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This STOA study investigates the potential employment effects of new information and communication technologies, by examining the relationship between innovation, new technologies, employment and inequality. It reviews the existing literature and experiences of previous technological revolutions, and argues that the race between job creation through new products, and job destruction from process innovation, has been won in the past by the job-creating effects of innovation. It concludes that there ...

The ESP 2013-2017 is ‘the legal framework for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics’. The European Commission is of the view that the current statistical infrastructure is not flexible enough and that the European Statistical System partnership does not yet deliver sufficient cost savings because of lack of investment. That is why, in line with the ten priorities of the Juncker agenda, it proposed an extension of the current programme, additional funding, and modifications ...

Armut, Ungleichheit und soziale Ausgrenzung sind in den EU-Mitgliedstaaten unterschiedlich stark ausgeprägt. Die Infografik zeigt auf Grundlage von Daten aus dem Jahre 2014, wer gefährdet ist, wie gleichmäßig das verfügbare Einkommen verteilt ist und wieviel Geld die EU-Staaten für spezifische Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung von Armut und sozialer Ausgrenzung aufwenden. Dies ist die aktualisierte Fassung eines Dokuments, welches im Dezember 2014 veröffentlicht wurde.

Setting minimum wages are a direct way for governments to influence wage levels. Even though they are one of the most analysed and debated topics in economics, their impact on (un-)employment, growth and poverty remains ambiguous. For some experts, the rise of minimum wages will lead to job losses, as it increases the cost of labour. Others argue that minimum wages not only prevent the creation of a 'working poor' class, but create jobs by increasing employee purchasing power. The empirical evidence ...

In the wake of the crisis, gross wages in the euro area fell by 3.1% in 2009. They started to grow again, by 2.0%, in 2011 and the European Commission forecasts an increase of trend growth to 3.5% for 2016. Net earnings are only increasing slightly, however. Convergence in wage levels in the euro area remains static. Income inequality has increased in two thirds of EU countries since 2006, specifically for low-wage earners. In the euro area, inequality increased in ten Member States: Luxembourg, ...

Economic growth is a key driver of poverty reduction, but its impact on the poor depends on growth patterns and policies. It is increasingly accepted that economic growth that advances development must be both socially inclusive and ecologically sustainable. Unlike the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are expected to contain a goal on sustainable and inclusive growth. Some have challenged the revived focus on growth, both for ecological reasons and ...

Die beschäftigungsbezogene und soziale Dimension der europäischen Integration ist ein wesentliches Element der Strategie Europa 2020, die „integratives Wachstum“ sicherstellen soll. Vier Jahre nach dem Beginn ihrer Umsetzung hat die Kommission mit der Überarbeitung dieser Strategie begonnen. Das Europäische Parlament bereitet seinerseits eine Entschließung zu beschäftigungsbezogenen und sozialen Aspekten der Strategie Europa 2020 vor.

As the Boko Haram terrorist group wages war on a widening range of targets in Nigeria, the inefficiency of the country’s government has been starkly revealed – along with the urgent need for deep-cutting political and socio-economic reforms to counter a growing sense of insecurity. The north has been particularly hard-hit, with poor governance, omnipresent corruption and worsening social indicators compounding the security problem. Boko Haram, originally a peaceful Islamist movement, has moved ...