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"Tongue tide" : the economics of language offers important lessons for how Europe can best integrate migrants

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2016

This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …

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Social protection as an automatic stabilizer

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance … income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic unemployment shock in Europe, compared to 32% and 34% in the US. There is large … heterogeneity within Europe with stabilization being much lower in Eastern and Southern than in Central and Northern Europe. Our …

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The state of university policy for progress in Europe

Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Marconi, Gabriele - 2012

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Who cares for you at home? : personal and household services in Europe

Angermann, Annette; Eichhorst, Werner - 2013

Personal and household services have grown in importance as a potential area of employment creation. By formalizing personal and household services, not only can service jobs be created with providers, but also private households can be relieved from informal work in order that women in...

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In Europe we trust?

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Haas, Jasmina - 2016

The decrease in the rule of law and in control of corruption in several EU countries is a threat to the cohesion in the EU. Brexit has reinforced the centrifugal forces in the EU. To counter this threat the EU needs to engage in unpopular measures as they infringe on the Member States'...

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Can the university save Europe?

Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2012

Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic …

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Immigrant key workers : their contribution to Europe's COVID-19 response

Fasani, Francesco; Mazza, Jacopo - 2020

the Commission and Member States have identified using the most recent wave of the EU Labour Force Survey. Our results …

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Youth unemployment in Mediterranean countries

Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska - 2014

In all Mediterranean countries youth unemployment has reached alarming record levels. This paper analyses the current situation in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In all countries school dropout rates are high, returns to education are low and the transition from education to work is...

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Inclusive growth : what future for the European social model?

Schmid, Günther - 2014

empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite …

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Flexible and secure labour market transitions : towards institutional capacity building in the digital economy

Schmid, Günther - 2016

Industry 4.0 and robots are said to speed up productivity thereby inducing a 'quantum leap' towards the 'end of work' and calling for a complete change of social security institutions that have so far been closely linked to employment. Unconditional basic income is the cry of the day, curiously...

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