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gender inequality and welfare states in Europe

Women and welfare: interview with Mary Daly

by Mary Daly on 27th October 2020

Mary Daly tells Robin Wilson that the coronavirus crisis has exposed the partial and limited nature of gender-equality gains.

women in central and eastern Europe, women in the Balkans

One virus, diverse impacts: the pandemic and women in central and eastern Europe

by Daša Šašić Šilović on 16th July 2020

Against the backdrop of its specific histories, the impact of the pandemic on women particularly in the Balkans also demands specific attention.

women green transition

How women can power the green transition

by Irene Giner-Reichl on 13th July 2020

The shift to sustainable energy gives societies a chance to tackle systemic gender discrimination.

Covid-19 women

Covid-19 fallout takes higher toll on women

by Massimiliano Mascherini and Martina Bisello on 23rd June 2020

While women appear to be more resilient than men to Covid-19 in terms of health outcomes, that is not the case when it comes to the economic and social fallout.

European Parliament gender equality

The European Parliament and gender equality—a continuing struggle

by Petra Ahrens and Lise Rolandsen Agustín on 22nd May 2020

There has been progress in the numerical representation of women in the European Parliament. But that’s not enough to achieve gender equality.

The Covid-19 crisis is exacerbating gender inequalities—but who cares?

by Marja Bijl on 5th May 2020

The gender dimension of the coronavirus crisis is obvious when seen through a lens of gender inequality. Which leaves it invisible to many.

gender biases

Artificial intelligence: made by men for men?

by Juliane Bir on 16th April 2020

AI might seem neutral and technical but it poses a differential challenge to female jobs and can be imbued with insidious gender biases.

menstruation

Trade unions and mainstreaming menstrual awareness in the workplace

by Klara Rydström and Rebecka Hallencreutz on 2nd April 2020

Issues associated with menstruation have not been on the mainstream trade union workplace agenda. That should change.

gender strategy

How the new EU gender strategy fails east-central European women

by Eszter Kováts and Elena Zacharenko on 17th March 2020

The coronavirus epidemic exposes the care crisis and underlying class and regional inequalities—which the new strategy does not equip us to handle.

women's strikes

Advancing gender equality requires a new fiscal pact

by Magdalena Sepúlveda on 9th March 2020

Women’s strikes today draw attention to the need for global tax reform, so that investment in services can ease the burden of women’s domestic labour.

What will it take for women to be equal at work in the UK?

by Sam Smethers on 6th February 2020

Employers and policy-makers can drive real progress in improving women’s working lives.

How ‘family-friendly’ are European countries?

by Yekaterina Chzhen, Anna Gromada and Gwyther Rees on 11th September 2019

The Nordic countries, with their strong public spheres, are more supportive than those which elevate the family as a private institution.

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Social Europe Publishing book

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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Benchmarking Working Europe 2020

A virus is haunting Europe. This year’s 20th anniversary issue of our flagship publication Benchmarking Working Europe brings to a growing audience of trade unionists, industrial relations specialists and policy-makers a warning: besides SARS-CoV-2, ‘austerity’ is the other nefarious agent from which workers, and Europe as a whole, need to be protected in the months and years ahead. Just as the scientific community appears on the verge of producing one or more effective and affordable vaccines that could generate widespread immunity against SARS-CoV-2, however, policy-makers, at both national and European levels, are now approaching this challenging juncture in a way that departs from the austerity-driven responses deployed a decade ago, in the aftermath of the previous crisis. It is particularly apt for the 20th anniversary issue of Benchmarking, a publication that has allowed the ETUI and the ETUC to contribute to key European debates, to set out our case for a socially responsive and ecologically sustainable road out of the Covid-19 crisis.


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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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Read FEPS Covid Response Papers

In this moment, more than ever, policy-making requires support and ideas to design further responses that can meet the scale of the problem. FEPS contributes to this reflection with policy ideas, analysis of the different proposals and open reflections with the new FEPS Covid Response Papers series and the FEPS Covid Response Webinars. The latest FEPS Covid Response Paper by the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, 'Recovering from the pandemic: an appraisal of lessons learned', provides an overview of the failures and successes in dealing with Covid-19 and its economic aftermath. Among the authors: Lodewijk Asscher, László Andor, Estrella Durá, Daniela Gabor, Amandine Crespy, Alberto Botta, Francesco Corti, and many more.


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