China still lags behind Europe along the path of the demographic transition and therefore is still much younger. However, due to the speed with which the fertility rate dropped and life expectancy increased, China ageing process will proceed at a very fast space and around the middle of the...

Die letzten Gesundheitsreformen hatten alle als wesentliche Bestandteile die Sicherstellung der Versorgung mit ausreichend und adäquat qualifiziertem Personal. In der Diskussion fehlt eine tiefergehende Auseinandersetzung mit den tatsächlichen und gefühlten Veränderungen der zukünftigen...

The goal of the paper is to provide viewpoints to labour mobility development in the Western Balkans and in Macedonia in particular, since it would be one of the advantages of joining the European Union. The EU integration process of the Western Balkans opens up new dimensions for labour...

Besides enabling communication, mobile phones and smartphones support information flows and financial transactions, especially in developing countries, where the coverage of landline networks is limited. Drawing upon new data from rural households in Southeast Asia, this paper shows that mobile...