The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted manifold social policy responses all around the
world. This article presents the findings of a meta-analysis of thirty-six in-depth country …

A range of public health and social measures have been employed in response to the
disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Yet …

Abstract The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has once again highlighted the importance
of social inequalities during major crises, a reality that has clear implications for public …

Initial social-policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Global North – A scoping review
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Background The sex ratio at birth (male live births divided by total live births) may be a
sentinel health indicator. Stressful events reduce this ratio 3–5 months later by increasing …

Following COVID-19, young people who transitioned to adulthood from different types of
alternative care (care leavers) experienced an exacerbation of the challenges they had …

Background The sex ratio at birth (defined as male/(male+ female) live births) is anticipated
to approximate 0.510 with a slight male excess. This ratio has been observed to decrease …

This paper studies the relationship between inequality and public social spending for an
overall sample of 28 OECD countries spanning 1997 to 2017. We add to the literature by …

The literature on public social expenditure envisages a role for the composition of public
social expenditure in the design of policies to reduce inequality and promote economic …

This article uses multilevel analysis of 24 European countries to examine the effects of
macroeconomic variables (GDP and unemployment) and welfare state interventions (active …