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Immigration in Germany / A reform package to update the 2005 law
As Germany concluded its six-month European Union (EU) presidency in June, Germany’s federal policymakers passed a reform package to update the 2005 law on migration and integration. These reforms are an important indicator of the federal government’s newfound responsibility to the immigrants who live in Germany. But the government is using means other than policy … Continue reading
EU Immigration / The Swiss aren’t the only ones concerned
Few paid the vote much mind before it took place, but the referendum’s result last week made it onto the front pages of newspapers across Europe. Politicians from London to Berlin, from Brussels to Rome released statements. And it quickly became clear that the Swiss once again shined the spotlight on an issue that people … Continue reading
EU immigration in Switzerland / A ‘yes’ vote to end free movement
Switzerland has voted 50.3 percent in favor of limiting annual migration from the EU, thus ending the policy of free movement within the bloc that was established in 2002. Swiss voters narrowly decided that immigration quotas would be reintroduced, thereby overturning the free movement policy introduced in the European Union 12 years ago. Early results … Continue reading
Europe / Non-EU seasonal workers will have equal rights
Foreign seasonal workers in the EU will have the same employment and social rights as their EU counterparts, under new rules adopted by the European Parliament on Wednesday (5 February). Seasonal fruit pickers are among those set to benefit from EU rules voted Wednesday (Photo: Manchester-Monkey) MEPs in Strasbourg signed off on the bloc’s first … Continue reading
White House Meets Business / To discuss better job training and discrimination against long-term unemployed
The White House released a list of 23 corporate or small business leaders joining with Obama and Vice President Joe Biden to discuss better job training to expand manufacturing capacity and help people who have been jobless for years re-enter the workforce. They include AT&T Inc., CVS Caremark Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and The … Continue reading
Europe’s High-Tech Workers / 22 million employed in the EU-27 or 10 percent of total employment in 2011 study finds
The authors analyse high-tech employment and wage trends in the European Union (EU-27) between 2000 and 2011.1 Using a broad industry-occupation framework, we define high-tech workers as those employed in a high-tech industry or a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) occupation. This comprehensive analysis of the high-tech workforce highlights the important role high-tech workers … Continue reading
Europe / 31.2 million people of all ages are either looking for jobs, willing to do so
Euro-area data this week will probably show the region ended 2013 with a record jobless rate that reveals only part of the social legacy of the debt crisis. While economists predict unemployment in December stayed at an all-time high of 12.1 percent, with about 19 million jobless, that tally excludes legions of adults who would … Continue reading
Immigration and Welfare in Europe / Does it really foster integration ?
As part of the 28-nation European Union, Polish citizens have most of the same welfare rights here as Britons, under a European Union policy designed to foster European integration and create a vibrant economic market with mobile workers. Instead, it seems to be driving Europeans apart. At a time when some governments’ austerity policies have … Continue reading
Green Subsidies in Germany / EU regulators launch in-depth probe
The European Commission said on Wednesday it would open a full investigation into Germany’s management of green subsidies, a decision that could lead to higher costs for industry and unsettle investors in renewable energy. Around 2,000 German heavy energy users, including chemical and steel firms such as BASF and ThyssenKrupp , have been exempt from … Continue reading
Europe / Employment fell by 0.8% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU28 since a year
These quarterly data on employment provide a picture of labour input consistent with the output and income measure of national accounts Continue reading
Youth Unemployment in Europe
Youth unemployment has been increasing in the European Union and it is rather a sensitive topic, bearing high economic cost due to the deteriorating effect of unemployment spells on human capital, high social benefits to be paid, but also high social cost, as for example increasing crime (Bell and Blanchflower, 2010).Youth unemployment rate reached dramatically … Continue reading
Unemployment in Europe / 26.654 million men and women in the EU-28, 19.298 million in the euro area (EA-17)
ompared with September 2013, the number of persons unemployed decreased by 75 000 in the EU-28 and by 61 000 in the euro area. Compared with October 2012, unemployment rose by 512 000 in the EU-28 and by 615 000 in the euro area Continue reading
Europe / Addressing youth employability
A Conference on Employability of young people by the Consultative Commission on Industrial Change, European Economic and Social Committee Continue reading
Youth unemployment in Europe / An IPPR report
The nature of youth transitions is diverse across different European countries, and is not only affected by short-term changes in the economy such as those experienced in the last five years Continue reading
Young in Europe / The most educated generation ever
A youth unemployment conference with European heads-of-state to be held in Paris on November 12 and debated at a major youth forum in Strasbourg in May 2014 Continue reading
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