1. Panorama of the European labour markets
• Recent labour market performance – description
• Employment rates
• Gender differences in participation, employment and pay
• Unemployment, skills and employment
• Labour market situation of non-EU nationals
2. Sectoral employment trends
• Best employment performing sectors
• Sectoral employment performance by level of skills and education
• Sectoral structure and employment performance
3. Structural changes in the European labour markets
• Employment and participation dynamics, the cyclical behaviour of employment, labour force and unemployment
• The effect of upturns and downturns on employment, labour force and unemployment
• The role of temporary contracts, part time jobs
4. Evidence on long-term trends in the labour market
• The impact of demographic changes on employment, unemployment and
participation rates
• The impact of changes in the skills structure of the working age population on
employment, participation and unemployment
5. Flexicurity – conditions, development, implementation
6. Performance gaps between European regions
• Regional disparities, regional disparities
• Employment rate, unemployment rate
• Indicators adopted in the classification of regions, groups of European regions
• Different patterns of utilisation of resources, productivity and employment
contributions to growth
7. Employment policy mix and policy making
• A clear convergence towards successful labour market strategies
• A stronger priority for employment at the national level
• POLICY MAKING - More integrated governmental decision making on
employment-related policies
• Co-operation between Member States and diffusion of labour market practices
8. Implementation of the EU employment guidelines and recommendations
• ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCES AND POLICIES ACROSS THE
EUROPEAN UNION
• Better developed lifelong learning strategies
9. Denmark - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• Introduction to lecture – characteristics of Denmark, namely labour market
• Danish employment policies in relation to the European Employment Strategy
• Recommendations for a future European Employment Strategy
10. Ireland - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• Introduction to lecture - Trends in Employment and Unemployment
• Theme ‘The Impact of Activation Measures’
• Theme ‘Taxes, Benefits and the Financial Incentive to Work’
11. UK - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• Prevention and activation policies for unemployed people
• Young People aged 18-24 before six months unemployment
• The New Deal for Young People, New Deal for Lone Parents
• New Deal for Disabled People, New Deal for People aged 50 and above
• The New Deal for Partners of Unemployed People
12. Spain - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• PREVENTION AND ACTIVATION POLICIES FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
• Training actions and employability
• Integration of beneficiaries and effectiveness of measures
• TAXES, BENEFITS AND LABOUR SUPPLY
• Recent labour market performance – description
• Employment rates
• Gender differences in participation, employment and pay
• Unemployment, skills and employment
• Labour market situation of non-EU nationals
2. Sectoral employment trends
• Best employment performing sectors
• Sectoral employment performance by level of skills and education
• Sectoral structure and employment performance
3. Structural changes in the European labour markets
• Employment and participation dynamics, the cyclical behaviour of employment, labour force and unemployment
• The effect of upturns and downturns on employment, labour force and unemployment
• The role of temporary contracts, part time jobs
4. Evidence on long-term trends in the labour market
• The impact of demographic changes on employment, unemployment and
participation rates
• The impact of changes in the skills structure of the working age population on
employment, participation and unemployment
5. Flexicurity – conditions, development, implementation
6. Performance gaps between European regions
• Regional disparities, regional disparities
• Employment rate, unemployment rate
• Indicators adopted in the classification of regions, groups of European regions
• Different patterns of utilisation of resources, productivity and employment
contributions to growth
7. Employment policy mix and policy making
• A clear convergence towards successful labour market strategies
• A stronger priority for employment at the national level
• POLICY MAKING - More integrated governmental decision making on
employment-related policies
• Co-operation between Member States and diffusion of labour market practices
8. Implementation of the EU employment guidelines and recommendations
• ASSESSMENT OF PERFORMANCES AND POLICIES ACROSS THE
EUROPEAN UNION
• Better developed lifelong learning strategies
9. Denmark - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• Introduction to lecture – characteristics of Denmark, namely labour market
• Danish employment policies in relation to the European Employment Strategy
• Recommendations for a future European Employment Strategy
10. Ireland - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• Introduction to lecture - Trends in Employment and Unemployment
• Theme ‘The Impact of Activation Measures’
• Theme ‘Taxes, Benefits and the Financial Incentive to Work’
11. UK - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• Prevention and activation policies for unemployed people
• Young People aged 18-24 before six months unemployment
• The New Deal for Young People, New Deal for Lone Parents
• New Deal for Disabled People, New Deal for People aged 50 and above
• The New Deal for Partners of Unemployed People
12. Spain - Impact evaluation of the European Employment Strategy
• PREVENTION AND ACTIVATION POLICIES FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
• Training actions and employability
• Integration of beneficiaries and effectiveness of measures
• TAXES, BENEFITS AND LABOUR SUPPLY