This report provides an overview of the ways in which EU and EEA Member States have regulated their social security frameworks in relation to short-term thirdcountry national (TCN) migrant workers. It presents the result of an extensive mapping exercise carried out in 24 EU Member States, as...

This paper seeks to disaggregate concerns about energy security within the wider European neighbourhood from the nation-state to the household, and particularly to poor households in the transition and developing economies of the former Soviet Union. It argues that two decades of...

This paper analyzes the distribution of real household incomes and consumption growth in Azerbaijan between 2004 and 2009. Decile-specific price deflators were used to calculate real incomes and consumption dynamics. The analysis, which was based on growth incidence curves, showed that economic...

This Research Report, the first in in the series "Expanding social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Identifying key constraints and discussing policy options", focuses on exploring the most adequate social insurance benefits and features capable of...

The third and final Research Report in the series "Expanding Social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): identifying key constraints and discussing policy options" focuses on understanding the administrative barriers and capacity constraints that may hinder...

This Research Report, the second in the series "Expanding Social insurance for agricultural workers in Middle East and North Africa (MENA): identifying key constraints and discussing policy options", focuses on the financial barriers to expand social insurance for agricultural workers.

Irregular employment, broadly understood as employment that is insufficiently covered by formal arrangements either in law or in practice, presents problems for the State in terms of tax revenue and regulation, whether it is undertaken by Irish, EU or non-EU nationals. For non-EU nationals,...

Aufenthaltstitel zur Arbeitsplatzsuche können nicht nur Fachkräften den Zuzug zur Stellensuche ermöglichen, sondern bilden auch Brücken für den Übergang zwischen Ausbildungsende und Berufseinstieg sowie Phasen der Arbeitslosigkeit von Erwerbsmigranten. Dabei ist für die...

Mit dem Ausscheiden der geburtenstarken Jahrgänge der Babyboomer aus dem Arbeitsmarkt wird Deutschland in den nächsten Jahren in zunehmendem Maß auf Fachkräfte aus dem Ausland angewiesen sein, um massive Engpässe am Arbeitsmarkt zu vermeiden und Wachstum und Wohlstand zu sichern....