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The State of University Policy for Progress in Europe

Hoareau, Cécile; Ritzen, Jo; Marconi, Gabriele - 2012

governments' policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are 'empowering …, indicating a relative cohesion in Europe. Yet, substantial variations exist in terms of higher education policy in Europe, each …

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Can the University Save Europe?

Ritzen, Jo - 2012

Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic …

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Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to Do about It?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - 2013

Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra-EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational...

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Who Cares for You at Home? Personal and Household Services in Europe

Angermann, Annette; Eichhorst, Werner - 2013

Personal and household services have grown in importance as a potential area of employment creation. By formalizing personal and household services, not only can service jobs be created with providers, but also private households can be relieved from informal work in order that women in...

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Youth Unemployment in Mediterranean Countries

Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska - 2014

In all Mediterranean countries youth unemployment has reached alarming record levels. This paper analyses the current situation in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In all countries school dropout rates are high, returns to education are low and the transition from education to work is...

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Flexible and secure labour market transitions: Towards institutional capacity building in the digital economy

Schmid, Günther - 2016

Industry 4.0 and robots are said to speed up productivity thereby inducing a 'quantum leap' towards the 'end of work' and calling for a complete change of social security institutions that have so far been closely linked to employment. Unconditional basic income is the cry of the day, curiously...

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"Tongue tide": The economics of language offers important lessons for how Europe can best integrate migrants

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2016

This policy analysis discusses issues regarding the migration to Europe of large numbers of immigrants and refugees who …

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Governing sustainable school to work transitions: Lessons for the EU

Schmid, Günther; Bellmann, Lutz; Gazier, Bernard; … - 2023

The European Commission declared 2022 the "European Year of Youth." Apart from the obvious aim to enhance its visibility and political legitimacy, the Commission responded to the fact that COVID-19 badly affected especially young people, manifested in the rise of youth unemployment and of youth...

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Inclusive growth: What future for the European social model?

Schmid, Günther - 2014

empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite …

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Social Protection as an Automatic Stabilizer

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance … income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic unemployment shock in Europe, compared to 32% and 34% in the US. There is large … heterogeneity within Europe with stabilization being much lower in Eastern and Southern than in Central and Northern Europe. Our …

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