023 Asylum seekers’ choice of country is mostly driven by personal networks, not economy By Valentina Di Iasio and Jackline Wahba Asylum seekers are not deterred by the employment ban nor are they as attracted by the generosity of welfare states as they are by social networks. Read more about Asylum seekers’ choice of country is mostly driven by personal networks, not economy Image 14/02/2023 Ageing, gender, migration. Three reasons why EU policymakers should care about Demography By Arnstein Aassve The challenge of adapting to demographic changes is now more than ever on the EU agenda. It is essential to keep the demography agenda alive, strong and relevant even beyond the EU elections in 2024. The challenge of adapting to demographic changes is now more than ever on the EU agenda. It is essential to keep the demography agenda alive, strong and relevant even beyond the EU elections in 2024. Read more about Ageing, gender, migration. Three reasons why EU policymakers should care about Demography Image 11/01/2023 The Next-Generation EU and the need for a European School By Francesco Billari The future of the European Union should be one of the central topics in the political debate for 2023, indeed. But what does “future” mean exactly? Read more about The Next-Generation EU and the need for a European School Image 14/11/2022 Support through the generations By Jane Falkingham Over the past 100 years, the size and composition of the world’s population has been transformed. Understanding patterns of intergenerational support is essential, particularly against the backdrop of changing family structures and global population ageing. Read more about Support through the generations Image 31/10/2022 COVID-19 has had least impact on life expectancy in Nordic countries by Jana Vobecká COVID-19 pandemic has led to life expectancy losses in Europe and overseas in the past two years but not in Denmark and its Nordic neighbours. Read more about COVID-19 has had least impact on life expectancy in Nordic countries Image 23/09/2022 Loss of Migrants’ Rights post-Brexit Exclusion from benefits in UK means working immigrant parents better protected in EU countries While the EU implements initiatives that move toward equality between immigrant and resident workers, the UK, in contrast, has become more unequal for working immigrants compared to UK residents due to the removal of the distinction between workers from EU member states and third-country workers. While the EU implements initiatives that move toward equality between immigrant and resident workers, the UK, in contrast, has become more unequal for working immigrants compared to UK residents due to the removal of the distinction between workers from EU member states and third-country workers. Read more about Loss of Migrants’ Rights post-Brexit Image 02/09/2022 COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany The Mental Health of Young Mothers Suffers Daycare centers and schools closed, little support for childcare outside the home, and frequent remote work from home: this situation during the first COVID-19 wave in the spring of 2020 led to a significant increase in stress and exhaustion in Germany, especially among mothers of young children living in partnerships. Daycare centers and schools closed, little support for childcare outside the home, and frequent remote work from home: this situation during the first COVID-19 wave in the spring of 2020 led to a significant increase in stress and exhaustion in Germany, especially among mothers of young children living in partnerships. Read more about COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany Image 27/07/2022 LGBTQ+, Single or Past age 35: Non-traditional families’ fertility and the law By Agnese Vitali Singles, heterosexual couples above a certain age and same-sex couples, though in different guises, can experience forms of discrimination in accessing parenting rights or services. Singles, heterosexual couples above a certain age and same-sex couples, though in different guises, can experience forms of discrimination in accessing parenting rights or services. Read more about LGBTQ+, Single or Past age 35: Non-traditional families’ fertility and the law Image 15/07/2022 Longevity Increases in Europe: Longer and Healthier Lives? By Iñaki Permanyer and Octavio Bramajo Permanyer and Bramajo explore the extent to which the increases in longevity recorded in Europe over the last 30 years have had parallel gains in years in good health (which is to say, ‘adding life to years’) or in bad health (‘adding years to life’). Read more about Longevity Increases in Europe: Longer and Healthier Lives? Pagination First page « Previous page ‹ Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 … Next page › Last page »
Image 31/03/2023 Time to look beyond human capital to understand how parents help their children earn more By Pieter Vanhuysse What help do parents actually give their children in the labor market? One key advantage is human capital, in the broadest sense. However, parents, when they can, also employ a wide array of other strategies to transmit advantages. Read more about Time to look beyond human capital to understand how parents help their children earn more
Image 27/02/2023 Asylum seekers’ choice of country is mostly driven by personal networks, not economy By Valentina Di Iasio and Jackline Wahba Asylum seekers are not deterred by the employment ban nor are they as attracted by the generosity of welfare states as they are by social networks. Read more about Asylum seekers’ choice of country is mostly driven by personal networks, not economy
Image 14/02/2023 Ageing, gender, migration. Three reasons why EU policymakers should care about Demography By Arnstein Aassve The challenge of adapting to demographic changes is now more than ever on the EU agenda. It is essential to keep the demography agenda alive, strong and relevant even beyond the EU elections in 2024. The challenge of adapting to demographic changes is now more than ever on the EU agenda. It is essential to keep the demography agenda alive, strong and relevant even beyond the EU elections in 2024. Read more about Ageing, gender, migration. Three reasons why EU policymakers should care about Demography
Image 11/01/2023 The Next-Generation EU and the need for a European School By Francesco Billari The future of the European Union should be one of the central topics in the political debate for 2023, indeed. But what does “future” mean exactly? Read more about The Next-Generation EU and the need for a European School
Image 14/11/2022 Support through the generations By Jane Falkingham Over the past 100 years, the size and composition of the world’s population has been transformed. Understanding patterns of intergenerational support is essential, particularly against the backdrop of changing family structures and global population ageing. Read more about Support through the generations
Image 31/10/2022 COVID-19 has had least impact on life expectancy in Nordic countries by Jana Vobecká COVID-19 pandemic has led to life expectancy losses in Europe and overseas in the past two years but not in Denmark and its Nordic neighbours. Read more about COVID-19 has had least impact on life expectancy in Nordic countries
Image 23/09/2022 Loss of Migrants’ Rights post-Brexit Exclusion from benefits in UK means working immigrant parents better protected in EU countries While the EU implements initiatives that move toward equality between immigrant and resident workers, the UK, in contrast, has become more unequal for working immigrants compared to UK residents due to the removal of the distinction between workers from EU member states and third-country workers. While the EU implements initiatives that move toward equality between immigrant and resident workers, the UK, in contrast, has become more unequal for working immigrants compared to UK residents due to the removal of the distinction between workers from EU member states and third-country workers. Read more about Loss of Migrants’ Rights post-Brexit
Image 02/09/2022 COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany The Mental Health of Young Mothers Suffers Daycare centers and schools closed, little support for childcare outside the home, and frequent remote work from home: this situation during the first COVID-19 wave in the spring of 2020 led to a significant increase in stress and exhaustion in Germany, especially among mothers of young children living in partnerships. Daycare centers and schools closed, little support for childcare outside the home, and frequent remote work from home: this situation during the first COVID-19 wave in the spring of 2020 led to a significant increase in stress and exhaustion in Germany, especially among mothers of young children living in partnerships. Read more about COVID-19 Lockdown in Germany
Image 27/07/2022 LGBTQ+, Single or Past age 35: Non-traditional families’ fertility and the law By Agnese Vitali Singles, heterosexual couples above a certain age and same-sex couples, though in different guises, can experience forms of discrimination in accessing parenting rights or services. Singles, heterosexual couples above a certain age and same-sex couples, though in different guises, can experience forms of discrimination in accessing parenting rights or services. Read more about LGBTQ+, Single or Past age 35: Non-traditional families’ fertility and the law
Image 15/07/2022 Longevity Increases in Europe: Longer and Healthier Lives? By Iñaki Permanyer and Octavio Bramajo Permanyer and Bramajo explore the extent to which the increases in longevity recorded in Europe over the last 30 years have had parallel gains in years in good health (which is to say, ‘adding life to years’) or in bad health (‘adding years to life’). Read more about Longevity Increases in Europe: Longer and Healthier Lives?