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Managing household debts : social service provision in the EU ; Workshop report - Brussels, 25 June 2010
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2010
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 …
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Managing household debts : Social service provision in the EU ; Working paper
Dubois, Hans; Anderson, Robert - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903924
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Study on Civil Security R&D in major third countries (SER3CO) : Final Report, within the Framework Contract of Security Studies – ENTR/09/050
Ecorys - 2013
Policy attention to the security industry increased substantially after the terrorist attacks in the U.S. on September 11th, 2001. With an increased demand for security, the global security market grew a tenfold to around €100 billion in 2011. Many studies expect that growth of the worldwide...
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Industrial relations developments in Europe 2009
Carley, Mark; McKay, Sonia; Miller, Jean-Michel - 2010
This annual review highlights the most significant developments that took place in industrial relations in the EU Member States and Norway in 2009, both at national and EU level. It first sets out the political context, then goes on to examine levels of coverage of collective bargaining, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929350
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Industrial relations and working conditions developments in Europe 2010
Sweeney, Ben; Curtarelli, Maurizio; Aumayr, Christine - 2011
With a particular focus on the crisis and responses to it, this annual review highlights developments in working conditions and industrial relations in the EU Member States and Norway in 2010, both at national and EU level. At national level, the report examines key issues covered by collective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929352
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Joint social partner structures and restructuring : Comparing national approaches
GHK Consulting - 2009
This report examines some of the ways in which the social partners have been involved in anticipating and managing change – namely, through their establishment or close participation in ‘transitional agencies’ and other structures set up to minimise the negative consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998837
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Upskilling in the recession : the ProAct short-time working scheme in Wales (UK)
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2010
ProAct is a £48 million programme launched by the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) in response to the economic crisis. Through social partner engagement, the Welsh Assembly Government developed and implemented the ProAct initiative in a matter of two to three months with the aim of helping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012023021
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Aiming for a ‘soft landing’ – Plansee Group (Austria)
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and … - 2010
This case study looks at the way in which the Plansee Group in Austria has sought to ensure a ‘soft landing’ for employees affected by the global economic downturn. Having seen a collapse in demand in 2008, primarily in the parts of its business supplying metal products to the ailing vehicle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012023025
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The Great Depression and the Friedman-Schwartz hypothesis
Christiano, Lawrence; Motto, Roberto; Rostagno, Massimo - 2004
We evaluate the Friedman-Schwartz hypothesis that a more accommodative monetary policy could have greatly reduced the severity of the Great Depression. To do this, we first estimate a dynamic, general equilibrium model using data from the 1920s and 1930s. Although the model includes eight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009636549
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Handbook on Community state aid rules for SMEs
Europäische Kommission - 2009
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