This paper analyses the potential role of per capita income, the socio-demographic characteristics of the population, and political, institutional and cultural elements as explanatory variables of the level of social protection provided in European countries. The ultimate objective is to test...

The paper first discusses the main sources of concern for people in the perspective of professional mobility abroad as they result from the analysis of the Eurobarometer survey, wave 75.1 of 2011. Second, it tests whether portability of social security within Europe is a determinant of intra-EU...

El modelo social europeo está siendo objeto de un intenso debate que trata de establecer en qué medida se ha visto afectado por los cambios socioeconómicos que han experimentado las economías europeas en las últimas décadas. Aunque cada Estado Miembro es responsable de la organización y...

Este artículo centra su atención en el desarrollo y evolución de la Política Social de la Unión Europea, teniendo en cuenta que tanto su existencia, como el contenido que debía tener, el grado de intervención al que debía llegar o el papel que habría de desempeñar en el proceso de...

Within the other policies of the EU, social policy is to be found among those which are not strongly integrated, the member states still having the last word regarding its co-ordination. Nevertheless, there are voices that support the foundation of a common social policy at the European level,...

The issue of social security is well represented within the ILO's concerns, and documents bearing upon social risks are defined and specified, in the preamble of its Constitution yet (1919), the ILO governing entitlement to social security benefits, while guaranteeing and assuming the role...

Member states of the European Union are autonomous when it comes to the design of their social protection systems. However, they are committed by a Recommendation accepted by the European Council addressing the convergence of social protection objectives and policies. Beside that, it is expected...

The Third Phase of the European Economic and Monetary Union and the consequent implementation of the Unique Monetary Policy, advised EU countries to coordinate their fiscal policies, because of the relations between monetary and fiscal policies. The application of the Stability Pact has reduced...

The Third Phase of the European Economic and Monetary Union and the consequent implementation of the Unique Monetary Policy, advised EU countries to coordinate their fiscal policies, because of the relations between monetary and fiscal policies. The application of the Stability Pact has reduced...