‘Building back better’ needs green construction
Pursuing energy efficiency will generate more construction jobs—but that requires tackling labour shortages and skills mismatches.
Covid-19: a tale of two service sectors
If the 2008 crash brought on a ‘mancession’ of lost jobs, the sectors most hit by the pandemic employ mainly low-paid women workers.
What Europe can learn from living-wage campaigns
The UK’s Living Wage Campaign is a successful experiment in broad-based social advocacy.
Employment Shifts In Europe During The Recovery: Three Little Noticed Trends
The EU has finally recovered all the net employment losses sustained since the global financial crisis. It has been a long and painful process. But
Labour Mobility Within The EU: The Real Picture
General and labour mobility across borders within the EU decreased sharply during the immediate crisis period in 2008–2010. There is consistent evidence of a rebound