Valeria Pulignano, author at Social Europe

About Valeria Pulignano

Valeria Pulignano is professor of sociology of work and industrial relations at the KU Leuven (Belgium). She heads the research group Employment Relations and Labour Markets. Her research interests include comparative European industrial relations and labour markets.

Including the precariat

by Valeria Pulignano on 9th September 2020

The coronavirus crisis has highlighted how the welfare state of the future must include the growing mass of precarious labour, especially among youth.

Uncoordinated Decentralization In Collective Bargaining: Challenges And Effects

by Valeria Pulignano on 15th February 2018

Uncoordinated decentralization in collective bargaining can allow companies to reach deals of their own with workers rather than being forced to comply with multi-employer industry-wide agreements negotiated by representative trade unions. What are the social effects and who stands to gain or lose most? Under Emmanuel Macron’s recent labour market reforms SMEs, (small and medium-sized […]

The Brexit endgame is upon us: deal or no deal, the transition period will end on January 1st. 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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The macroeconomic effects of the EU recovery and resilience facility

This policy brief analyses the macroeconomic effects of the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). We present the basics of the RRF and then use the macroeconometric multi-country model NiGEM to analyse the facility's macroeconomic effects. The simulations show, first, that if the funds are in fact used to finance additional public investment (as intended), public capital stocks throughout the EU will increase markedly during the time of the RRF. Secondly, in some especially hard-hit southern European countries, the RRF would offset a significant share of the output lost during the pandemic. Thirdly, as gains in GDP due to the RRF will be much stronger in (poorer) southern and eastern European countries, the RRF has the potential to reduce economic divergence. Finally, and in direct consequence of the increased GDP, the RRF will lead to lower public debt ratios—between 2.0 and 4.4 percentage points below baseline for southern European countries in 2023.

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Pensions in the age of Covid-19

Pension policy is not safe from the potentially dramatic consequences of the pandemic. But in terms of pension politics, the pandemic also represents a window of opportunity to rethink the political debate on the future reform agenda. This policy brief sheds light on the short- and long-term consequences of Covid-19 for pensions in Europe. Short-term measures have consisted of temporary reduction and/or deferral of social contributions, ad hoc benefits for at-risk elderly, and additional resources for the social-security budget. However, the longer-term effects are projected to be massive for financial sustainability and social adequacy. Although there seems to be a space for social spending to buffer the effects of the crisis, still pension policies recall old debates regarding the intergenerational clash between younger generations in need of greater financial support and older generations with unsustainable social (and pension) rights.

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Living, working and COVID-19

This report presents the findings of the Living, working and COVID-19 e-survey, carried out by Eurofound to capture the far-reaching implications of the pandemic for the way people live and work across Europe. The survey was fielded online, among respondents who were reached via Eurofound’s stakeholders and social media advertising. Two rounds have been carried out: one in April, when most member states were in lockdown, and one in July, when society and economies were slowly re-opening. The findings from the first round reflected widespread emotional distress, financial concern and low trust in institutions. Levels of concern abated somewhat in the second round, particularly among groups of respondents benefiting from support measures implemented during the pandemic. The results underline stark differences between countries and between socioeconomic groups that point to growing inequalities. They confirm the upsurge in teleworking across all countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the report explores what this means for work–life balance and job quality.

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Including the precariat

Uncoordinated Decentralization In Collective Bargaining: Challenges And Effects

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