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Perceptional Welfare Boundary for Migrant Families in China: What, Where and How?

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite recent reforms to China's hukou system, internal migrants in urban centres continue to face significant barriers in accessing welfare benefits and public services. This study introduces the concept of the perceptional welfare boundary to explain how welfare exclusion persists beyond formal institutional constraints.
Qiaobing Wu, Shirley Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Formative Experiences and Welfare State Expectations: A Cohort Analysis of Social Spending Preferences in Switzerland

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Socioeconomic developments in high‐income countries since the postwar era have induced fundamental changes in the predominant social risks to which people are exposed. This article seeks to determine whether this evolution is accompanied by changing expectations of the welfare state.
Andrew Zola
wiley   +1 more source

‘I've Never Seen That Money’: Retirement Insecurities and State‐Pension Access for Older Low‐Paid EU‐Migrants in Post‐Brexit UK

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using qualitative data with older (50+) EU‐migrants and NGO representatives, this study investigates the drivers of old‐age poverty and retirement insecurity for low‐income EU‐migrants. Our findings indicate that the nature of work that many are/were engaged in and education, along with timing and age of arrival to the UK, influenced poverty ...
David Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Kinship and reproduction: A perspective of the Akha in Laos

open access: yesThe Australian Journal of Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fieldwork among the Akha people in Phongsaly District, Phongsaly Province, northern Laos, this paper examines Akha patrilineal kinship and its links to reproduction. The Akha people's reproductive decisions and behaviours are shaped by patrilineality, ancestral connections and cultural–spiritual perceptions of reproduction, which ...
Vanly Lorkuangming
wiley   +1 more source

The relationship between taking care of grandchildren and grandparents' depression. [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Psychol
Chobqlou SK   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Multilocal Practices in a Pleasure Periphery: A Typology of Time, Space and Activity

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract The prerequisites, conditions and drivers of multilocality, that is, leading an everyday life in multiple places, were transformed through the accelerated adoption of remote work triggered by the COVID‐19 pandemic. We bring new perspectives to the field of multilocality research by exploring and theorising multilocal practices through a post ...
Nicolai Ekecrantz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motives and barriers to blood donation among adults aged over 50 years: A qualitative analysis

open access: yesTransfusion Medicine, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Ageing populations will increase demand for blood‐products and donors who supply them. While blood collection agencies (BCAs) typically target younger people to expand supply, recruiting donors aged 50+ is also a potential solution. However, few studies focus exclusively on this group.
Melissa K. Hyde   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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