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Access to Childcare and Home Care Services across Europe. An Analysis of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU SILC), 2016. Social Inclusion Report No 8. September 2019 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This report uses EU-SILC data for 2016 to examine differences by social risk group and social class in access to care services – specifically, childcare and home care for people with an illness or disability.
Grotti, Raffaele   +3 more
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Understanding Gaps in the Provision of Long‐Term Care for Older People Across Europe

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Since the 1990s, European welfare states have expanded long‐term care (LTC) support for older people, yet gaps in social security and unmet needs persist. This study identifies key gaps in LTC provision and examines how differences in policy design contribute to them.
Christopher Grages
wiley   +1 more source

Research on Integrated Control Strategy for Highway Merging Bottlenecks Based on Collaborative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

open access: yesApplied Sciences
The merging behavior of vehicles at entry ramps and the speed differences between ramps and mainline traffic cause merging traffic bottlenecks. Current research, primarily focusing on single traffic control strategies, fails to achieve the desired ...
Juan Du   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Left-Turn Connected and Automated Vehicle Control at Signalized Intersection in Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Environment

open access: yesInformation, 2020
In order to solve the problem of vehicle delay caused by stops at signalized intersections, a micro-control method of a left-turning connected and automated vehicle (CAV) based on an improved deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) is designed in this ...
Juan Chen, Zhengxuan Xue, Daiqian Fan
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Sorting of Well‐being in Sweden: The Role of Attitudes Towards the Neighbourhood and Neighbourhood Type

open access: yesTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, spatial sorting of well‐being at the neighbourhood level has received attention. As most studies merely focus on the distribution itself or one neighbourhood aspect in relation to well‐being, this study examined well‐being by neighbourhood type, and how residents’ attitudes to the neighbourhood might influence this relationship.
Gijs Westra, Karen Haandrikman
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Telework with Exercise: An Exploration of the Curvilinear Relationship between Telework Intensity and Work Engagement

open access: yesBehavioral Sciences
The sudden COVID-19 crisis disrupted people’s pace of life. Meanwhile, telework has gradually attracted public attention and become a regular mechanism for organizations.
Weiwei Huo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Affordability in the Irish Housing Market. ESRI WP593, June 2018 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This paper examines housing affordability in Ireland by looking at the distribution of housing costs across households. Using microdata from the SILC survey over the period 2005-2015, the contribution of this paper is threefold.
Corrigan, Eoin   +4 more
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Repayment capacity, debt service ratios and mortgage default: An exploration in crisis and non-crisis periods. ESRI Working Paper No. 652 February 2020 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
In this paper, we explore the impact of current household repayment capacity on mortgage default using household-level panel data over the period 2004-2017 for Ireland.
O'Toole, Conor, Slaymaker, Rachel
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Sustainable Development and Social Inclusion: Efficiency Evidence From Spain and Policy Pathways for the SDGs

open access: yesBusiness Strategy &Development, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines how hospitality efficiency, sustainability and social inclusion are associated with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Spain's 17 autonomous communities (ACs) in 2023. Using non‐parametric efficiency analysis with bootstrap correction, quantile regression models, and Random Forest methods, an ...
José Solana‐Ibáñez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Coordinated EU Minimum Wage Policy? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
[Excerpt] Minimum wages exist in all EU member states, even if, as we shall see in this report, they are set up and established in very different ways. Minimum wages, in fact, can be considered as a cornerstone of the “European Social Model”. Yet, the on-
Fernández-Macías, Enrique   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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