. Considerable cross-country differences are observed across the EU regarding both the level and the structure of earnings inequality …

The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy … of "active ageing". Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU … supranational policy initiatives and national politico-economic factors in shaping the transition from work to retirement in EU …

The paper takes a comparative perspective on the labour market impact on G20 and EU countries of the financial and …

discrete hazard analysis is used and the duration dependence is captured with time dummies. In almost all the 14 EU Member … highlight the mechanisms that bring individuals into and out of poverty. -- poverty dynamics ; EU …

In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels … the EU. …

empirical results are similar in qualitative but rather different in quantitative terms across EU countries. State dependence … endogeneity bias. -- poverty dynamics ; EU ; ECHP …

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting …. Structural or general policies to enhance the functioning of EU labour markets are crucial to improving the situation of both … Union, although initiatives taken at the EU level can provide added value, particularly through stimulating the exchange of …

these transatlantic differences may be related to the different sectoral structures in the US and the EU, we differentiated … change ; US ; EU …