A more equal Europe? Convergence and the European Pillar of Social Rights
Δημοσιεύθηκε: 10 December 2019
The European Pillar of Social Rights is designed to act as a compass for a renewed process of upward convergence among Member States towards better working and living conditions. It is accompanied by a Social Scoreboard to monitor the progress made by Member States. This policy brief presents the results of an investigation into the upward convergence patterns of the headline indicators of the Social Scoreboard and the relationship between convergence and the business cycle from 2008 to 2018. The results show that although the economic crisis that engulfed Europe from 2008 slowed down the convergence of Member States on some indicators, upward convergence on several has been restored, including the indicators on employment and risk of poverty. While the analysis uncovers different dynamics of upward convergence for most indicators, some very stable and some more unstable, few indicators still show a downward trend over the decade.
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Table 1: Headline indicators of the Social Scoreboard analysed in this study
Table 2: Indicators showing steady and stable upward convergence
Table 3: Indicators showing upward convergence in good times
Table 4: Indicators showing downward trends
Table 5: Summary of convergence trends
Figure 1: Upward convergence in the early school-leavers rate, EU, 2008–2018
Figure 2: Upward convergence in the gender employment gap, EU, 2008–2018
Figure 3: Upward convergence in the AROPE rate, EU, 2008–2017
Figure 4: Upward convergence in the employment rate, EU, 2008–2018
Figure 5: Downward divergence in the unemployment rate, EU, 2008–2018
Figure 6: Downward convergence in net earnings of a full-time single worker without children, EU, 2008–2016
Figure 7: Upward convergence in self-reported unmet need for medical care, EU, 2008–2017
Figure 8: Downward divergence in income inequality, EU, 2008–2018
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Eurofound (2019), A more equal Europe? Convergence and the European Pillar of Social Rights, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
