Abstract Strong climate policy is vital to tackling change, but even the best proposals can get watered down when lobbying occurs. This article analyses which interest groups lobby on EU policies and under conditions these achieve their goals. We expect that both economic political resources are important. Economic give capacity mobilise expertise, an group’s success also depends its congruence...

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of country material distribution on adolescents' perceptions of health. DESIGN Cross sectional multilevel study. SETTING Data were collected from the school based health behaviour in school aged children: WHO cross national study 1997/98, which includes students from 27 European and North American countries. PARTICIPANTS 12 0381 students in year 6, 8, and 10...

The present study contributes to the literature on the economics of discrimination by considering some consequences of sexual orientation discrimination. Specifically, we analyse LGB people's decision to "come out" within an identity utility theoretical framework, and estimate the model on a representative sample of the EU population. We aim to investigate the factors that systematically affect...

The paper proposes a sim ple m ethodology to estim ate an affluence line that depends on the know ledge of the incom e distribution and the poverty line for a given population. The idea that poverty is m orally unacceptable and can be eradicated through redistribution of w ealth provides the grounds for the m ethodology. The line is defined as the value that delim itates the aggregated incom e ...

In the early 1970s Ehrlich and Holdren devised a simple equation in dialogue with Commoner identifying three factors that created environmental impact. Thus, impact (I) was expressed as the product of (1) population, (P); (2) affluence, (A); and (3) technology, (T). This article tracks the various forms the IPAT equation has taken over 30 years as a means of examining an underlying shift among ...

Youth subcultures (hip-hop, punk, skinhead, techno scene, metal) are known for specific lifestyles, music preferences, shared values and behaviours of their members. The aim of this study was to assess the association between subculture affiliation and substance use (tobacco, alcohol and cannabis), and whether gender, family affluence and substance use by peers explain this association. Subcult...

We analyze the differences in CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per capita between developing countries and how these are influenced by a series of affluence, structural, demographic, climatic variables. First, regression analysis provides new evidence on determinants countries. find an N-shaped relationship with GDP negative impact agriculture share average daily minimum temperatures, while u...

BACKGROUND Regular fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption has been associated with reduced chronic disease risk. Evidence from adults shows a social gradient in FV consumption. Evidence from pre-adolescent children varies and there is little Canadian data. This study assessed the FV intake of school children in British Columbia (BC), Canada to determine whether socio-economic status (SES), parent...

BACKGROUND Behavioral factors such as (excessive) alcohol consumption play a major role in the explanation of social inequalities in health. The unequal distribution of health risk behaviors among socio-economic groups has important consequences for both the current and future health status of the younger generation. However, little is known about socio-economic differences in unhealthy lifesty...