We assess the impact of redistributive policy on child poverty across 29 European welfare states, using EU SILC 2005–2012. We distinguish between spending on pensions, spending on other cash transfers and taxation. For each of these instruments of redistribution, we further distinguish three...

Should we explain the disappointing outcomes of the Open Method of Co-ordination on Inclusion by methodological weaknesses or by substantive contradictions in the ‘social investment' paradigm? To clarify the underlying concepts, we first revisit the original ‘Lisbon inspiration', and...

We analyse intergenerational solidarity within multigenerational households (MGHs) and assess how the formation of these households is related to poverty across European countries. Our aim is to assess how this type of household is a coping strategy with respect to financial distress for...

This article concludes a special issue of EuVisions (next to a conclusion by Maurizio Ferrera), in which scholars and policymakers discussed the significance of the European Pillar of Social Rights, its relation to the idea of a European Social Union, and the priority initiatives that should...

The American system of unemployment insurance (UI) is often cited as a model for potential European unemployment re-insurance schemes. While oversimplified comparisons are to be avoided, there are lessons Europe can learn from US federal-state relations regarding UI. We distinguish three aspects...

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...

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...