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Scandinavian countries are usually assumed to be less disposed than other countries to involve associations as welfare producers. They are assumed to be so disinclined due to their strong statutory welfare involvement, which “crowds-out” associational welfare production; their ethnic, cultural and religious
Using a sample of 532 nonmarried adults over age 65 residing in the District of Columbia and two adjoining Maryland counties, this study examines “single strain”–the strain of not being married or not living with a partner in late-life. First, I consider
This study is an analytical and empirical assessment of the impact of household structures on children’s welfare using household level data from South Africa. Specifically, the thesis measures the relationship between different types of household structures and their impact on children’s health…
The question addressed in the Thesis seek to elucidate how and why did organized labor recover its strength vis-à-vis the state and create for itself a significant political place in the process of labor unions laws policy making in the eighties in
This dissertation examines employment, earnings, and income of the six major foreign and native born Asian groups, namely, Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, and the Vietnamese for the year 2000. The dissertation makes three contributions… Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Why study
This research project applies Social Network Analysis to Saddam Hussein’s network and demonstrates how network analysis techniques uncovered a web of family and tribal linkages that resulted in the ousted dictator’s capture. I use Simmel’s approach to affiliations and interactions among consensual
Past research on marriage timing in Asia has found the modernization framework to be insufficient for explaining and understanding the processes of marriage and non-marriage. Using insights provided… Contents Chapter I Introduction: Chapter II Prior research: Marriage timing in developing countries: Marriage
The present study examines the career trajectories of academic scientists during the period from 1993 to 2001 to explore gender differences in mobility. Data from the National Science Foundation’s Survey of Doctorate Recipients are used to examine and compare gender differences… Contents
For adolescents, having a strong Self is an important component of entering into adulthood successfully. Research suggests that despite living in a society often hostile to them, Black adolescents have Selves that is at least as strong as Whites… Download This Report
Entry into the military is a major turning point in the lives of many young adults; however, little is known about the financial well-being of military families compared to their civilian peers or about the differential effects of aspects of service within