Publications

2008

The labour market situation of people with disabilities in EU25

Many EU Member States made efforts to break down the discrimination barriers with respect to disability and to consider people with disabilities as an integral part of society and the workforce. We use the statistics of employment status as drawn from administrative registers.

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Happiness across the life cycle

Policy brief

Evidence suggests a U-shaped relationship between age and happiness, when controlling for income and other personal characteristics. However, it is not ageing as such which results in declining happiness, but rather the circumstances associated with ageing.

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Tax credit policy in the UK and its lessons for Austria

Policy brief

This Policy brief summarises the policy experience of the tax credit system in the United Kingdom, with the aim to understand better the challenges underlying the tax credit policy to be initiated in Austria.

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A major policy impact of the European Centre’s consultancy

Policy brief

Since 2000, the European Centre has accompanied the preparatory process for the introduction of a long-term care insurance in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano-Alto Adige (Italy).

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Young men: Sexuality and sex education

Policy brief

Prevention in the area of sexual and reproductive health is mainly directed towards youth to provide them in time with the appropriate knowledge and behaviour patterns to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted parenthood.

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