The basis for mortality tables that underpin life insurance plans are based on the statistics at each age of mortality. This had first been attempted by the English astronomer Halley in 1692 based on German sources since none were available in Great Britain (Baca?r: 2011). However, the first...

Using both country-level and individual-level theories and indicators, this paper examines attitudes toward government spending on unemployment and pensions, two of the most expensive welfare state programs. I use a basic form of multilevel modeling to test three theories: self-interest,...