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Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The EXPLAIN Study: Exploring Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita in Adults in Norway — A Description of Demographic, Medical, and Neurological Findings

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita (AMC) encompasses several hundred conditions with diverse genetic, pathophysiological, and clinical origins. The overarching EXPLAIN study explores underlying causes and implications of AMC and represents the largest clinical cohort of adults with AMC reported to date.
My Vuong Hermansen, Kristin Ørstavik, Unni Steen, Mathias Toft, Cathrine Brunborg, Lena Lande Wekre   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Saving incentives, old-age provision and displacement effects: evidence from the recent German pension reform [PDF]

, 2008
In response to population aging, pay-as-you-go pensions are being reduced in almost all developed countries. In many countries, governments aim to fill the resulting gap with subsidized private pensions.
Schunk, Daniel, Schunk, D, Reil-Held, Anette, DANIEL SCHUNK, ANETTE REIL-HELD, Börsch-Supan, A, Reil-Held, A, Börsch-Supan, Axel, AXEL BÖRSCH-SUPAN   +8 more
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Social Determinants of Health and Health‐Related Quality of Life: The Potential Mediating Role of Social Activities, Access to Medical Services, and Access to Social Services

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster, Ashleigh Powell, Claire Hutchinson, Richard Leibbrandt, Svetlana Bogomolova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

TAX INCENTIVES TO BROADEN THE INVESTMENT-SAVING POTENTIAL OF THE FINANCE OF THE POPULATION IN THE PENSION SPHERE

Russian Journal of Economics and Law, 2016
Objective: to identify the impact of tax incentives on enhancing the investment-savings potential of the finance of the Russians in the pension sphere. Methods: in this work, a systematic approach was applied to the consideration of the financial and tax
L. V. Grigoryeva
doaj   +1 more source

The Legislation for Providing Animal Access in Australian Residential Aged Care: It's Not a Zoo

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Providing meaningful animal contact to residential aged care facility (RACF) residents is problematic due to a lack of animal policies and National Guidelines. This paper examines how Australian Legislation could influence access to animal contact in RACFs and aims to answer the question, ‘Could current Legislation facilitate the development ...
Wendy Newton, Tania Signal, Jenni A. Judd   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social and Provision Models of Pension Insurance and Savings [PDF]

ACTA VŠFS, 2015
The social models (welfare regimes) typology makes it possible to understand the basic pension scheme concepts, key role of social policy in this regard, determined on the basis of public choice.
Jaroslav Vostatek
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Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood, Christopher Phelps, Silvia Salazar, Rachel Ong ViforJ   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CURRENT ISSUES OF PENSION REFORM IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета, 2022
Demographic aspects influencing the state of the pension system are analyzed in artirle, the main indicators of pension provision, the number of pensioners registered in the system of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation in the context of various ...
Anna Savtsova, Victor Koibaev
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Cross-Border Portability of Pension Rights: An Important Condition for an Integrated Market for Pension Provision. CEPS Task Force Reports No. 45, 1 April 2003 [PDF]

, 2003
Incompatibility of pension schemes in the different EU member states is major headache for human resource managers across Europe. The lack of pension portability is a source of additional costs for European enterprises, and mobile employees face a ...
Mortensen, Jorgen.
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