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...