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Flexwork newsletter - May
1. The labour markets in Finland, Germany, Latvia, Norway, and Sweden 2006-2010. Developments and challenges for the future.. (S. Klinger, E. Spitznagel, J. Alatalo, K. Berglind, H. Gustavsson, H. Kure, I. Nio, J. Salmins, V. Skuja, J. Sorbo).Via the...
Education reduces gender inequality through its employment effect
Women’s employment, education,and the gender gap in 17 countries "Data from the Luxembourg Income Study show that, among married or cohabiting mothers, better educated women are more likely to be employed; gender inequality in annual earning...
The Euro area now and forecasts
Subject Descriptor Units 2010 2011 2012 2013 2017 GDP, constant prices Percent change 1.868 1.441 -0.317 0.895 1.666 GDP, current prices U.S. dollars, Billions 12,155.54 13,115.13 12,586.08 12,889.21 14,358.38 GDP,...
The crisis and national labour law reforms
Check this really interesting ETUI working paper on national labour market reforms in the context of the crisis by Clauwaert and Schömann.This shows that there have been significant reforms to industrial relations and bargaining system, individual a...
Flex Work Research Centre - New publications April
Please find below the latest reports that have been posted on the Flex Work Research website: www.flexworkresearch.org: Part-time unemployment and optimal employment insurance. (S. Ek & B. Holmlund).A significant fraction of the labor force cons...
The growing geographical divide in the French electorate
The strikingly good score of the extreme right candidate Le Pen and the comparatively disappointing score of the Front de Gauche headed by Melanchon hides some important geographical features of the French vote.Using the Le Monde online tool, one can...
Endorsing "a modest proposal for ringfencing Europe"
Check out Varoufakis modest proposal for solving the crisis:1) Debt conversion program undertaken - and initially funded - by the ECB;2) Investment and Internal Imbalances Amelioration Program European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Investment F...
Varying Fates of Legacy Unions in New Democracies
New paper on unions in new democracies by Caraway in World politics.Abstract:Legacy unions—formerly state-backed unions that survived democratic transitions—are one of the most persistent legacies of authoritarian rule. While usually successful...
Net debt interest payments 1999-2009 in EU Countries
Source: data taken from CESifo DICE...
Eurodepression
This is a gloomy start of the week for the Eurozone, with spreads rising again in the usual suspects (Spain, 4.412, and Italy, 3.997) and not so usual suspect such as France (1.334). International investors are turning away from the Euro bond market,...
World ranking in Unemployment Benefit replacement rates
In times of crisis, the ability of workers who lose their jobs to retain their purchasing power has important social and economic implications. A high replacement rate (ratio of unemployment benefits a worker receives relative to the worker’s last...
Unions and democracy
Recent paper by Patrick Flavin and Benjamin Radcliff shows that (1) union members are more likely to vote than non-members and (2) people are more likely to vote in high union density countries...AbstractDespite a large literature on voter turnout ar...
Links - alternatives to austerity
- Minimum Wages in Europe: A Strategy against Wage-Dumping Policies? Lars Vande Keybus- There is an Alternative! How Spain could pursue expansionary Policies Vicente Navarro- Fiscal adjustment: Too much of a good thing? Carlo Cottarelli...
Keynesianism
Fiscal Policy: What does ‘Keynesian’ mean? (Jonathan Portes at the Social Europe Journal): On why the politicisation of the term hinders our ability to address the crisis.
EU responses to the crisis: From inadequate explanations to inefficient policy solutions?
The debt crisis saga continues, further demonstrating the inability of the European Union and its leaders to come to grip with solutions that could put an end to the devastating consequences it is having on the European Economy and by implication on...
