Blog post
12 June 2017
The Universal Basic Income discussion
What’s at stake: the concept of a Universal Basic Income (UBI), an unconditional transfer paid to each individual, was prominent earlier this year whe
Welfare policy
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Policy brief
02 February 2017
Making the best of the European single market
Now more than ever, the EU needs to address concerns about the significant decline in productivity growth and the increasing perception of unfairness.
Policy brief
19 January 2017
Why is it so hard to reach the EU’s ‘poverty’ target?
The ‘poverty’ target set by the European Commission aims to lift “over 20 million people out of poverty” between 2008 and 2020 in the EU27. Progress t
Blog post
09 January 2017
Compensating the “losers” of globalisation
What’s at stake: According to some, 2016’s political turmoil shows that the so-called “losers” of globalisation are striking back. There is, however,
Blog post
19 December 2016
The American dream
What’s at stake: historian James Truslow Adams, in his 1931 book The Epic of America, stated that the American dream is "that dream of a land in which
Blog post
13 December 2016
Explaining inequality
Is technological progress behind growing income inequality? No, according to Zsolt Darvas, who argues that redistribution and the regulation of certai
Working paper
08 November 2016
Some are more equal than others: new estimates of global and regional inequality
In this Working Paper, Zsolt Darvas estimates the global and regional distribution of income and calculates statistics of global and regional income i
Book
27 October 2016
An anatomy of inclusive growth in Europe
This Blueprint offers an in-depth analysis of inequalities of income and wealth in the EU, as well as their causes and consequences.
Blog post
13 October 2016
Codetermination in Germany – a role model for the UK and the US?
The idea of codetermination, i.e. the cooperation between management and workers in decision-making, has grown in popularity lately. We review the cha
Blog post
12 October 2016
Income inequality through decades and books
Discussions on inequality are gathering momentum in policy and academia. One indication of this trend is the frequency of the word “income inequality”
Event
29 September 2016
Inclusive growth in the European Union
Why is inclusive growth important and how do the EU’s social problems differ from social problems in other parts of the world?
Blog post
07 September 2016
Speech by Jeroen Dijsselbloem at Bruegel Annual Dinner 2016
Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President f the Eurogroup, delivered the keynote speech at Bruegel's Annual Dinner 2016, held on 6 September 2016.
Blog post
18 August 2016
How to make the single market more inclusive after Brexit
The creation of the single market generated winners and losers. Yet redistribution remains first and foremost a competence of national governments.
Blog post
18 July 2016
Racial prejudice in police use of force
What’s at stake: This week was dominated by a new study by Roland Fryer exploring racial differences in police use of force. His counterintuitive resu
Blog post
13 July 2016
Brexit vote boosts case for inclusive growth
In the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum, income inequality and poverty boosted ‘leave’ votes, in addition to geographical differences and larger sha
Blog post
13 June 2016
The cyclicality of structural reforms
What’s at stake: In line with the crisis-induced reform hypothesis, European countries have since 2010 enacted unpopular reforms in labour market regu