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About Massimiliano Mascherini

Massimiliano Mascherini joined Eurofound as research manager at the end of 2009 and is now senior research manager, social policies. He studied at the University of Florence where he obtained a PhD in Applied Statistics. He has been visiting fellow at the University of Sydney and at Aalborg University.

Long-Term Unemployed Youth: The Legacy Of The Crisis

by Massimiliano Mascherini on 17 April 2018

Long-Term Unemployed Youth: The Legacy Of The Crisis

A decade on from the financial crisis and Europe is finally on a stable path towards recovery, with growing economies and robust improvements in labour market participation in all Member States. However, the long-term implications of the crisis still weigh heavy on Europe’s most disadvantaged youth. The latest data from Eurostat reveals sustained growth in […]

Reducing Europe’s Gender Employment Gap

by Massimiliano Mascherini on 8 March 2017

Reducing Europe’s Gender Employment Gap

One of the common values that unites the European Union is that of equal opportunities: all citizens should have the same possibility to improve their lives and participate in the labour market regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation. Ensuring equal opportunities in finding work also represents a key goal for Europe in facing […]

The Youth Guarantee One Year On: Lessons Learned

by Massimiliano Mascherini on 12 November 2015

The Youth Guarantee One Year On: Lessons Learned

In 2013, youth unemployment rates in Europe reached the highest level ever recorded in the history of the EU and in the majority of the Member States (MS). More than 5.5 million young people aged 15-24 were unemployed (now more than 4.5m), with a huge sense of crisis and the fear that the youth unemployment […]

Young Entrepreneurs In Europe: Values, Attitudes And Policies

by Massimiliano Mascherini on 1 June 2015

Young Entrepreneurs In Europe: Values, Attitudes And Policies

Where is Europe’s Mark Zuckerberg? While half of young people strive for and want a career as an entrepreneur, research shows that only 6.5% of young people in Europe opt for self‑employment. Is entrepreneurship a viable career path for everybody and is Europe a business-friendly environment for youth? The latest Eurofound report enables us to […]

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Benchmarking Working Europe

This year's Benchmarking Working Europe focuses on whether the European Union is really on the path towards convergence. Analysing the state of 'working Europe' with the aid of a multi-level and multi-dimensional set of indicators, Benchmarking Working Europe 2018 demonstrates that, despite renewed economic growth in GDP terms, the proceeds of this growth are being unequally shared and structural problems in the areas of education, infrastructure and R&D remain due to the EU's obsession with labour market deregulation and fiscal austerity.


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Statutory Minimum Wages 2018

Eurofound’s Statutory minimum wages 2018 report provides information on minimum wage rates that are not limited to specific sectors, occupations or groups of employees. It aims to answer a number of key questions on the coverage and impact of minimum wages in Europe; including how statutory minimum wages are determined, how minimum wages compare to average and median wages, and the different discussions ongoing in Europe on the issue. The report shows that increases to statutory minimum wages have gathered pace since 2010, but huge gaps remain in minimum wage rates across Europe.


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Social Europe Edition Book

Zygmunt Bauman was a towering intellectual who saw and analysed – right up to his death in early 2017 – the great socio-political changes, often convulsive, in modern western society long before his peers. Here we highlight his prescient insights into what he dubbed ‘liquid modernity’ with 24 chapters on topics ranging from online loneliness via precarity/poverty/inequality to migration, fear of the ‘Other’ and the decline of the nation state. Chronicle of Crisis, 2011-16, written by one of the great chroniclers of our times, will be read and re-read for decades and more to come.


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New Social Europe Book

There is increasing evidence of widespread disillusion with the major shift to neoliberal economic policies that has taken place across much of the world. In this account of neoliberalism’s failings, Colin Crouch recognises some of its positive contributions but also notes conflicts within the neoliberal camp – particularly those between ‘market’ and ‘corporate’ forms of the strategy. Finally, he considers to what extent those behind the great experiment are now capable of accepting its reform.


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