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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

NECESSITY AND PREREQUISITES FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPULSORY ACCUMULATIVE PENSION INSURANCE IN UKRAINE

Соціальна економіка
The article explores the necessity and prerequisites for the introduction of accumulative pension insurance in Ukraine in the context of current demographic, economic and social challenges.
Olena Zvarych, Volodymyr Voloshyn
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Reforming the Pension System of Ukraine in the Context of Modern Global Trends [PDF]

Problemi Ekonomiki, 2017
Proper social protection for present and future generations of pensioners is possible only if the level of solvency and financial stability of the state pension system in the long term are ensured. The aim of the article is to substantiate the directions
Krutova Angelika S., Kashchena Nataliya B. , Bigdan Inna A.   +2 more
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IMPROVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM OF MANDATORY PENSION INSURANCE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATYPICAL IN SOCIAL SECURITY [PDF]

Legal Bulletin
The relevance of this scientific article is the consideration of theoretical issues of improving the system of compulsory pension insurance, payments from pension savings (lump sum payment of pension savings, urgent pension payment, payment of pension ...
PLESHAKOVA I.N.
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Pension System in Poland: Performance of Pension Funds

Studies of Applied Economics, 2020
The significant increase of the old-age-dependency ratio in Poland after the collapse of the centrally  planned economy required transformation of the retirement system to adopt it to the current situation. Therefore the essential reform of the pension system in Poland took place in 1999, when the one-pillar – pay as you go system was replaced by the ...
Krzysztof Kompa, Dorota Witkowska
openaire   +1 more source

Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue, Peter Anderson, Mark Brimble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘People Need to Understand That They Are Stealing From Their Neighbours’: A Critical Media Analysis of the Representations and Resistance Throughout the Robodebt Scheme

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Robodebt scheme issued thousand‐dollar debts to an estimated half a million people who had received social security. The debts were largely inaccurate and illegal, with the aim of improving the federal government's budget. The 2023 Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme found that the stigmatising political and public language about ...
Ella Kruger, Phillipa Evans
wiley   +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

PERSPECTIVE OF PENSION REFORMS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA [PDF]

Hum, 2010
Pension system in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with two sub-systems organised on entity level, operates in unfavorable macroeconomic conditions, which is being reflected through low number of contributors and high rate of incoming pensioners, to which ...
Nikolina Obradović
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