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Empowering youth to thrive: mental health challenges and new opportunities

For some time it’s been clear to us that when you’ve got an ageing population, the absolute best thing you can get is a higher fertility rate. [ABC News, 2 January 2023.] READ MORE

Literature review has showed that family functioning is positively associated with satisfaction with life. However, the internal mechanisms of this relationship are still unclear, especially [...]

While countries in western Europe experienced bounce backs from life expectancy losses of 2020, eastern Europe and the United States witnessed sustained and substantial life expectancy deficits. [...]

The results highlight important conceptual considerations about loneliness among childless, and particularly unpartnered, older adults. [Bruno Arpino, Christine A. Mair, Nekehia T. Quashie and [...]

Measures put in place  posed unprecedented disruptions for youth aged 15 to 29 with the shift to virtual learning, loss of employment opportunities and the decline of mental health and [...]

The measures examined are characterized by their variety and their rapid changeability. [Ulrich Becker and Anika Seemann (Ed.) – Nomos, October 2022]. READ MORE

This report exposes the dangers of a post-pandemic austerity shock, far more premature and severe than the one that followed the global financial crisis. [Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummings, [...]

The pandemic presents an opportunity for governments to reform existing legislation relating to flexible working and the right to disconnect. [Xi Wen Chan, Sudong Shang, Paula Brough, Adrian [...]

The question is whether sick leave will become more widespread in a post-pandemic era, or largely revert back to pre-pandemic norms. [Emily Barone – Time, 28 September 2022.] READ MORE