The authors explore the hypothesis that high home-ownership damages the labor market. The results are relevant to, and may be worrying for, a range of policymakers and researchers. The authors find that rises in the home-ownership rate in a US state are a precursor to eventual sharp rises in...

Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...

Analysis by Evans & Razeed (2019) showed that to achieve a reasonable standard of living in retirement, in addition to the Pillar 2 compulsory system (SGL), Australians would need to contribute during their working life to private savings, but the contribution would be significantly reduced if...

Policy recommendations for building resilient and all-inclusive societies post COVID-19 pandemic continue to dominate the media and research landscapes. However, rigorous empirical content backing such claims, particularly, on both poverty and income inequality, is hard to find. Motivated by the...

A vast literature on public pensions shows that pay-as-you-go schemes may be preferable to funded schemes despite arguments of return dominance. A heavily cited reason for this is redistribution. One aspect that is rarely considered, however, is that the positive correlation between income and...

The article reviews studies on family demography in Brazil published in the last three decades. Following a chronological order the article shows that the studies about families in Brazil were oriented by the main issues in general demography. During the decades of 1970 and 1980 these were...

This paper proposes a method for adjusting the HDI to reflect the distribution of human development achievements across the population, and across dimensions, using an inequality measure from the Atkinson family. We begin with a discussion of the proposed indices in an idealized setting where...

In response to the growing overdose crisis, many prosecutors are treating overdose deaths as homicides. Since 2010, prosecutions for drug-induced homicide (also known as drug delivery resulting in death) have increased at least threefold. Criminal defense attorneys and defendants' families have...

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of financial inclusion, supported by digital technology development on income inequality, poverty, and banking stability in ASEAN’s emerging countries. This study employs the Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) and Generalized Least Square...

Summary: This study is a preliminary definitional study that examines the idea of literacy and critical thinking in social work practice, especially as it applies to evidenced-based practice. It is not a definitive study as such, but more an exploration of what would constitute literacy and...