The aim of the article is to show impact COVID-19 pandemic on living situation large families. study paid particular attention economic and housing problems, as well mental condition challenges related remote learning. was primarily empirical. presents results quantitative research extended by a catalogue open questions, together with conducted “Three Plus” Association Large Families in May 202...

There have been many evaluation studies on the impact of NREGS but there are hardly any systematic studies relating to impact of the scheme on children. This paper tries to fill this gap. There is a huge literature on awareness, implementation problems, impact on the livelihoods, women, migration, agricultural wages, marginalized sections etc. This paper makes use of some of the in-depth studie...

Research on family-friendly measures at the workplace reveals that these instruments are the outcome of a long history of struggle, mainly by the women’s movement, with antecedents in social and political thought, as well as in social and political policies and practices. These include feminist debates on marriage and the family, on paid and unpaid work, on careers, on state policies regarding ...

Over recent years many European Union countries have made changes to the design of the maternity leave provision. These policy developments reflect calls for greater gender equality in the workforce and more equal share of childcare responsibilities. However, while research shows that long period of leave can have negative effects on women's labour market attachment and career advancements, ear...

Two quasi-experiments are used to estimate the impact of parental divorce on the adult incomes and labour market behaviour of children, as well as on their use of social programs, and their marital/fertility behaviour. These involve the use of individuals experiencing the death of a parent, and legislative changes to the Canadian divorce law in 1986. Parental loss by death is assumed to be exog...

BACKGROUND Stress-related disorders are widespread and responsible for high societal costs e.g. sick leave payment and reduced productivity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of an intervention program on return to work or labour market. METHODS In a controlled interventional study design we compared 72 emotionally distressed patients, who received support during 2006, with 89 ...

BACKGROUND Indigenous practices (IPs) are experiences generated by people who are living in a specific regional context and cultural group. IPs are shaped by cultural traits that are passed from one generation to the next. IPs practices are rooted and embedded in society and, therefore, the practices become part of the people's lifestyle. It is difficult to try and change these practices as peo...

In 1997 the new Labour government in the UK inherited a situation where nearly one in 5 children lived in a household where no adult worked and around one in 3 lived in relative poverty. Children had replaced pensioners as the poorest group in society. The incoming government set about an ambitious set of reforms deigned to reduce poverty and worklessness amongst families with children. This po...