type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">SUMMARY</title> </section> <title type="main">Politics, ageing and pensions</title> <p> What is the future of social security systems in OECD countries? We suggest that the answer belongs to the realm of politics, and evaluate how political constraints and ageing shape the social security system. The increasing ratio...</p>

"Europe no longer suffers from Eurosclerosis; unemployment, notably long-term unemployment, had decreased substantially for more than a decade. Mobility across labour market states increased in those countries where unemployment has been falling the most. Institutional reforms -- such as...

type="main" xml:lang="en" <title type="main">SUMMARY</title> </section> <title type="main">European migration</title> <p> International migration can significantly increase income per capita in Europe. We estimate that at the given wage and productivity gap between Western and Eastern Europe, migration of 3% of the Eastern population to the West could increase...</p>