Background and aims Evidence from randomized controlled trials establishes that
medication treatment with methadone and buprenorphine reduces opioid use and improves …

Health differences which correspond to socioeconomic status (SES) can be attributed to
three causal mechanisms: SES affects health (social causation), health affects SES (health …

A person's socioeconomic status (SES) can affect health (social causation) and health can
affect SES (health selection). The findings for each of these pathways may depend on how …

Socioeconomic status (SES) and health during childhood have been consistently observed
to be associated with health in old age in many studies. However, the exact mechanisms …

Social origin affects not only access to higher education but also how students proceed
through higher education. Based on the argument that an advantageous family background …

Recent years have witnessed an increase in interest towards the long-term health
consequences of early-career job loss and youth unemployment. Relying on detailed …

Background The study of the influence of life course occupational position (OP) on health in
old age demands analysis of time patterns in both OP and health. We study associations …

This contribution introduces sequence analysis to higher education research, an explorative
technique aiming at detecting patterns, regularities and resemblance in time-ordered data …

Während die soziale Herkunft von Studierenden beim Übergang ins Hochschulsystem
bereits häufig im Fokus stand, haben Studienverläufe–die Bildungsphase zwischen der …

Research from a range of disciplines highlights the need to adopt a life course perspective
that considers earlier life courses to explain outcomes in later life (eg later life health …