Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson, author at Social Europe

About Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

Kate Pickett is professor of epidemiology at the University of York. Richard Wilkinson is honorary visiting professor at the University of York.

Greater equality: our guide through Covid-19 to sustainable wellbeing

by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on 25th November 2020

The pandemic has reinforced the case for egalitarianism to define the ethos of the welfare state.

The True – and False – Costs Of Inequality

by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on 18th October 2017

The first research papers showing that health was worse and violence more common in societies with large income differences were published in the 1970s. Since then a large body of evidence has accumulated on the damaging effects of inequality. Countries with bigger income differences between rich and poor tend to suffer from a heavier burden of a […]

Why Inequality Is Bad For Health

by Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson on 23rd September 2016

Many of us remember the 1970s for its music and fashion, but we should also take a lesson from its mistaken beliefs. Without easy access to data or analyses of social trends, some ideas about the workings of nature and society were completely backward. Today, we know things that were simply unknowable back then. If […]

Call to Europe: mind the social gaps!

European commissioner Elisa Ferreira, former high representative Federica Mogherini, ministers Arancha González (Spain) and Pierre Yves Dermagne (Belgium) are among the speakers at the 10th edition of Call to Europe.

‘Recovering Europe: Mind the Social Gaps’ is this year’s topic. Fighting inequalities and ensuring an inclusive and sustainable recovery is the most pressing issue in times of Covid19!

Engage in lively discussions with prominent progressive change-makers, experts, civil-society representatives and policy-makers. Join and enjoy a three-day, highly interactive virtual festival, which will also include cultural activities and online competitions.

Take part! Mind the social gaps!

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With a pandemic raging, for those countries most affected by Brexit the end of the transition could not come at a worse time. Yet, might the UK's withdrawal be a blessing in disguise? With its biggest veto player gone, might the European Pillar of Social Rights take centre stage? This book brings together leading experts in European politics and policy to examine social citizenship rights across the European continent in the wake of Brexit. Will member states see an enhanced social Europe or a race to the bottom?

'This book correctly emphasises the need to place the future of social rights in Europe front and centre in the post-Brexit debate, to move on from the economistic bias that has obscured our vision of a progressive social Europe.' Michael D Higgins, president of Ireland

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WSI minimum wage report 2021: is Europe en route to adequate minimum wages?

In late 2020, the European Commission took an important step towards securing adequate minimum wages for all workers in Europe with the publication of a draft directive aimed at reversing the growing polarisation of incomes and the growth of in-work poverty. Securing an income sufficient for a decent standard of living will require substantial increases in minimum wages in virtually all member states—a medium-term objective that, according to the commission's calculations, would deliver clear social benefits. More than 25 million workers in Europe would benefit directly were statutory minimum wages to rise to either 60% of the median wage or 50% of the average wage. In Germany alone, where 60% of the median wage would equate to a minimum wage of €12.00, some 6.8 million workers would see increases in their pay.

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Industrial relations: developments 2015-2019

Eurofound has monitored and analysed developments in industrial relations systems at EU level and in EU member states for over 40 years. This new flagship report provides an overview of developments in industrial relations and social dialogue in the years immediately prior to the Covid-19 outbreak. Findings are placed in the context of the key developments in EU policy affecting employment, working conditions and social policy, and linked to the work done by social partners—as well as public authorities—at European and national levels.

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