Family policy is getting increasing public policy attention in the EU as a result of population ageing and the challenge of the sustainability of economic growth. It is being recognised that a sustainable rise in the fertility rate is needed in order to put a break on population ageing....

In essence, the OECD's labor market policies designed to reduce unemployment in Europe derive from the conviction that the educational systems and the labor markets have not adjusted fast enough to the structural change induced by technological innovation. In addition, the EU points to the slow...

The recent inflow of foreign workers was similar to the one experienced in the early seventies, both as far as the quantity and the time span is concerned. The sharp increase in labour supply, particularly for manufacturing and service jobs of average and low qualification is reflected in a...

Long-term unemployment is eventually becoming a problem in Austria as economic restructuring in the wake of increasing competition is taking its toll. During 1994 as the general unemployment rate amounted to 6.5 percent, 31.5 percent of all unemployed had been on the dole for more than 6 months....