Dutch abstract: Het Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid wenste ten behoeve van de Tweede Kamer een kwalitatieve analyse van het principeakkoord over de vernieuwing van het pensioenstelsel dat de sociale partners en het kabinet bereikten in juni 2019. Deze kwalitatieve analyse diende...

We confront the traditional role of the EU in the domain of health with the urgent need for collective action triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. In the face of such a crisis, we argue that the joint procurement, stockpiling, and allocation of medical countermeasures is a key component of...

Based on a conjoint survey experiment we explore the support among European citizens for a European Union (EU) budgetary assistance instrument to combat adverse temporary or permanent economic shocks hitting Member States. Suitably designed, there is quite substantial support for such an EU...

The system of unemployment insurance (UI) used in the United States has often been cited as a model for Europe. The American model illustrates that it is possible to create and maintain a UI system based on federal-state co-financing that intensifies during economic crises and thus reinforces...