Research Digest

Grandparental support may protect mothers from depression, particularly mothers who separate and enter single parenthood. [Niina Metsä-Simola, Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Hanna Remes, Mine Kühn, Pekka [...]

The UNICEF Vision for Early Childhood Development is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and supports the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It outlines UNICEF’s intent to [...]

The results of the Monitor pointed to an ongoing and serious crisis of labour shortages and turnover in the Personal & Household Services sectors, which in turn undermines both quality [...]

While at the end of 2023 young people’s labour market situation was more favourable than it had been in recent years, many obstacles remained on their route to independence, such as the rising [...]

Empowering families to be in control of their lives and have the agency to make decisions on their strategies and actions is key to counter climate change. [Gamal Abdelmonem – University of [...]

The social changes in the new century and the shifting concept of filial piety have jointly shaped the unique intergenerational relationships in China. Intergenerational relationships are closely [...]

The COVID-19 pandemic posed a major threat to the well-being of older Europeans. This multidisciplinary book addresses all the important policy-related issues. [Axel Börsch-Supan , Anita [...]

Families in the UK do not receive additional Universal Credit or Tax Credit allowances for their third and subsequent children if they were born after 6 April 2017. [Simran Motiani, Patricia J. [...]

The total fertility rate was 1,62 births per woman in 2023, a decline of 2% from 2022. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, April 2024.] READ MORE

To better understand the current policy gaps and how we might better support unpaid family caregivers moving forward, this report summarizes the policies in place to compensate family caregivers [...]