Employment

Where is the growth?

What do the EU’s spring forecasts say about higher prices, a changing job market and rising uncertainty?

Rebecca Christie, Andreas Billmeier and Mahmood Pradhan

Tackling India's jobs plight: underutilised levers and lessons from China

This paper contrasts the development trajectories of these two economies and identifies several underutilised jobs-growth levers in India

Alicia García-Herrero and Rajeswari Sengupta

Unequal wealth: Policy implications for the European Union

Zsolt Darvas

Double tax – why women pay it and what to do about it

Fixing gender inequality could reap big gains for the entire economy

Rebecca Christie, Marie-Sophie Lappe and Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman

How has Europe’s gender wealth gap evolved, and why?

Zsolt Darvas

Gender wealth inequality in the European Union: a distributional perspective

Analysis of single women and men in Europe reveals persistent gender wealth gaps and differing patterns across countries

Zsolt Darvas and Nina Ruer

Economic impact must dictate immigration policies in an ageing Europe

Faced with rapid population change, EU countries must evaluate the weighting they give to different migration channels in their immigration policies

Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

The macroeconomic impact of ageing, EU immigration policy and pension expenditures

The EU faces ageing-driven fiscal strain, slower growth and rising pension costs, making employment-focused migration increasingly vital

David Pinkus and Jacob Funk Kirkegaard

How is Europe's green energy transition going?

Ben McWilliams

Understanding Serbian youth discontent through the lens of the labour market

As young Serbians arrive in Brussels to highlight the changes they want to see in Serbia, the EU should show stronger support for their demands

Nina Ruer and Nina Vujanović

The demographic divide: inequalities in ageing across the European Union

Demographic changes will pose challenges to all EU countries, but not in a uniform way

David Pinkus and Nina Ruer

Gender diversity and economic growth

The gains from gender inclusiveness are likely to be much larger than standard economic models estimate

Jonathan D. Ostry

Diversity and inclusion aren’t just about equity, they’re about efficiency too

Adding more women to the workforce delivers a bigger GDP boost than simply employing more men

Jonathan D. Ostry

Memo to the commissioner responsible for employment and social rights

Duygu Güner and David Pinkus