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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8 October 2024
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.
2 February 2024
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.
27 March 2023
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.
Eksperdid teemal Unemployment
Eurofoundi teadlased pakuvad asjatundlikke teadmisi ja nendega saab ühendust võtta küsimuste või meediapäringute korral.
Tadas Leončikas
Head of UnitTadas Leončikas on Eurofoundi tööhõiveüksuse juhataja alates 2022. aasta septembrist. Enne seda oli ta sotsiaalpoliitika üksuse vanemuuringute juht, juhtides Euroopa elukvaliteedi uuringut (EQLS) ja arendades Eurofoundi uuringuuuringuid. Alates Eurofoundiga liitumisest 2010. aastal on ta töötanud mitmesuguste teemadega, sealhulgas küsitlusmeetodite, elukvaliteedi, sotsiaalse liikuvuse, sotsiaalse kaasatuse, usalduse ja eluasemepuudustega. Oma varasemas karjääris juhtis ta Leedu Etniliste Uuringute Instituuti, kus ta tegeles etniliste vähemuste, sisserändajate ja teiste haavatavate rühmade olukorraga seotud uuringutega. Teadlasena on ta varasemalt teinud koostööd Euroopa Liidu Põhiõiguste Ameti, ÜRO Arenguprogrammi ja Rahvusvahelise Migratsiooniorganisatsiooniga. Tal on doktorikraad sotsioloogias.
Massimiliano Mascherini
Head of UnitMassimiliano Mascherini on olnud Eurofoundi sotsiaalpoliitika üksuse juhataja alates 2019. aasta oktoobrist. Ta liitus Eurofoundiga 2009. aastal teadusjuhina, kavandades ja koordineerides projekte, mis käsitlevad noorte tööhõivet, NEET-noori ja nende sotsiaalset kaasatust ning naiste tööturul osalemist. 2017. aastal sai temast sotsiaalpoliitika üksuse vanemteadusjuht, kus ta juhtis uusi uuringuid lähenemise jälgimise kohta ELis. Lisaks tööle Euroopa elukvaliteedi uuringuga juhib ta ka COVID-19 e-uuringute ettevalmistamist ja analüüsi. Varem oli ta Euroopa Komisjoni Teadusuuringute Ühiskeskuse teadusametnik. Ta õppis Firenze ülikoolis, kus ta õppis aktuaari- ja statistikateadusi ning omandas doktorikraadi rakendusstatistikas. Ta on olnud külalisteadur Sydney Ülikoolis ja Aalborgi Ülikoolis ning külalisprofessor Paavstlikus Sotsiaalteaduste Akadeemias.
Hans Dubois
Senior research managerHans Dubois on Eurofoundi sotsiaalpoliitika üksuse vanemuuringute juht. Tema uurimisteemade hulka kuuluvad eluase, ülemäärane võlgnevus, tervishoid, pikaajaline hooldus, sotsiaaltoetused, pensionile jäämine ja elukvaliteet kohalikus piirkonnas. Enne Eurofoundiga liitumist oli ta Varssavi Kozminski ülikooli dotsent. Ta on omandanud doktorikraadi ärijuhtimises ja juhtimises Bocconi ülikoolis (Milano) pärast seda, kui ta oli töötanud teadurina Euroopa tervishoiusüsteemide ja -poliitika vaatluskeskuses (Madrid).
John Hurley
Senior research managerJohn 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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