Unemployment

Long-term unemployment, youth unemployment, and the increase in underemployed or involuntary part-time workers remains a concern in many Member States. Unemployment, and especially long-term unemployment, increases a person's risk of social exclusion, poverty and inequality, and adds to the cost of social services and public finances. According to the European Pillar of Social Rights, unemployed people have the right to personalised, continuous and consistent support, including adequate unemployment benefits of reasonable duration.

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Forschungsbericht

8 October 2024

Social protection 2.0: Unemployment and minimum income benefits
Hans Duboisand 2 other authors

This report focuses on unemployment and minimum income benefits for people of working age. Individuals with short or no employment records (mainly young people), the self-employed, those with non-standard working arrangements, and the long-term unemployed are often not entitled to higher-tier, or any, unemployment benefits. No Member State was identified where more than 80% of those entitled to minimum income benefits receive them. Benefit recipients at higher risk of having an inadequate income include those without access to social housing in areas with high housing costs, unemployed individuals whose most recent job was low paid and the long-term unemployed people. The report also investigates the rejection of applications (frequently, around 30% are rejected), the digitalisation of application processes (most common for unemployment benefits) and economic activation requirements (typically, 1–6% of benefit recipients annually are sanctioned for not complying with activity requirements) and service entitlements.

Benutzerdefinierter Bericht

2 February 2024

Social protection for the unemployed - Background paper
Hans Dubois,
Marie Hyland

This background paper focuses on one important aspect of social protection: unemployment benefits, both first tier (usually contributory) and lower tier (predominantly tax-based, non-contributory and means-tested). Unemployment benefits help to cushion the impact of job loss on household finances and act as an economic stabiliser. The paper examines trends in expenditure on unemployment benefits, identifies gaps in formal coverage, discusses groups for whom benefits are inadequate, and looks at non-take-up, rejection decisions, digitalisation of application procedures, and links between unemployment benefits and service entitlements.

Forschungsbericht

27 March 2023

Measures to tackle labour shortages: Lessons for future policy
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Tina Weberand 6 other authors

As economies begin to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, labour shortages are becoming increasingly evident despite the impact of the war in Ukraine on energy and commodity prices. These include shortages exacerbated by the crisis in some sectors and professions where they had been endemic for some time. This report looks at measures implemented at national level to tackle labour shortages in the health, care, and information and communication technology sectors, as well as those arising from the twin green and digital transition. It assesses what measures are effective and explores the contextual factors supporting or hindering effective policy implementation and outcomes.

Experten für Unemployment

Forscher bei Eurofound bieten Experteneinblicke und können für Fragen oder Medienanfragen kontaktiert werden.

Tadas Leončikas

Head of Unit
Employment research

Tadas Leončikas ist seit September 2022 Leiter des Referats Beschäftigung bei Eurofound. Zuvor war er als Senior Research Manager im Referat Sozialpolitik tätig, wo er die Europäische Erhebung zur Lebensqualität (EQLS) leitete und die Umfrageforschung von Eurofound entwickelte. Seit seinem Eintritt bei Eurofound im Jahr 2010 hat er an verschiedenen Themen gearbeitet, darunter Erhebungsmethoden, Lebensqualität, soziale Mobilität, soziale Inklusion, Vertrauen und Wohnungsdefizite. In seiner früheren Laufbahn leitete er das Institut für ethnische Studien in Litauen, wo er an Studien zur Situation ethnischer Minderheiten, Migranten und anderer gefährdeter Gruppen arbeitete. Als Forscher hat er zuvor mit der Agentur der Europäischen Union für Grundrechte, dem Entwicklungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen und der Internationalen Organisation für Migration zusammengearbeitet. Er hat einen Doktortitel in Soziologie.

Massimiliano Mascherini

Head of Unit
Social policies research

Massimiliano Mascherini ist seit Oktober 2019 Leiter des Referats Sozialpolitik bei Eurofound. Er kam 2009 als Forschungsmanager zu Eurofound, wo er Projekte zur Jugendbeschäftigung, zu NEETs und ihrer sozialen Eingliederung sowie zur Erwerbsbeteiligung von Frauen konzipierte und koordinierte. Im Jahr 2017 wurde er Senior Research Manager im Referat Sozialpolitik, wo er neue Forschungsarbeiten zur Überwachung der Konvergenz in der EU leitete. Neben der Arbeit an der Europäischen Erhebung zur Lebensqualität leitet er auch die Vorbereitung und Analyse der COVID-19 E-Erhebungen. Zuvor war er wissenschaftlicher Referent bei der Gemeinsamen Forschungsstelle der Europäischen Kommission. Er studierte an der Universität Florenz, wo er Versicherungsmathematik und Statistik studierte und in Angewandter Statistik promovierte. Er war Gastwissenschaftler an der University of Sydney und an der Universität Aalborg sowie Gastprofessor an der Päpstlichen Akademie der Sozialwissenschaften.

Hans Dubois

Senior research manager
Social policies research

Hans Dubois ist leitender Forschungsmanager im Referat Sozialpolitik bei Eurofound. Zu seinen Forschungsthemen gehören Wohnen, Überschuldung, Gesundheit, Langzeitpflege, Sozialleistungen, Altersvorsorge und Lebensqualität in der Region. Bevor er zu Eurofound kam, war er Assistenzprofessor an der Kozminski-Universität (Warschau). Er promovierte in Betriebswirtschaft und Management an der Universität Bocconi (Mailand), nachdem er als Forschungsbeauftragter am Europäischen Observatorium für Gesundheitssysteme und -politik (Madrid) gearbeitet hatte.

John Hurley

Senior research manager
Employment research

John Hurley is a senior research manager in the Employment unit at Eurofound. He took up the role of research manager in February 2012. He contributes to a number of research projects including the European Jobs Monitor and has authored or co-authored over 20 reports as well as journal contributions and edited collections during his time at Eurofound. His main research interests are in the areas of comparative labour market analysis, restructuring and the changing world of work. John is a graduate of both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin.

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