Employment status

A study was carried out in 2007–2008 in the framework of a project of the University of National and World Economy (Университет за национално и световно стопанство, UNWE [1]), entitled ‘Hidden economy in Bulgaria: Contemporary evaluation in the period of European integration’. The study is based on

In a speech on 24 October 2007, the Luxembourg Minister of Labour and Employment, François Biltgen, gave the government definition of flexicurity [1] in Luxembourg. According to this definition, flexicurity must be marked by the stamp of subsidiarity [2]: the principles of flexicurity should be

In recent years, the German labour market has undergone profound reforms. For example, rules on social welfare benefits and temporary agency work [1] have been reorganised (DE0409204N [2], DE0608049I [3], DE0212203N [4]). While these reforms were undertaken to stimulate job creation, among other

In January 2010, the most comprehensive report on gender equality [1] at establishment level in Germany was published. The report is the outcome of two years of cooperation between 16 researchers from various institutes and universities, overseen by four members of the Hans-Boeckler Foundation (Hans

The Danish Ministry of Employment [1] (Beskæftigelsesministeriet [2]) published a recent report entitled /Women and men in the labour market 2009/ (Kvinder og mænd på arbejdsmarkedet 2009 (1.1Mb PDF) [3]). The report assesses differences between men and women in the labour market. Being a topic of

In the autumn of 2009, the Economic and Social Research Institute (Istituto di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Ires [1]) presented the results of the project ‘In regola [2]’ [According to the rules]. It was carried out on behalf of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (Ministero del Lavoro e

The Centre for Population, Poverty and Socioeconomic Policy Studies (Centre d’Études de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Économiques/International Networks for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development, CEPS/INSTEAD [1]) carried out a survey in 2007 on behalf of

In collaboration with the Working Life Research Centre (Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt, FORBA [1]), the scientific institute L&R Social Research [2] conducted a survey on part-time employment of women on behalf of the Department of Women’s Affairs of the Austrian Federal Chancellery