Ivan Privalko, Bertrand Mâitre, Dorothy Watson and Raffaele Grotti

Ivan Privalko is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Economic and Social Research Institute. Bertrand Maître is a senior research officer at the ESRI and joint programme co-ordinator for research on social inclusion and equality. Dorothy Watson is a research professor at the ESRI and joint principal investigator for the Growing Up in Ireland project. Raffaele Grotti is a research fellow in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute and a former post-doctoral research fellow at the ESRI.

Ivan Privalko, Bertrand Mâitre, Dorothy Watson and Raffaele Grotti

Care in Europe: what makes for generosity?

Ivan Privalko, Bertrand Mâitre, Dorothy Watson and Raffaele Grotti 21st November 2019

How well children, dependent adults and the elderly are cared for isn’t about national stereotypes—but it does reflect welfare regimes.

How will Europe’s green transition impact employment?

Climate-change objectives and decarbonisation measures are vital for the future of Europe. But how will these objectives affect employment and the labour market?

In the latest episode of the Eurofound Talks podcast series, Mary McCaughey speaks with the Eurofound senior research manager John Hurley about new research which shows a marginal increase in net employment from EU decarbonisation measures—but also potentially broad shifts in the labour market which could have a profound impact in several areas.

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Transforming capitalism in the age of AI

Will the EU once again accept Big Tech's power as a fait accompli while belatedly trying to mitigate risks, or can it chart a different course?

Join our conference on the EU approach to the digital transition. On Wednesday, December 6th, FEPS and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Competence Centre on the Future of Work are co-organising an evening of high-level debates on the digital future of Europe. There will be keynotes by the European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Nicolas Schmit; Evgeny Morozov, founder of The Syllabus; and Phoebe V Moore, globally recognised expert on digitalisation and the workplace. The event will be moderated by John Thornhill, innovation editor at the Financial Times.

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WSI European Collective Bargaining Report 2022 / 2023

With real wages falling by 4 per cent in 2022, workers in the European Union suffered an unprecedented loss in purchasing power. The reason for this was the rapid increase in consumer prices, behind which nominal wage growth fell significantly. Meanwhile, inflation is no longer driven by energy import prices, but by domestic factors. The increased profit margins of companies are a major reason for persistent inflation. In this difficult environment, trade unions are faced with the challenge of securing real wages—and companies have the responsibility of making their contribution to returning to the path of political stability by reducing excess profits.

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Response measures to the energy crisis: a missed opportunity to feed the socio-ecological contract

With winter coming and Europe ready to get through it without energy shortages, power cuts and recession, new research conducted by the ETUI in seven EU member states (AT-FR-DE-GR-IT-PL-ES) highlights that, with some 80 per cent of spending being directed to broad-based measures, short-term national government support during the recent energy crisis was poorly targeted. As a result, both social- and climate-policy goals were rather sidelined, with the biggest beneficiaries of public fossil-fuel subsidies being higher income groups and the wealthiest people.

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Care in Europe: what makes for generosity?

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