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Written by Marcin Grajewski
The welfare systems and labour markets of EU member states have been under severe stress during the recent recession which has seen high unemployment and increased poverty rates. In response, many countries have launched structural reforms in these areas in an attempt to promote economic growth and reduce the persistently high unemployment as well as to lower the pressure on public finances from ageing populations. Social protection and inclusion is a priority for the European Union. In its Europe 2020 strategy, the European Commission sets targets to lift at least 20 million people out of poverty and social exclusion and to increase employment of the population aged 20-64 to 75%.
This note offers a selection of recent studies by some of the major think tanks and research institutes analysing the state of welfare system and labour markets in the EU as well as reforms needed to overhaul them.
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Improvement during crisis years? Poverty and housing conditions across the EU
European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, September 2015
Beyond the “guest worker” agreement: Portability of pensions and health insurance for pensioners in the migration corridors European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, August 2015
Are student workers a threat or a solution? Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), July 2015
Extending working lives: A comparative analysis of how governments influence lifelong learning
CEPS, July 2015
Social dumping at work: uses and abuses of the posted work framework in the EU
European Trade Union Institute, July 2015
The social reality of Europe after the crisis
Foundation for European Progressive Studies, Policy Network, June 2015
Social housing in Europe Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, June 2015
What to do with the Working Time Directive? Revision or abolition
Centrum für Europäische Politik, June 2015
It’s our job: Reforming Europe’s labour markets Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, May 2015
European employers’ perspectives on long-term unemployment, recruitment and public employment services Institute for Public Policy Research, May 2015
Creating a Union with a “human face”: A European unemployment insurance
Instituto Affari Internazionali, May 2015
The case for a European unemployment benefit scheme CEPS, May 2015
Free movement of persons: The mirage of social security schemes College of Europe, May 2015
How to deal with inequality welfare system challenges and European responses
Institut für Weltwirtschaft Kiel, May 2015
The impact of living and working longer on pension income in five European countries: Estonia, Finland, Hungary, the Netherlands and Poland CASE – Center for Social and Economic Research, May 2015
Scaling social impact in Europe Bertelsmann Stiftung, May 2015
Family support in graying societies: How Americans, Germans and Italians are coping with an aging population Pew Research Center, May 2015
One year after the Youth Guarantee: Policy fatigue or signs of action? European Policy Centre, May 2015
Europäische Arbeitslosenversicherung: Ein wirkungsvoller Stabilisator für den Euroraum?
Centrum für Europäische Politik, April 2015
Wie sozial ist die EU? Eine Perspektive für die soziale Dimension Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, April 2015
Labour mobility in Europe: An untapped resource? CEPS, March 2015
Unequal Europe: Recommendations for a more caring EU Friends of Europe, March 2015
Poor and under pressure: The social impact of Europe’s fiscal consolidation Bruegel, March 2015
Bringing power back in: A review of the literature on the role of business in welfare state politics
Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, March 2015
Fostering social cohesion: The missing link in the EU’s exit strategy from the crisis EPC, March 2015
Employee progression in European labour markets Institute for Public Policy Research, February 2015
Transnational flexibility and ‘shareholder capitalism’: A case for extending EWC competences to cover flexibility European Trade Union Institute, February 2015
Poverty and inequalities on the rise: Just social models needed as the solution!
Caritas Europa, February 2015
Reinsurance of national unemployment benefit schemes CEPS, January 2015
Políticas activas de empleo: Una panorámica Fundación de Estudios de Economía Aplicada, January 2015
Self-employment in Europe Institute for Public Policy Research, January 2015
European social dialogue: 30 years of experience and progress, what future?
Notre Europe-Jacques Delors Institute, January 2015
An unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area: A simulation exercise of two options
CEPS, December 2014
Employment, mobility and social investment: Three key issues for post-crisis social Europe
Notre Europe – Jacques Delors Institute, November 2014
Contours of a European minimum wage policy Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, October 2014
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, October 2014
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