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This paper reviews research on education and childbearing in Europe over the last decade. Early demographic research attributed declining fertility in advanced economies in the second half of the twentieth century to increasing female educational levels. The twenty-first century has witnessed...
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-communist countries that joined the European Union (EU-11) and on the period extending from around 1989, covering the EU’s eastward … the EU-11 to selected EU member states and selected economic sectors; in particular, as regards capabilities, these …
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The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990 and EU enlargement in 2004 are two major political events in the recent history of … birth between the seven new member countries from Central and Eastern Europe and more advanced countries of the EU-15, this … article attempts to identify the vanguards and laggards in the health convergence process before and after the 2004 EU …
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Although evidence suggests a correlation between fertility and employment, comparative studies on this topic are relatively scarce, particularly when considering the diverse ways in which the two variables interact in different countries. The aim of this article is to analyse the relationship...
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Comparative analyses frequently examine respondents' self-rated health (SRH), assuming that it is a valid and comparable measure of generic health. However, given SRH's vagueness, this assumption is questionable due to (1) manifold non-health influences, such as personal characteristics...
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resources, and uranium can be recovered as a by-product from millions of tonnes of phosphate imported annually by EU. Sandstone …
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To evaluate variations in the well-being dimensions of European citizens, we rely upon Principal Component Analysis methodology, whereby a large set of interrelated indicators are reduced to a small number of aggregate synthetic variables. We find that the 2008 crisis impinged differently on the...
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Businesses investing in production digitalization equipment are supposed to benefit from increased productivity, enhanced efficiency, and revenue growth. Despite the increasing use of digital technologies in business, many companies still struggle to measure and maximize their returns from...
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