PURPOSE Little is known about social inequalities in disability in the elderly. We examined the extent and determinants of socioeconomic inequalities in disability and functional limitation in elderly men in Britain. METHODS Disability was ascertained as problems with activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADL in a socioeconomically representative sample of 3,981 men from 24 Briti...

The residential house management institute consists of a complex design involving legal entities such as apartment owners who own certain number alleged parts the house, land owner, manager, different service providers, engineering providers etc., which leads to responsibilities imposed by law on parties concerned, rights and that need be respected.

Despite the increasing interest and exploration of use blockchain technology in public service organisations (PSOs), academic understanding its transformative impact on operational excellence PSOs remains limited. This study adopts an action design science research methodology to develop a proof concept (POC) based application for Companies House, government agency that is registering companies...

We explore the impact of central government grants on local house prices in England using a panel data set of local authorities (LAs) from 2001 to 2008. Electoral targeting of grants to LAs by the incumbent national government provides an exogenous source of variation in grants that we exploit to identify their causal effect on house prices. Our results indicate substantial or even full capital...

• Our model predicts that house prices rise more than rents with Airbnb presence. presence in a borough increases and, to lesser extent, rents. Results suggest tourist renting may offset increased housing costs for owners.

Abstract In this article, I will focus on the study of living space in houses Russian-speaking emigrants 1990s–2000s Germany. discuss “home” several aspects: a wide sense as place Earth where people’s life goes on, physically built environment family dwells, and objectified everyday interiors. The choice objects furnishings for “Russian” house Germany cannot be classified, but it is unique asso...