The scope of this Topical Issue includes two main research areas – Family Economics and Health Economics. We are looking for both research and review articles about problems in those areas, preferably through the prism of social inequalities.

Argument

The scope of this Topical Issue includes two main research areas – Family Economics and Health Economics. We are looking for both research and review articles about problems in those areas, preferably through the prism of social inequalities.  

The scope of the Topical Issue includes, but is not limited to the following areas of research:

• Analysis of Health Care Markets
• Health Insurance
• Health and Inequality
• Health and Economic Development
• Public Health
• Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
• Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
• Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
• Marriage, Family Structure
• Domestic Abuse
• Fertility, Family Planning
• Economics of the Elderly
• Economics of the Handicapped
• Value of Life

Informations on "Open Economics"

Open Economics is a cross-disciplinary, single-blind peer-reviewed journal that presents original research on all areas of Economics. Open Economics is particularly interested in disseminating the intellectual efforts of the global academic economics community.

Authors publishing in Open Economics enjoy the following benefits:

• no publishing fees in the first two volumes (2017 and 2018)
• fast, comprehensive and transparent peer-review
• free language assistance for authors from non-English speaking regions
• immediate publication upon completing the publishing process
• extensive promotion and worldwide distribution of each published article
• unrestricted access for all readers.

Submission guidelines

The language of publication is English.

Manuscripts can now be submitted directly to our on-line Editorial Manager submission system (please select Research Article - Topical Issue: Family and Health in the Age of Inequality or Review Article - Topical Issue: Family and Health in the Age of Inequality Topical Issue as a type of manuscript):

https://www.editorialmanager.com/economics/

Deadline for the Topical Issue is July 2017.

In specific cases, the deadline may be extended.

See full list of the Editorial and Advisory team and other information here: www.degruyter.com/view/j/openec

The manuscripts submitted in response to this invitation will be processed with the highest priority, and all accepted papers will be immediately made available on-line. For more information, please have a look at our Instructions for Authors.

Scientific coordinator

• Prof. Friedrich Schneider, professor of economics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria