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Discover a wealth of insights on key topics shaping Europe's social and economic landscape. Eurofound’s publications offer in-depth reports, analyses, and policy briefs covering labor markets, living conditions, and workplace developments across the EU. Explore the latest findings to inform decisions and drive positive change.

Výzkumná zpráva

17 December 2025

Foundational challenges: The housing struggles of Europe’s youth

Europe faces a housing affordability crisis that impacts all age groups, with particularly pronounced implications for young people. For them, the crisis may have far-reaching consequences, affecting educational and employment opportunities, household composition and formation, and current and future well-being. This report examines the housing situation of the EU population, with a specific focus on young people. It shows that, across several metrics, young people generally experience the housing crisis more acutely than older cohorts.

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29 January 2026

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Real growth in minimum wages in 2026, amid both progress and pullback on Member States’ ambitions

Most EU Member States changed the level of their national minimum wage from 1 January 2026 and, as in the previous year, the general picture is one of substantial increases – significantly exceeding price increases.

29 January 2026

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Job quality and working conditions in the Western Balkans

This report documents working conditions and job quality in the Western Balkans based on the European Working Conditions Telephone Survey data collected in 2021. It brings new regional insights to the analysis of European working conditions and strives to raise awareness of the topic and broaden the perspectives of policymakers, social partners, researchers and the wider public in the region.

19 January 2026

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Uneven picture of a changing Europe: Findings from Living and Working in the EU e-survey 2025 - Digital story

This digital story from Eurofound’s 2025 e-survey reveals persistent economic strain, uneven levels of resilience, fragile trust in institutions, ongoing work–life balance challenges and growing concern over environmental issues among Europeans.

19 January 2026

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Uneven picture of a changing Europe: Findings from Living and Working in the EU e-survey 2025

Findings from the 2025 (eighth) round of Eurofound’s Living and working in the EU e-survey suggest persistent economic strain and uneven levels of resilience across Member States. Despite lower inflation and labour markets that remain relatively stable by headline indicators, respondents continue to face significant financial pressure, with widening gaps between income groups, rising insecurity among renters and middle-aged people, and continued housing insecurity, especially among low-income and single-parent households.

15 January 2026

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Collective bargaining as a mechanism to advance gender pay equity

The social partners can help companies apply the equal pay principle by ensuring that the pay scales in sectoral collective agreements are based on objective and gender-neutral criteria.

15 January 2026

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Quality of life in the Western Balkans and Türkiye in 2024

This factsheet presents findings from the Living and Working in the Western Balkans and Türkiye (LW-WBT) Survey, which was commissioned by Eurofound and conducted in autumn 2024. It provides a brief overview of four dimensions of quality of life in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Türkiye – health and well-being, overall life satisfaction, material living conditions and perceived quality of society.

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