In this paper we examine the concept of "vulnerability" (Townsend 1994) within the context of income mobility of the …

. Physical impact and adaptive capacity together determine a country’s vulnerability to climate change. It seems both efficient …

Muslim in a country that is not free increases it by 13 percentage points. Being Christian in a free country decreases the …

into a social grouping. This is synonymous with religion as defined by Durkheim (1912) and, as a definition of religion, it … may be too wide; but if this definition is adopted, both Confucianism and Marxism are 'religion'. In any case, there are …

to study the impact of religion and economic transition on happiness. Religious involvement contributes positively to …

BACKGROUND : The need has grown over recent years for economic information on the impacts of child and adolescent … and other treatments for children and adolescents with a diagnosed mental health problem or identified as at risk of … disorders have been given relatively large attention in economic evaluations of child and adolescent mental health. These …

solitary lives, attitudes to childhood have changed, new products have been developed and commercial pressures on children have … increased. The importance of these commercial pressures is analysed. Do children understand advertising? How is child poverty … terms of children’s freedom, the rights of children and the protection of children. Finally, the future of childhood is …

association between childhood family income and later adult earnings. We seek to account for the level of income persistence in …

The concept of social exclusion has been widely debated in Europe but its application to children has seen relatively … little discussion. What could be meant by exclusion of children is the first main theme of the paper. Among other things, I … exclusion of children. The second main theme is the use of the concept of exclusion in the USA, where in contrast to Europe it …