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Natural disasters, home damage, and the eroding locus of control

Mitrou, Francis - 2024

The catastrophic consequences of natural disasters on social and economic systems are extensively documented, yet their influence on individuals' sense of control over their life outcomes remains unexplored. This study pioneers an investigation into the causal effects of natural disaster-related...

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Estimating Social Exclusion in Rural Pakistan : A Contribution to Social Development Policies

Hameed, Abdul; Qaiser, Zara - 2019

There are various aspects of social exclusion. Social exclusion refers to individuals or groups being deprived of participation in social development processes such as health, education, living standard, social and political activities, etc. There is a vast body of international literature that...

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Government social protection and households' welfare during the Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa

Zhou, Sheunesu; Ayandibu, Ayansola Olatunji; … - In: Journal of business and socio-economic development 3 (2023) 4, pp. 308-321

Purpose - This study evaluates the impact of government social protection interventions on households' welfare in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach - The study uses survey data comprising 393 observations and the multinomial logistic regression technique to analyse the effect of...

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The role of participatory approach in reducing social vulnerability : the example of a social intervention aiming at the re-housing of families belonging to a marginalized Roma com...

Lacatus, Olimpiu Bela; Adorjáni, Júlia; David-Kacsó, … - In: Revista română de economie 44 (2017) 1, pp. 95-106

communities in Romania. Within the housing component of the pilot project, participatory social housing will be piloted in the … to the marginalized communities in case. Since the number of housing units achieved within the project represents only … approximately 10% of the total amount of housing units needed for the spatial desegregation of the communities living at present in …

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Service innovation using social robot to reduce social vulnerability among older people in residential care facilities

Khaksar, Seyed Mohammad Sadegh; Khosla, Rajiv; Chu, Mei Tai - In: Technological forecasting & social change : an … 113 (2016) 2, pp. 438-453

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Financialisation of the Maltese household? Household debt dynamics, the mortgage market, and housing in Malta

Cassar, Dylan - 2023

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of household debt dynamics in Malta between 2010 and 2020. Drawing on the Household Finance and Consumption Survey, it argues that a process of financialisation of the household is underway on the Maltese islands, primarily via the mortgage market....

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Financialisation of the Maltese household? : household debt dynamics, the mortgage market, and housing in Malta

Cassar, Dylan - 2023

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Rich and slim, but relatively short Explaining the halt in the secular trend in Japan

Bassino, Jean-Pascal; Kato, Noriko - Center for Economic Institutions, Institute of Economic … - 2010

and housing conditions on height is identified but the effect is fading. Caloric restraint of pregnant women, and the …

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Resilience among vulnerable households in Europe : questions, concept, findings and implications

Promberger, Markus - 2017

The paper shows the results of the RESCuE project, an in-depth qualitative investigation of 250 vulnerable households, their living conditions and socioeconomic practices across nine European countries on the background of the European crisis since 2008. After refining the concept and developing...

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Analysis of Intergenerational Policy Models

Klimczuk, Andrzej - In: Ad Alta: Journal of Interdisciplinary Research 3 (2013) 1, pp. 66-69

Contemporary demographic processes forcing increasing attention to the problems of relationships and dependencies between the different age groups. The ageing of the population in each society leads to changes in the contacts between young people, adults and the elderly. It is reasonable to...

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