This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross …

This paper analyses the dynamic structure of individual earnings across 14 EU countries over the period 1994-2001 using … relevant in the context of the changes that took place in the EU labour market policy framework after 1995 under the incidence …

Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of earnings over time? This … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …

Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of lifetime earnings? To … and how does it differ across the EU? Our basic assumption is that mobility measured over a horizon of 8 years is a good … Shorrocks index, but the overall conclusions are not altered. Based on the Shorrocks (1978) index men across EU have an …

so. Building on data for 24 European Union countries, this paper asks whether EU governments implemented additional …, social safety nets in Europe remain far below widely accepted poverty thresholds, including the EU's own official measure …

At the European level and in most EU member states, higher employment levels are seen as key to better poverty outcomes …

or exceed the EU's at-risk-of poverty threshold, set at 60 per cent of median equivalent household income in each country …

-depth look at the Europe 2020 strategy and the goals it sets for the EU, with the aim of shedding light on the question of …