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Economic inequalities are engendered by a complex process, characterised by several steps and involving the interaction of several factors. The best indicator of individual economic well-being is disposable equivalised income. Evidence shows that welfare states retain a crucial function in...
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Despite its political signifi cance the size of the European Union’s budget is rather modest: the expenditures make up less than one per cent of the EU’s Gross National Income. This article aims to examine the long-term problems linked to the budget. Critical analysis of characteristic...
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Thanks to recent reforms, projections suggest that public pension expenditure as a share of GDP might be no higher in 2060 than in 2013 for the EU. However, the adequacy of pensions is also important; if reforms leave an increasing number of older citizens without adequate incomes, they will...
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Ensuring active ageing, i.e. the optimisation of opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age, is an important growth strategy for the EU. Achieving a successful active ageing policy will require a sea change in thinking about what ageing...
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The European Structural and Investment Funds make up more than 40% of the EU budget and are thereby the EU’s most important financial support to growth, employment, investment and structural change. The funds are programmed for (overlapping) seven-year periods, and all programmes for the new...
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Im März dieses Jahres hat das Europäische Parlament trotz zahlreicher Proteste ein neues Urheberrecht beschlossen. Ziel der Reform ist es zum einen, einen vereinheitlichten digitalen Binnenmarkt zu schaffen. Einheitliche Regeln sollen den EU-Unternehmen, insbesondere Start-ups, bessere Chancen...
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Der europäische Bausektor dürfte 2019 erneut schwächer expandieren. Nach einem Anstieg um 4,2% im Jahr 2017 und einem Zuwachs um 3,1% im vergangenen Jahr gehen die Experten des EUROCONSTRUCT-Netzwerks für das laufende Jahr von einem Plus in der Größenordnung von knapp 2% aus. Dabei dürfte...
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Aufgrund der dauerhaften internationalen Migrationsströme ist die staatenübergreifende Verteilung von Geflüchteten in der EU zu einem zentralen Thema in der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Debatte geworden. Einige Länder sind stärker von Migrationsströmen betroffen als andere, so dass...
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