Women’s labour market participation is known to be responsive to fiscal (dis)incen-tives. The effects of different fiscal policies can be seen in increased hours worked, income earned or labour force participation rates for women. For potential entrants the effects can be seen in increased...

This report provides a current analysis of Member States’ progress towards meeting the ‘Barcelona targets’. It initially examines the progress towards reaching the Barcelona targets by comparing and then extending the results presented in 2008. However, it also extends the previous 2008...

The financial crisis may pose a risk as well as offer an opportunity for the European defence sector: on the one hand, it sounds plausible that shrinking budgets increase the pressure on member states to cooperate and thus overcome the EU’s problems related to capability development and...

Da die in der EU durchgeführten Reformen praktisch alle Steuern betreffen, bietet die Studie eine multidimensionale Analyse. Sie beginnt mit einer umfassenden makroökonomischen Beurteilung der Effizienzgewinne und Umverteilungseffekte, die mit Steuersenkungen im Zusammenhang stehen, und...