There has been a lack of debate between and frameworks for theories of the causes of
poverty. This article proposes that most theories of poverty can be productively categorized …

Using mortality registers and administrative data on income and population, we develop
new evidence on the magnitude of life expectancy inequality in Hungary and the scope for …

An unprecedented mortality crisis struck Eastern Europe during the 1990s, causing around
seven million excess deaths. We enter the debate about the causes of this crisis by …

Background Research on the health outcomes of globalisation and economic transition has
yielded conflicting results, partly due to methodological and data limitations. Specifically, the …

This study takes a macro perspective to examine the associations between the economic
deployment of information and communication technology (ICT), women's labor market …

How can we explain the variations in public attitudes towards gender equality across
different countries? While many scholars have focused on the individual-level factors …

Following the war in Ukraine and other security challenges of non-military nature, Poland
has recorded novel processes of re-militarization, with the resurgence of volunteer …

This study identifies policy shortcomings in the structure of Russian family policies and old-
age pension calculations and shows how gaps in coverage contribute to the motherhood …

During the market transition in Eastern Europe, social support mechanisms shifted from
employment-based measures to means-tested ones. This restructuring, along with an …

Hungary, this small and open economy with limited natural resources, tries to build its future
on creativity and innovation. At the same time, the country has declared in its basic law a …