[…] associated with first and second births in Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, and whether these associations differ by women’s education. Background: Family policies are expected to impact the direct and indirect costs of childbearing by providing resources that influence the monetary and non-monetary costs of having children. The countries analysed here have undergone […]

[…] effect of increasing residential green space on mental health and this was positively modified and intensified by area deprivation before and after adjusting for confounding. Our results support providing green space to protect against the negative impact of socioeconomic deprivation on health, particularly for those moving from a less deprived to a more deprived area.

[…] cause of KOA. In the MVMR analysis, after jointly adjusting for the effects of waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC) and BMI, the causal impact of KOA on HV and HR remained robust. Conclusion: In this study, the genetic causality between KOA and increased risk of hallux deformities (HV and HR) […]

[…] has laid bare the unequal challenges faced by women living in the North of England. It exposes the growing regional inequalities over the last decade and the impact this has on women’s quality of life, health, work, their families and communities. ‘Woman of the North: Inequality, health and work’ finds that women living in […]

Focusing on Germany and the United Kingdom as two most dissimilar cases in terms of labour market and political institutions, the article examines the impact of trade union membership on partisan preferences. Leveraging panel data to control for time-invariant selection effects shows that trade unions exert a small but consistent left-wing influence on wage […]