Public policies aimed at promoting gender equality should not be elaborated without making sure that their goals are consistent. Among a number of factors, such policies must crucially take into account labour market conditions and social protection dynamics. This paper deals with the importance...

In May 2011, following the deterioration of Portugal?s financial situation, an agreement was signed between the Portuguese government and the ?troika? (the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund), establishing a programme of austerity measures and...

This article explores how the experience of recession followed by austerity in the UK has differed not only by gender but also by ethnicity. This is undertaken through examining labour market developments and government policy responses in the immediate recession and the phase of unfurling...