This publication provides an overview of the available evidence of the relationship between the physical environment and children's health. It identifies both research needs and policy priorities to protect children's health from environmental hazards. The report was prepared by the WHO European...

Frühe Förderung von Kindern und die Unterstützung von Familien sind Themenfelder,die in den letzten Jahren wachsende Aktualität und politische Aufmerksamkeitgewinnen. Angesichts steigender Anforderungen an eine Anhebung des allgemeinenBildungsniveaus einerseits und wachsender...

[...]The focus of my remarks is something else entirely. Mypurpose is threefold: first, to make the case that the study ofhistory is essential to understanding the present and future ofany urban area; second, to suggest that in terms of age, size,density, and demographic patterns, New York has...

It has become a truism to say that immigration hastransformed American society since 1965. Beginning with“gateway” cities like New York and Los Angeles, the effect ofnew immigrants now extends to small pork- or chickenprocessingtowns in Iowa or North Carolina. Indeed, theMarch 2004 annual...

[...]This exploratory paper first tests whether homeownershiphas equally positive effects for children of low-income andhigher income families. Focusing on the low-income group, itthen examines whether, and how, these homeownership effectsare influenced by neighborhood attributes. The next...

[...]Our analysis is composed of three parts. First, we provide adiscussion of what the effects of welfare reform on thecomposition of the caseload—primarily measured by labormarket skill level—should be, in principle. Perhaps surprisingly,we argue that different welfare reform policies...

[...]One of the primary goals of TANF is to move welfarerecipients into work and economic self-sufficiency. Althoughstates were given much flexibility in how to achieve this goal, thefederal government imposed some guidelines in the form ofrequirements that welfare recipients be participating in...