Blog Post
Workers with low-educational levels suffered far worse than others in terms of COVID-19 related job losses during the first half of 2020 in the EU. Jobs for tertiary-educated workers even increased. Thus, the pandemic has increased income inequality, reinforcing the case for inclusive development.
Opinion
COVID-19 is a global killer. Austerity needs to succumb.
Upcoming Event
What new innovative tools can we use to measure real-time economic and social risk?
Upcoming Event
Serving and retired government officials, representatives of the private sector, media and institutions/academia come together to review the of India-EU relations and point to a promising direction for the future.
Blog Post
Even before the pandemic, youth unemployment in the European Union was three times higher than among the over-55s. COVID-19 threatens to undo the last decade of progress: policymakers must act to avoid Europe’s youth suffering the scarring effect.
Opinion
COVID-19 almost one year on, it is time to assess who passed the test, and who failed.
Blog Post
The European Union owes much of its economic weight to its regional value chain and integration into the global value chain. But the EU’s global value chain role is shrinking, and while EU trade integration with China is increasing, it is mainly to China’s benefit, undermining the EU’s external competitiveness.
Podcast
Shocks pass, but change remains a constant. We need to start focusing on permanent changes in the economy and how to adapt to them.
Parliamentary Testimony
Testimony before the European Parliament on the subject of euro area accession.
External Publication
This article discusses how the European institutions reacted and evolved during the early stages of the COVID-19 crisis in the first half of 2020.
External Publication
The COVID-19 crisis has compounded the uncertainty that has come to characterise the European economy. We explore how this uncertainty manifests itself in terms of ECB decision-making and the long-run challenges the ECB faces.
Past Event
How can the CESEE region become more resilient to such painful shocks and expand its policy space to support recovery?