The rising cost of living is one of the main concerns of people in Europe. According to the Eurobarometer of Autumn 2022 on the key challenges of our times, more than four in ten (42%) see rising prices and the cost of living as the most important issue facing the EU at the moment. Inflationary...

This paper studies the long-term consequences of unemployment on different dimensions of social exclusion. Based on longitudinal linked survey and administrative data from Germany and an event study analysis combined with inverse propensity score weighting, I document that becoming unemployed...

The extent of social and economic issues has an impact on current society, and ways of solving them reflect not only on social policy but also on results of economic policies. The paper aims to evaluate the effects of social protection expenditures/benefits in relation to selected socio-economic...