Demographic

15 June 2016

Poverty risks since the crisis: are older people winning at the expense of the young?

One of the legacies of the crisis is an increased number of people at risk of poverty. These are people with household incomes below 60% of the median income in their country. The share of people at risk of poverty (or the ‘at-risk-of-poverty rate’, AROP)...

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31 May 2016

Seminar on Making work pay

With still nearly 6 million more people unemployed in December 2015 than in March 2008, there is a wide consensus in the EU on the importance of expanding employment as the main means of reducing poverty among the population of working age.

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11 February 2016

Labour market shows positive signs: highest overall EU employment rate since 2008

The 2015 winter edition of the Employment and Social Situation Quarterly Review shows improvements on the EU labour market.

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03 February 2016

Different models of work and welfare in ageing Europe

Europe's population is getting older. As a consequence of this demographic trend and recent pension reforms that increased the statutory retirement age and curtailed early retirement options, the number of older workers aged 55 and above increased by more...

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03 December 2015

Demographics and the economy: how a declining working-age population may change Europe's growth prospects

According to Eurostat's demographic projections, Europe's working age population (aged between 20 and 64 years) will be declining by 0.4% every year between now and 2040, a decline that has already started in 2010. This will have major implications for th...

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07 December 2015

Launch of the Covenant on demographic change

The Covenant on demographic change will be launched on 7 December 2015, with the support of the European Commission and the EU funded AFE-INNOVNET Thematic Network. It aims at engaging local and regional authorities, and other relevant stakeholders, commi...

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18 September 2015

Info day, Horizon 2020: ‘Health, demographic change and wellbeing’

With the principle of better health for all at its core, Horizon 2020's Societal Challenge 1 (SC1) related to health, demographic change and wellbeing, focuses on personalised health and care with an overall budget of € 7.4 billion.

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17 July 2015

Food safety and nutrition in 2050

The future of the global food chain will be largely determined by five major drivers:

Food safety Nutrition Globalization Food chain Population growth rate Demographic Resource management Environment Innovation Technology Social sciences Public policy

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