suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder …’s pregnancy have a poorer general health and are sick more often than people who were not exposed. This effect is especially … pronounced among older people, who, when exposed, also report health problems more often that are indicative of coronary heart …

poverty, analysis of children's living standards, state versus federal responsibilities, welfare reform and the emphasis on …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 …

It has long been accepted that lack of social participation in wider society is one aspect or one definition of poverty … research has often focused on ‘civic participation’ and the measurement of trust, more informal social bonds are also a crucial … important for those whose circumstances make them already more vulnerable to marginalisation, exclusion or poverty. For example …

This article analyses the geography of innovation in China and India. Using a tailor-made panel database for regions in …

conceptual framework to explain the differences between innovation systems and their geography by drawing on elements of … endogenous growth, new economic geography and regional innovation systems. This framework forms the basis of the subsequent …

) Internet skills and their potential predictors were assessed among a sample of Dutch primary school children. The findings … suggest that primary school children possess sufficient levels of fundamental but not advanced Internet skills and, hence …, might not be able to make best use of important opportunities the Internet has to offer. Children employed very ineffective …

health of their children. Overall 47 studies were identified. There was considerable variability in their quality, with a …-income countries for investment in interventions to promote mental health and well-being. We focused on areas of interest to the … people. Economic evaluations had to have some focus on promotion of mental health and well-being and/or primary prevention of …