Benchmarking Working Europe 2009

isbn
978-2-87452-136-2
publisher
ETUI and ETUC, Brussels, 2009
nb. of pages
101
20 €

Description

This year’s report provides an assessment of Lisbon Strategy. It asks whether the EU is really moving in the direction of knowledge-based growth, examines whether the EU has witnessed the creation of more and better jobs and considers whether the Union is succeeding in attaining greater social cohesion.

The report highlights:

  • The discrepancy between the initial targets set in 2000 and the results achieved so far. There has been only limited progress in the areas of lifelong learning, school drop-out rates and investment in research and development.
  • Employment creation has risen… but mainly through part-time and temporary jobs.
  • The wage share of workers has significantly declined.

The report concludes that raising social and environmental standards could assist in ensuring sustainable growth and a healthier, more cohesive society.

Bench 2009 web.pdf

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Author(s)/Editor(s)

Table of contents

BWE 2009 introduction.pdf

Introduction

John Monks, ETUC, General Secretary ; Philippe Pochet, ETUI, General Director ; Maria Jepsen, ETUI, Director of Research Department

BWE 2009 chapter1.pdf

1. Close to ten years of the Lisbon strategy

Ronald Janssen, ETUC

BWE 2009 Chapter2.pdf

2. Has the Lisbon strategy equipped Europe to become more resilient to the economic crisis?

Béla Galgóczi, ETUI

BWE 2009 Chapter3.pdf

3. Has the Lisbon strategy contributed to more and better jobs?

Janine Leschke, ETUI

BWE 2009 Chapter4.pdf

4. Income and inequality

Maarten Keune, ETUI

BWE 2009 Chapter5.pdf

5. Worker participation and the Lisbon agenda

Bruno Cattero, University of Piemonte orientale ; Romuald Jagodzinski, ETU I; Norbert Kluge, ETUI ; Isabelle Schömann, ETUI ; Michael Stollt, ETUI ; Kurt Vandaele, ETUI ; Sigurt Vitols, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)

BWE 2009 Chapter6.pdf

6. Has European social dialogue and social legislation supported the Lisbon strategy?

Stefan Clauwaert, ETUI ; Anne Peeters, Observatoire Social Européen (OSE) ; Isabelle Schömann, ETUI ; Wiebke Warneck, ETUI

BWE 2009 Chapter7.pdf

7. Does work impact health and how much?

Roland Gauthy, ETUI

BWE 2009 Chapter 8.pdf

8. What's in the sustainable development strategy for workers?

Christophe Degryse, Observatoire Social Européen (OSE)

Last modified: 13 Mars 2009