Publications

2022

Social isolation and loneliness among older people in Europe

This report focuses on both loneliness and social isolation, it presents different aspects of these from a European comparative analysis and offers policy recommendations.

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Distributional Effects and Costs of Raising the Net Replacement Rate of Unemployment Benefits in Austria

European Centre reports

In this short study we calculate the effects of raising the net replacement rate of unemployment benefits in Austria from 55% to 70%. The focus is on poverty risk, employment effects and the costs of the reform for the years 2019 and 2020. The calculations are performed using the EUROMOD microsimulation model based on EU-SILC data.

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Policy brief: Stakeholder feedback: Taking stock of the Bridge Building and Eastern European Social Policy Network initiatives

Policy brief

This policy brief takes stock of the Bridge Building (BB) and Eastern European Social Policy Network (EESPN) initiatives by capturing stakeholder feedback from the focal regions, i.e. the Western Balkan region and the Eastern Partnership countries.

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Report: Youth Gangs - Preventive social measures to reduce juvenile delinquency and gang crime

European Centre reports

This project report is about welfare policy responses to crime committed in youth gangs. In a literature review we were concerned with the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency and respective prevention measures to reduce the number of young people who join youth gangs.

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