inequality and poverty. This has been combined with gains in leisure time, especially time spent in retirement, low unemployment … for family based care, a wide supply of public services, and a well-functioning social partnership. Particularly … lower labour market attachments. Outcomes in education and health care are subject to inequalities. Family services are …

. With female labour force participation rising, family policies should help reconcile equality of opportunity within …

struggling to emerge from the crisis. Reflecting the weakness of this traditional sector, which is labour intensive, unemployment … construction sector.<p> To tackle high and persistent unemployment and thus stave off social exclusion, Ireland needs to further …

The financial crisis has resulted in a substantial increase in unemployment in the OECD. This paper shows that this … increase has reversed the reduction in structural unemployment which has been estimated to have occurred in most OECD countries … since the late 1990s. Structural unemployment is defined as a time-varying NAIRU derived from the information contained in a …

increasing targeted training. Reforms in wage setting, labour taxation, unemployment benefits and activation policies will foster … job creation, thus enhancing output growth while avoiding high unemployment becoming entrenched and threatening social …

, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age … distrust of institutions. The social safety net sits uneasily between autonomy and family solidarity and is unfair because …

Unemployment insurance is a key tool for risk sharing and redistribution and also a prominent automatic stabiliser. It … of vulnerability of the unemployment insurance schemes of OECD and BRIICS countries. Policies that boost both financial …