These slides present key results from the fifth survey on quality of life in European cities. It covers 83 cities in the EU, the EFTA countries, the UK, the Western...

We reconstruct the genealogical tree of all individuals ever appearing in Dutch municipalities records starting in 1995. Using microdata from tax authorities, we compute a measure...

The European Green Deal is the most ambitious and challenging goal set by the European Commission. Aiming to make the European Union, the world’s second-largest economy, climate-neutral by 2050, the European...

The rising numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths, prolonged lockdowns, substantial restrictions on public life and an economic downturn negatively affect personal well-being. In this paper, we explore...

It is commonly agreed that excessive household financial debts are detrimental to psychological and physical health. Research also demonstrates that housing instability, mortgage indebtedness and mortgage...

This study develops a series of Drug Consequences Indices (DCIs) measuring interstate variations in the harmful consequences of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana in the U.S. from 2000 to 2009. Indicators...

The Addiction Severity Index (ASI) is a semi-structured (∼1 h) face-to-face interview that aims to determine the client’s level of stability and to offer a better understanding of life events that contribute...

Objectives: We report health conditions in the regions of the European Union (EU) from both objective and subjective perspectives and verify whether drawing conclusions regarding the health conditions...

This report presents the results of a project to develop a family of U.S. Drug Consequences Indices (DCIs). The DCIs are a complementary set of indices that measure the harmful consequences of illegal...

BACKGROUND. Alcohol consumption causes an estimated 4% of the global disease burden, prompting governments to impose regulations to mitigate the adverse effects of alcohol. To assist public health...