Month: November 2013

Immigration to Sweden from the New EU Member States

Report just published by Christer Gerdes and Eskil Wadensjö from Stockholm University: »

Hangout: Seeking an Exit to Unemployment

Hangout: Seeking an Exit to Unemployment

With skyrocketing unemployment, participants and social media commentators grill MEPs Phil Bennion and Inês Zuber for their vision of a more stable job market. »

An impact analysis of the introduction of the Apprentice Rate of the National Minimum Wage

Speckesser S and Behling F (2013). An impact analysis of the introduction of the Apprentice Rate of the National Minimum Wage: A research paper to the Low Pay Commission for the preparation of its 2013 report. Institute for Employment Studies More information and download http://www.employment-studies.co.uk/pubs/report.php?id=lpc0413 »

TARKI organize InGRID expert workshop on indicator building for vulnerable groups

Budapest, 27-29 November 2013 András Gábos from TARKI organized the InGRID meeting to examine data infrastructures and the Integrated Poverty and Living Conditions Indicator System. Further information about InGRID: »

Internships & Governance: European Challenges and the case of Spain

Lain, D., Hadjivassiliou, K., Corral Alza, A. , Isusi, I., O’Reilly, J. Higgins, T., Richards, V. and Will, S. (2014) ‘Internships & Governance: European Challenges and the case of Spain’ European Journal of Industrial Training and Development »

European leaders intensify fight against youth unemployment

European leaders intensify fight against youth unemployment

Twenty-four EU leaders gathered in Paris on 12 November 2013 to confirm their commitment to fight youth unemployment, promising to mobilise €45 billion. Source: www.euractiv.com »

OPEN ACCESS – EU requirements

Brussels 12 November 2013 Open Access is intended to make research results available to the widest community. The EU now require funded researchers to make their publications available through Open Access channels. Jacqueline O’Reilly participated in the FLASH-IT training meeting for newly funded projects. For more information about open access: www.openaire.eu www.flash-it.eu http://ec.europa.eu/... »

Employment. Let’s work it out

Employment. Let’s work it out

Unemployment is a major concern in Europe. Discover what the European Parliament is doing to improve the situation. »