The study was commissioned by DG Education and Culture of the European Commission to investigate: (i) the importance of education in influencing labour productivity, output growth and other key macroeconomic trends in Europe's increasingly knowledge-based economies, primarily through education's...

The main goal of the study is to demonstrate that sustained or widening differences between the performances of educational systems within the EU may contribute - via labour market outcomes and subsequently through a range wider economic impacts - to the emergence or deepening of macroeconomic...

The FP7 Science in Society (SiS) programme was part of FP7 Capacities and had a budget of €312 million allocated for the period 2007-2013. It attracted a total of 841 proposals, of which 184 were funded. Drawing on desk-based research, CORDA/SESAM/bibliometric/network analysis, stakeholder...

The FP7 Science in Society (SiS) programme was part of FP7 Capacities and had a budget of €312 million allocated for the period 2007-2013. It attracted a total of 841 proposals, of which 184 were funded. Drawing on desk-based research, CORDA/SESAM/bibliometric/network analysis, stakeholder...

The current study was commissioned to inform the Commission's impact assessment process; the purpose was to: - Review existing research and studies on the administrative costs and burdens and broader economic impact of working time regulation associated with current provisions. - Against the...

The promotion and protection of the rights of the child is one of the objectives of the EU on which the Treaty of Lisbon has put further emphasis. This report is part of a study 'to collect data on children's involvement in judicial proceedings in the EU' which supports the implementation of the...