This working paper provides data confirming that workers in lower-skilled health and social care assistant positions earn considerably less than the national average wage in their country. The publication argues that the wage penalty for working in female-dominated sectors and occupations such...

The research address a partial issue of market failure in the form of information asymmetry. Within the public sector, social services, together with health services, belong to typical sectors where the information superiority of supply against demand is detected. The presence of...

The paper assesses the current state and development trends of the social service system. The authors presented the current scheme of the system of social services in Russia and determined that it includes the budgetary, non-profit and commercial sectors. In particular, it is shown that the...

The paper assesses the current state and development trends of the social service system. The authors presented the current scheme of the system of social services in Russia and determined that it includes the budgetary, non-profit and commercial sectors. In particular, it is shown that the...

The research address a partial issue of market failure in the form of information asymmetry. Within the public sector, social services, together with health services, belong to typical sectors where the information superiority of supply against demand is detected. The presence of...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on long term forecasting of regional level consumption per capita in Yugoslavia, using the BACHUE demographic aspects and economic model to produce simulations - considers the effect of income, household characteristics, social services, educational level and the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper giving evaluation of the Indonesian land settlement programme - sketches historical background; describes selection criteria for migrants and suitable sites, preparation of land, and the provision of social services (transport, food, housing etc); discusses...