internationalisation, private returns to education and the funding problems of European universities. Our proposals for reform are based on … more autonomy for universities, higher tuition fees, more private funding, introduction of income-contingent loans, better … recognition of qualifications and furthering the goals of the Bologna reforms, the EU should promote mobility of students …

trends endanger the sustainability of the current public pension systems. Therefore social security reform proposals are on … the agenda in many countries. This paper demonstrates that the analysis of fiscal sustainability of social security must … include an additional dimension of public policy, namely education funding. Indeed, the productivity growth of future workers …

trends in performance, funding and governance of European universities. It also brings on board some evidence on support for … teaching and research, it needs to further improve especially on the quality dimension. The link between governance, funding …

differences in social mobility and persistence. …

Bismarckian (with benefits related to past contributions). Labor mobility raises concerns about the sustainability of the most … differ in mobility cost (attachment to their native country). A Bismarckian insurance system is not affected by migration …

The paper examines the impact of income inequality and mobility on income redistribution in a modified median voter … and mobility are not unambiguous but depend on factors such as how mobility changes in different groups and causes of …