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Labour market and social security

Social security, a changing labour market and the financial crisis: Challenges and recommendations

Over the past two decades, the labour market in Europe, as in the rest of the world, has undergone significant changes. Moreover, these changes have occurred against the background of an ageing society and in a globalized economy.

These challenges of a structural nature have been aggravated more recently by the effects of the financial crisis, which has resulted in a considerable rise in unemployment, the consequences of which have not yet fully unfolded, and which is affecting certain countries more severely, particularly in Eastern Europe. The purpose of this article is to examine the challenges confronting social security systems in Europe and to propose a number of possible avenues to overcome them.

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Author: Yves Flückiger
ISSA, Switzerland 2010
Topics: Employment policies
Events: Regional Social Security Forum for Europe
Regions: Europe
Language: English, French, German

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