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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Výskumná správa

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.

Prispôsobená správa

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.

Výskumná správa

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.

Experti na tému Unemployment

Výskumníci nadácie Eurofound poskytujú odborné poznatky a možno ich kontaktovať s otázkami alebo so žiadosťami od médií.

Tadas Leončikas

Head of Unit
Employment research

Tadas Leončikas je od septembra 2022 vedúcim oddelenia zamestnanosti nadácie Eurofound. Predtým pôsobil ako vedúci výskumu v oddelení sociálnych politík, kde riadil Európsky prieskum kvality života (EQLS) a vyvíjal prieskumný výskum nadácie Eurofound. Od nástupu do nadácie Eurofound v roku 2010 sa venuje rôznym témam vrátane metód prieskumu, kvality života, sociálnej mobility, sociálneho začlenenia, dôvery a nedostatkov v oblasti bývania. Vo svojej predchádzajúcej kariére viedol Inštitút etnických štúdií v Litve, kde pracoval na štúdiách týkajúcich sa situácie etnických menšín, migrantov a iných zraniteľných skupín. Ako výskumný pracovník v minulosti spolupracoval s Agentúrou Európskej únie pre základné práva, Rozvojovým programom OSN a Medzinárodnou organizáciou pre migráciu. Má doktorát zo sociológie.

Massimiliano Mascherini

Head of Unit
Social policies research

Massimiliano Mascherini je od októbra 2019 vedúcim oddelenia sociálnych politík nadácie Eurofound. Do nadácie Eurofound nastúpil v roku 2009 ako manažér výskumu, kde navrhoval a koordinoval projekty týkajúce sa zamestnanosti mladých ľudí, NEET a ich sociálneho začlenenia, ako aj účasti žien na trhu práce. V roku 2017 sa stal vedúcim výskumu v oddelení sociálnych politík, kde viedol nový výskum v oblasti monitorovania konvergencie v EÚ. Okrem práce na Európskom prieskume kvality života vedie aj prípravu a analýzu elektronických prieskumov COVID-19. Predtým pôsobil ako vedecký pracovník v Spoločnom výskumnom centre Európskej komisie. Študoval na univerzite vo Florencii, kde sa špecializoval na poistno-matematické a štatistické vedy a získal doktorát z aplikovanej štatistiky. Bol hosťujúcim členom na Univerzite v Sydney a na Univerzite v Aalborgu a hosťujúcim profesorom na Pápežskej akadémii sociálnych vied.

Hans Dubois

Senior research manager
Social policies research

Hans Dubois je vedúcim výskumným manažérom v oddelení sociálnych politík nadácie Eurofound. Medzi jeho výskumné témy patrí bývanie, nadmerná zadlženosť, zdravotná starostlivosť, dlhodobá starostlivosť, sociálne dávky, dôchodok a kvalita života v miestnej oblasti. Pred nástupom do nadácie Eurofound pôsobil ako odborný asistent na Univerzite Kozminského (Varšava). Doktorát z obchodnej administratívy a manažmentu ukončil na Univerzite Bocconi (Miláno) po tom, čo pracoval ako výskumný pracovník v Európskom observatóriu pre zdravotnícke systémy a politiky (Madrid).

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.

Všetok obsah pre Unemployment

Táto časť poskytuje prístup ku všetkému obsahu, ktorý bol na túto tému uverejnený.

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