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The growing intergenerational divide in Europe

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  • Pia Hüttl
  • Karen E. Wilson
  • Guntram B. Wolff

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Highlights During the economic and financial crisis, the divide between young and old in the European Union increased in terms of economic well-being and allocation of resources by governments. As youth unemployment and youth poverty rates increased, government spending shifted away from education, families and children towards pensioners. To address the sustainability of pension systems, some countries implemented pension reforms. We analysed changes to benefit ratios, meaning the ratio of...

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  • Pia Hüttl & Karen E. Wilson & Guntram B. Wolff, 2015. "The growing intergenerational divide in Europe," Policy Contributions 10806, Bruegel.
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    1. Johann Bacher & Christina Koblbauer & Heinz Leitgöb & Dennis Tamesberger, 2017. "Small differences matter: how regional distinctions in educational and labour market policy account for heterogeneity in NEET rates," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 51(1), pages 1-20, December.
    2. Antonescu, Daniela & Chisăgiu, Livia, 2016. "Inactivity vs. Youth Employment, at regional level A Case Study: ROMANIA," MPRA Paper 84609, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Anton Hemerijck, 2016. "New EMU governance: Not (yet) ready for social investment?," Working Papers of the Vienna Institute for European integration research (EIF) 1, Institute for European integration research (EIF).
    4. Tingyun Chen & Jean-Jacques Hallaert & Alexander Pitt & Haonan Qu & Maximilien Queyranne & Alaina Rhee & Anna Shabunina & Jérôme Vandenbussche & Irene Yackovlev, 2018. "Inequality and Poverty across Generations in the European Union," IMF Staff Discussion Notes 18/01, International Monetary Fund.
    5. Thalia Magioglou, 2017. "Representations of Democracy for Young Adults in Greece before and during the Crisis: cultural dualism revisited through an over-time qualitative study," GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe 110, Hellenic Observatory, LSE.

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