Books
You can find additionnal publications under the reports page.
Minimum wages in Europe
The political and economic changes of the last twenty years have forged new challenges for minimum wage systems in all countries and it has been impossible, in many cases, to prevent an increase in low-paid workers and working poor. Not only does this situation call for a revision of national minimum wage policies in many countries but it also demands stronger international coordination.
Employment policy from different angles
Employment policy has become high politics. Expectations are high. So are the dilemmas in reaching balanced and robust solutions. The main theme of this book is whether employment policy can deliver and live up to the high expectations.
What price the euro?
How are the policy choices related to euro adoption by the new central and eastern European (CEE) member states made? To what extent are they formulated in public debate and through national social dialogue? And what is the potential impact of euro-zone accession on aspects such as economic growth, wages, social protection and employment growth? These are the central questions addressed by this volume which presents in-depth analysis of the current situation in each of the new CEE member states, as well as an introductory and comparative overview.
Macroeconomic policy coordination in Europe and the role of the trade unions
Successful macroeconomic policies as seen in some countries demonstrate that more growth and employment are possible, but monetary, wage and fiscal policy have to work in combination.
Are activation policies converging in Europe? The European Employment Strategy for young people
This book sets out to analyse the extent to which the discourse of activation, and its practice as advocated by the European institutions, has exerted an influence on national policies, and to establish whether or not we are witnessing a process of convergence of the different activation models.
Equal pay and gender mainstreaming in the European Employment Strategy
The aims of this book are to discuss and identify the main obstacles to progress in implementing policies to tackle pay gaps, to assess whether gender mainstreaming is an appropriate means of removing these obstacles, as well as to seek to establish the extent to which policy developments designed to achieve equal pay are – or not – the result of the European employment strategy.
Five years' experience of the Luxembourg employment strategy
This book aims to identify the main strengths and weaknesses of the EES, considered from the standpoints of efficiency and justice. It also analyses the strategy’s impact on both overall policy approaches and specific measures designed to combat unemployment and enhance labour market participation.
Enhancing youth employability through social and and civil partnership: monitoring the European employment strategy for young people
The contributors to this publication discuss the role played by the actors responsible for youth-related programmes and, on the basis of specific references to the successful implementation of particular practices, the partnership networks established between these actors in the countries in question.
Gender mainstreaming in the European employment strategy
This book gathers together expert contributions to the debate, covering developments in twelve European countries, and comparing the adaptation of gender mainstreaming in national employment strategies.
Tackling youth unemployment in Europe
This book is the fruit of a joint project between ETUI and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES, Brussels). Referring to six countries (the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, Germany and Belgium), it shows exactly what kind of efforts have been made to fight youth unemployment and how effective these measures actually were in practice.
