This paper presents key findings of a recently completed socio-legal study of international retirement migration in the European Union (EU). It highlights the diverse nature of retirement migration and the differential citizenship status that is formally granted to various groups of retired migrants. ‘Citizenship of the European Union’ (Articles 17–22 of the Treaty establishing the European Com...

Age-related changes in children's associations of economic resources and race were investigated. The sample (N = 308) included 5-6 year-olds (n = 153, M = 6.01 years, SD = 0.33 years) and 10-11 year-olds (n = 155, M = 11.12 years, SD = 0.59 years) of African-American (n = 93), European-American (n = 92), Latino (n = 62), Asian-American (n = 23), and multi-racial or multi-ethnic (n = 26) backgro...

Many scholars blame Turkish politicians for the country's suspension of its Association Agreement with European Economic Community (EEC) in 1978. Some have argued that rising anti-Westernism caused agreement to fail; others maintain Prime Minister Ecevit's protectionist government derailed it. Such perspectives overlook role played by concrete economic issues. The ‘Maghrebization’ Association, ...

E-commerce that has undergone an increasing trend in recent years has been regarded as the modern method for transfer of information and economic exchange.   This phenomenon brings about massive changes in most of relations between various economic institutions. Such changes have also occurred in tax systems. Hence, the present research aims to investigate effect of E-commerce on tax structure ...

Regional Economic Growth and Human Capital: The Role of Overeducation The paper analyses the link between human capital and regional economic growth in the European Union. Using various indicators of human capital calculated from census microdata, we conclude that the recent economic performance of European regions is associated with an increase in overeducation. In fact, measures of educationa...

BACKGROUND Since the 1978 Italian reform, an integrated network of community mental health services has been introduced. With few exceptions, research on determinants of mental health service use at the district level has focused on inpatient activities and social deprivation indicators. The European Psychiatric Care Assessment Team (EPCAT) standardized methodology allows for an evidence-based ...

This paper aims to give an idea of the policy context in the European Union for lifelong learning, a clear definition of the principle of lifelong learning and an outline of the lifelong learning framework in the European Commission's Communication: making a European area of lifelong learning a reality. The paper provides a case study of one candidate country – Hungary to illustrate how the pri...