Europeans belong to the largest consumers of illicit drugs: ca. one fifth of the global heroin, cocaine and cannabis supply, as well as one third of the ecstasy production. But the vast majority has never tried any illicit substance.
The book explores difficulties that women face in working life and retirement – and what could be done to achieve more gender equality and fairness for women and men alike. What is good, bad, best for women under these or probable future circumstances?
The book analysed income distribution and poverty, including the effect on inequalities other than in income, such as benefits in kind, or social services more generally, or in housing costs. Non-monetary indicators of exclusion include e.g. material deprivation.
Despite growing concerns over ageing and its social and fiscal impact, surprisingly scarce information is available on basic indicators concerning long-term care for dependent older people. The present publication seeks to fill this gap.
Welfare-to-work programmes have long been pursued in European countries. The UK had shown more interest in learning from the US workfare model, and its policy design and the experience of the past 10 years offer a number of insights for other countries.
