Overall, household debt levels have risen sharply over the past decades in EU Member States. While certain levels of … household debts can be beneficial, they can become problematic especially with a sudden, unexpected decrease of incomes or …

Household over-indebtedness is among the causes of the current financial crisis. In turn, the crisis exacerbated both … public and private debt problems. In this paper, household over-indebtedness is broadly defined as the situation where a … household cannot comply with payment requirements – whether it be mortgage, utility or consumer credit payments – on a …

This report describes the operation of workplace gender equality strategies in seven countries of the European Union …

As the European Commission’s current work programme for gender equality - out-lined in its Strategy for equality … between men and women 2010-2015 - draws to a close and the EU considers the way forward for gender equality policies, this …