Publications by Year: 2014

Quota systems for disabled persons

Policy brief

Quota systems exist in the majority of EU countries in order to commit employers to hire a certain share of employees with disabilities. However, evidence shows that quotas only provide small incentives to hire disabled people.

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Social reform microsimulation

Policy brief

This Policy Brief describes the most important features of the SORESI model which enables estimation of outcomes of policy reforms for social target groups (e.g. persons at risk of poverty, materially deprived, in households with no or low work intensity).

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Workers’ worries and labour market policies

Policy brief

This Policy Brief summarizes the latest evidence on active labour market policy (ALMP) spending and Employment Protection Legislation across the OECD countries and discusses the diverging roles of left parties and trade unions in determining ALMP spending.

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To make or to buy long-term care? Part I

Policy brief

This Policy Brief reviews some of the theoretical insights regarding the make or buy decision as applied to long-term care. This is the first part of a trilogy dedicated to the reliance on markets for the delivery of long-term care.

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Annual Report of Activities 2014/2015

Annual report of activities

Provides an overview of research activities and publications in 2014 and 2015.

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