This study investigates the evolution of educational disparities in smoking uptake across cohorts for men and women in three countries. Nationally representative surveys of adults in France, Germany and the United States in 2009–2010 include retrospective measures of age of uptake that are...

For low-income families in the United States disability assistance has emerged as a critical income support program in the post-welfare reform era. This article explores how this monetization of illness—tying receipt of government assistance to a physical or mental condition—influences how...

Access to health care in the United States remains greatly disproportionate across socioeconomic groups. It is not known, however, whether the disparities between the socioeconomic categories are increasing or decreasing. This analysis used a well-established non-parametric technique, employing...

В статье анализируется система профессионального развития специалистов для сферы туризма в зарубежных странах, выделяются характерные черты и особенности...

The eastern enlargement of the European Union has prompted heated debates about social dumping related to labour standards and industrial relations. Capital mobility is seen as a crucial social dumping mechanism. The article uses time-series-cross-section data for the years 1999–2008 to...

Le document réévalue les gains en bien-être de l'assurance chômage lorsque les agents économiques peuvent s'auto-assurer au moyen d'une épargne privée, mais qu'ils font face à des fluctuations économiques agrégées. Les auteurs concluent que les études précédentes ont sous-estimé...