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Institut européen interuniversitaire de l'action sociale, Les jeunes dans la société: Perspectives d'action communautaire .
Köhler, Peter A; Zacher, Hans F. (eds.), Beiträge zu Geschichte und aktueller Situation der Sozialversicherung .
Laroque, Michel, Politiques sociales dans la France contemporaine: Le social face à la crise .
Mitton, Roger; Willmott, Peter; Willmott, Phyllis, Unemployment, poverty and social policy in Europe: A comparative study in Britain, France and Germany .
Munnell, Alicia H., The economics of private pensions .
Verheugen, Pierre, Le dommage corporel et son incidence socio-économique en accidents du travail .     

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Andreoni, Diego, La sicurezza nelle costruzioni edili . Comité européen des assurances, L'assurance maladie privée en Europe . Dupeyroux, Jean-Jacques, Droit de la sécurité sociale . Groupe vaudois de défense des handicapés, Guichet handicap: Comment défendre ses droits face à I'AI . Joly, Raymond, Travail Swiss-made: Enqête sur les conditions de travail, les maladies et accidents professionnels . Köhler, Peter A., and Zacher, Hans F. (eds), The evolution of social insurance 1881–1981: Studies of Germany, France, Great Britain, Austria and Switzerland . Nelson, George R., ATP's historie 1964–1983. Rey, Jean-Noël, Trop d'Etat? Essai sur la mise en cause de l'Etat-providence en Suisse . Szinovacz, Maximiliane (ed.), Women's retirement: Policy implications of recent research . Umbricht, R. M., and Laur, E. M., La nouvelle loi sur les caisses de pensions .     

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Brinkman, K.; Schaefer, H. (eds.), Der Elektrounfall .
Denis, Pierre, Droit de la Sécurité sociale .
European Institute for Social Security, EISS Yearbook 1980–1981: Vol. I: Social security reforms in Europe .
Ferge, Zsuzsa, A society in the making: Hungarian social and societal policy 1945–75 .
Klinken, J. van, Pensioenen in Nederland .
Modigliani, Franco; Hemming, Richard (eds), The determinants of national saving and wealth .
Ross, Rosalind Brooke; Zacher, Hans F., Social legislation in the Federal Republic of Germany .
Sérange-Fonterme, Renée, Les disparités sociales de consommation médicale .
Smith, Philippa et al. , Unfit for the pension: A report on the eligibility criteria and administration of invalid pensions .     

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International Labour Office, Into the twenty-first century: The development of social security .
Bekemans, Lóonce (ed.), Social security and employment .
Centre d'étude des revenus et des coats, Comparaison des régimes de séurité sociale: Cotisations et prestations
Hatchnel, G.; Mannouri, P., Les prestations maladie par catégorie de famille and Les retraités et leurs resources.
Fogarty, Michael (ed.), Retirement policy: The next fifty years .
Mach, E. P.; Abel-Smith, B. (eds.), Planning the finances of the health sector: A manual for developing countries .
Novitskii, Anatolii Georgievich; Mil, Galina Vasilievna, Zaniatost pensionerov: Socialno-demografitcheskii aspect .
Wade, Barbara; Sawyer, Lucianne; Bell, Judith, Dependency with dignity: Different care provision for the elderly .     

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Beckerman, Wilfred, in collaboration with van Ginneken, Wouter, Szal, Richard and Garzuel, Michel. Poverty and the impact of income maintenance programmes in four developed countries. Colberg, Marshall R., The social security retirement test: Right or wrong? International Council on Social Welfare, Human well-being: The challenge of continuity and change. Fullsack, Jo and Pigault, Gérard, Répertoire des sources d'information en action sociale. I. Les périodiques. Gillespie, W. Irwin, In search of Robin Hood: the effect of federal budgetary policies during the 1970s on the distribution of income in Canada. Ingle, John J., and Blair, Patricia (eds.), International dental care delivery systems: Issues in dental health policies. McClements, Leslie D., The economics of social security. Revista de Seguridad Social     

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Braun, Théo; Stourm, Michel, Les personnes ågées dépendantes.
Buckley, Mary; Anderson, Malcolm (eds.), Women, equality and Europe.
Comité européen de réflexion sur les retraites, Les régimes complémentaires de retraite français face à I'intégration européenne.
Groupe d'information et de soutien des travailleurs immigrés, Le guide de la protection sociale des étrangers en France.
Maxwell, Robert (ed.), Reshaping the National Health Service.
Reyher, Lutz; Kühl, Jürgen (eds.), Resonanzen: Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung und Politik.
Ricardo-Campbell, Rita; Lazear, Edward P. (eds.), Issues in contemporary retirement.
Schuler, Rolf, Das Internationale Sozialrecht der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Grundlagen und systematische Zusammenschau des für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland geltenden internationalen Sozialrecht.
Venturini, Patrick, Un espace social européen à I'horizon 1992.     

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Barral, P. Etlenne: Economie de la santé: faits et chiffres.
Falise, Michel, and Sailly, Jean-Claude (eds.), with d'Arvisenet, Philippe, Delfosse, Raymond, and Delattre, Michel: Le rôle de l'assurance maladie dans la redistribution des revenus. Etude effectuée pour le Centre de recherches économiques, sociologiques et de gestion.
Hübbe, Per: Surveys of disability pensioners 4: Applicants for disability pensions. Health and social conditions. The practice of the Invalidity Insurance Court.
ILO: The cost of social security. Ninth international inquiry 1972–1974.
ILO: Older workers: Work and retirement
Kamerman, Shella B., and Kahn, Alfred J.: Family policy: Government and families in fourteen countries.
Mishra, Ramesh: Society and social policy: Theoretical perspectives on welfare.
Paret, H., (ed.): Une meilleure santéà un moindre prix.     

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Andreoni, Diego, Le coût des accidents du travail et des maladies professionnelles .
Berenstein, Alexandre, L'assurance-vieillesse suisse: Son élaboration et son évolution .
Boudahrain, Abdellah, Droit social marocah: Contribution à l'étude du droit du travail et de la sécurité sociale .
Fragnière, Jean-Pierre (ed.), Dix ans de politique sociale en Suisse: 1975–1985 .
Ricq, Charles (ed.), Droits sociaux et politique sociale en Suisse et en Europe .
Gilliand, Pierre; Schaud, Christine; Stucki, Geneviève, Pensions alimentaires: Pratiques et enjeux .
Hayes, Cheryl D.; Kamerman, Sheila B. (eds.), Children of working parents: Experiences and outcomes .
Laroque, Pierre (ed.), La politique familiale en France depuis 1945 .
Mehrtens, Gerhard; Valentin, Helmut; Schönberger, Alfred, Arbeitsunfall und Berufskrankheit: Rechtliche und medizinische Grundlagen für Gutachter, Sozialverwaltung und Gerichte
Sullerot, Evelyne, Lâge de travailler .
Valterio, Michel, Droit et pratique de l'assurance-invalidité .     

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Gertrud E. Bollier. Leitfaden schweizerische Sozialversicherung (published by the Verein zürcherischer Gemeindeschreiber und Verwaltungsbeamter). Anne-Marie Brocas et al. L'évolution des systèmes de protection sociale: état de la recherche en France et en RFA. Pierre Denis. Droit de la sécurité sociale Hilmar Hoch. Geschichte des Liechtensteinischen Sozialversicherungsrechts (Dissertation). Robert J. Myers. Social security Niwata Noriaki. Insurance: Its principles and practice in Japan Henry J. Aaron. Serious and unstable condition: Financing America's health care. Brian Abel-Smith. Cost containment and new priorities in health care: A study of the European Community. John Appleby. Financing health are in the 1990s. Elias Coca; Joëlle Dubois-Lefrère. Mnîtriser l'éovolution des dépenses hospitalières: Le PMSI. Gérard Gäfgen; Peter Oberender (eds.). Evaluation gesundheitspolitischer Massnahmen James A. Gillespie. The price of health: Australian governments and medical politics 1910-1960. William A. Glaser. Health insurance in practice: International variations in financing, benefits, and problems. Brigitte Bernardi-Schenkluhn. Das Gesundheitssystern in der Schweiz: Akteure, Strukturen, Prozesse und Refonnstrafegien Christian Felkner; Peter Stein; Ulrike Stutunüller Die Entwicklung der Beitragsstruktur und ihrer Bestim-mungsgründe in der GKV: eine Untersuchung der bei-tragsstrukturrelevanten Entwicklungstendenm im Bereich der Träger der gesetzlichen Krankenversiche-rung und ihrer möglichen Auswirkungen auf die Leis-tungsfähigkeit des Trägersystems Caroline Glendinning; Eithne McLaughlin. Paying for care: Lessons from Europe H.E.G.M. Hennans; A.F. Casparie; J.H.P. Paelinck. Health care in Europe after 1992. Wulf-Dietrich Leber. Risikostrukturausgleich in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung Carmelo Mesa-Lago. Health care for the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean. Richard B. Saltman; Casten von Otter. Planned markets and public competition: Strategic reform in northern European health systems. Patricia van Sande. Das Gesundheitswesen in Belgien. Jacques Bichot. Quelles retraits en l'an 2000? Constat, analyses, solutions. Richard V. Burkhauser; Dallas L. Salisbury. Pension policy in a changing economy. Roger Voirin. Les retraites par capitalisation et les régimes de prévoyance des salariés. Ruth Cohen et al. Hardship Britain: Being poor in the 1990s. Jacques Fierens. Droit et pauvreté: Droits de l'homme, sécurité sociale, aide sociale. Carey Oppenheim. Poverty: The facts. Aletha C. Huston. Children in poverty: Child development and public policy. Bill Jordan et al. Trapped in poverty? Lubour market decisions in low-income households. Peter Storr. Sozialhilfe: Eine Einführung in das System der Sozialen Sicherung. René Weber. Existenzsicherung ohne Fürsorge? Die negative Einkommenssteuer in Theorie und Praxis. Jacques Bichot. Economie de la protection sociale. James H. Schulz. The economics of aging Eberhard Eichendorfer. Reform des Europäischen koordinierenden Sozialrechts. Zsuzsa Ferge; Jon Eivind Kolberg (eds.). Socinl policy in a changing Europe Bernd von Maydell; Friedrich E. Schnapp (eds.). Die Auswirkungen des EG-Rechts auf das Arbeits- und Sozialrecht der Bundesrepublik — unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der neuen Bundesländer. Bernd Schulte; Hans F. Zacher (eds.). Interaction between European social law and the social law of the Federal Republic of Germany     

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Claudine Attias-Donfut (ed.). Les solidarités entre générations: Vieillesse, familles, Etat Ken Tout (ed.). Elderly care: A world perspective. Jean-Pierre Chauchard. Droit de la sécurité sociale. Thomas Locher. Grundriβ der Sozialversicherungsrechts. Renate Krieg; Monika Schädler (eds.). Social security in the People's Republic of china. Daniel Lenoir. L'Europe sociale. Theo Schiller. Sozialpolitik in Kanada in den 80er Jahren. Emmerich Talos; Karl Wörister. Soziale Sicherung in Sozialstaat Österreich. June Wangmann. Towards integration and quality assurance in children's services. Ariel Beresniak; Gérard Duru. Economie de la santé Le prix de la santé la solidarité dans l'assurance-maladie David Mechanic. Inescapable decisions: The imperatives of health reform. Joshua M. Wiener; Laurel Hixon Illston; Raymond J. Hanley. Sharing the burden: Strategies for public and private long-term care insurance. Rebecca M. Blank. Social protection versus economic flexibility: Is there a trade-off? Jochen Clasen. Paying the jobless: A comparison of unemployment benefit policies in Great Britain and Germany. Harry Coenen; Peter Leisink. Work and citizenship in the new Europe. Bernard Eme; Jean-Louis Laville (eds.). Cohésion sociale et emploi. Jean-Marc Dupuis. Le financement de la protection sociale. Carmelo Mesa Lago. La reforma de la seguridad social y las pensiones en América latina: importancia y evaluación de las alternativas de privatización. John Turner; Noriyasu Watanabe. Private pension policies in industrialized countries: A comparative analysis. Wim van Oorschot. Realizing rights: A multi-level approach to non-take-up of means-tested benefits. Social security for women. Michael M. Zwick (ed.). Einmal arm, immer arm? Neue Befunde zur Armut in Deutschland.     

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Deleeck, Herman (ed.), L'avenir de la sécurité sociale en Europe.
Gupta, N. H., Social security legislation for labour in India.
Lapisse, Serge, La médecine du travail.
L'hygiène et la sécurité dans les entreprises du bâtiment et des travaux publics.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Financing and delivering health care: A comparative analysis of OECD countries.     

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Brown, Joan C., The disability income system . Brown, Joan C., Family Income Supplement . Brown, Joan C., Children in social security . Ermisch, John, Housing finance: Who gains? Richardson, Ann, Widows' benefits . Centre d'études juridiques européennes, Crise, maintien de l'emploi et partage du travail . Mahon, Pascal, Institutions de sécurité sociale . Saint-Jours, Yves, Traité de la sécurité sociale, Tome 1: Le droit de la sécurité sociale Sendler, Hans, Automation in der Sozialversicherung . Society of Civil and Public Servants and Civil and Public Services Association, From the cradle to the grave . Weale, Albert; Bradshaw, Jonathan; Maynard, Alan; Piachaud, David, Lone mothers, paid work and social security: A study of the Tapered Earnings Disregard .     

Can Body Mass Index (BMI) be used as a proxy for somatotype?

In a paper published in The Social Science Journal, Maddan et al. [Maddan, S., Walker, J. T., & Miller, J. M. (2008). Does size really matter? A reexamination of Sheldon's somatotypes and criminal behavior. The Social Sciences Journal, 45, 330–344.] proposed that Body Mass Index (BMI) can be used as proxy for somatotype, a quantitative system for describing body build, in social science research. This paper tests this proposal using a sample of 200 males from an archival data set collected by Sheldon [Sheldon, W. H. (1942). The varieties of temperament: A psychology of constitutional differences (with S.S. Stevens). New York: Harper and Row Publishers.]. The data included somatotype data, height, and weight. BMI was calculated and individuals were assigned to the categories endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph based on the Maddan et al. BMI criteria. The BMI method was only able to correctly classify 110 individuals, 55% of the sample. This finding suggests that BMI is an inadequate proxy for somatotype.     

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Berenstein, Alexandre: Etudes de droit social (1936–1977). Brandes, Stuart D.: American welfare capitalism 1880–1940. Holland, Walter W., Ipsen, Johannes, and Kostryewski, Jan: Measurement of levels of health. Kostlan, J.: Oral health services in Europe. Maquet, Yves L.: Le contrôle économique des accidents dans l'entreprise. Mendelson, M.: The administrative cost of income security programmes: Ontario and Canada. Michel, Clément: The cost of hospitalisation: Micro-economic approach to the problems involved. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Equal opportunities for women. Steiger, Jean: Le deuxième pilier: service social ou affaire lucrative? US Department of Health, Education and Welfare: Social security and the changing roles of men and women.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Social policy, development and the welfare state Stiglitz, Joseph E. Making globalization work. Vij, Ritu (ed.). Globalization and welfare: A critical reader. Deacon, Bob. Global social policy and governance. Castles, Francis G. (ed.). The disappearing State? Retrenchment realities in an age of globalisation. Carr, Fergus; Massey, Andrew (eds.). Public policy and the new European agendas. Faverel‐Dapas, Brigitte; Quintin, Odile. L'Europe sociale. Van Langendonck, Jef (ed.). The right to social security. Riedel, Eibe (ed.). Social security as a human right: Drafting a general comment on Article 9 ICESCR: Some challenges. Fitzpatrick, Pamela; Ripley, Fiona; Singh, Anne. Migration and social security hand‐book: A rights guide for people entering and leaving the UK. Berkel, Rik van; Valkenburg, Ben. Making it personal: Individualising activation services in the EU. Serrano Pascual, Amparo; Magnusson, Lars (eds.). Reshaping welfare states and activation regimes in Europe. Sinn, Hans‐Werner; et al. Redesigning the welfare state: Germany's current agenda for an activating social assistance. Marston, Greg; McDonald, Catherine (eds.). Analysing social policy: A governmental approach. Wallace, Mike; Fertig, Michael; Schneller, Eugene (eds.). Managing change in the public services. Riesco, Manuel (ed.). Latin America: A new developmental welfare state model in the making? Krömmelbein, Silvia; et al. Einstellungen zum Sozialstaat: Repräsentative Quer ‐ schnittsuntersuchung zu grundsätzlichen gesundheits‐ und sozialpolitischen Einstellungen in der Bevölkerung. Dobner, Petra. Neue soziale Frage und Sozialpolitik. Work, income, family, exclusion Spicker, Paul. The idea of poverty. Lang, Kevin. Poverty and discrimination. Marx, Ive. A new social question? On minimum income protection in the postindustrial era. Bischoff, Joachim. Allgemeines Grundeinkommen: Fundament für soziale Sicherheit? Leisering, Lutz; Buhr, Petra; Traiser‐Diop, Ute. Soziale Grundsicherung in der Weltgesellschaft: Monetäre Mindestsicherungs‐systeme in den Ländern des Südens und des Nordens: Weltweiter Survey und theoretische Verortung. Stähler, Nikolai. Employment protection and unemployment: A theoretical analysis evaluating recent policy proposals. Kemp, Peter A. (ed.). Housing allowances in comparative perspective. Age concerns Pension funds investment perspectives . International Seminar, Santiago, 18‐19 May 2006. Immergut, Ellen M.; Anderson, Karen M.; Schulze, Isabelle (eds.). The handbook of West European pension politics. Health matters Dussault, Gilles; Fournier, Pierre; Letourmy, Alain (eds.). L'assurance maladie en Afrique francophone: améliorer l'accès aux soins et lutter contre la pauvreté. Beau, Pascal. Lettre ouverte au Ministre de la santé.     

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Beau, Pascal; Beau, Roger, Lexique de la protection sociale .
Berthoud, Richard, The examination of social security .
Berthoud, Richard, Selective social security: An analysis of the Government's Plan .
Charpy, Christian; de Jouvenal, Hugues, Protection sociale: Trois scénarios contrastés à l'horizon 2000 .
European Institute for Social Security, Annuaire EISS 1982–3: Part I: La sécurité sociale et la crise économique .
Kervasdoué, Jean de; Kimberly, John R.; and Rodwin, Victor G., The end of an illusion .
Lynes, Tony, Paying for pensions: The French experience .
Salais, Robert; Baverez, Nicolas; and Reynaud, Bénédicte, L'invention du chômage .
Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund, Die Arbeit am Bildschirm .