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The UK has seen the share of young people at risk of poverty or social exclusion rise to as high as 32.6 percent. In order to improve social inclusion for the British Youth, three challenges have to be mastered.

In the three years since the publication of the last market report, the German market for social impact investment has grown, but is still in an experimental phase.

As compared with many of its European partners, Germany is currently in a good economic position. But looking solely at economic growth is deceptive. Growth in recent years has not been inclusive, as participation opportunities have become increasingly unequally distributed....

How does the dual apprenticeship system in Germany work? How do employers and vocational cooperate? How is the vocational education system reacting to the general trend toward academization? This paper gives an overview of current debates and sketches possible solutions.

The Syrian civil war started with the mass demonstrations which broke out in the wake of the Arabellion in Syria in March 2011. Yet Assad’s regime did not respond to the protesters’ major demands, which included, in particular, more political and economic participation. On...

ur mobility in a currency union can be both a curse or a cure. The policy papers look at the years following the crisis of 2008. Did labour mobility increase or decrease imbalances and instability in the euro area? In times of low growth, the data suggest that labour...

Increasing refugee numbers are not the only way in which the European public is feeling the direct impact of international crises. Yet solutions to the world's conflicts remain elusive. In fact, political and social tensions are growing around the globe and are testing...

In this Special Report, Steven Blockmans and Stefani Weiss analyse the substance of the “Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning a New Settlement for the United Kingdom within the European Union” and shed light on its...

The long-term reintroduction of border controls within Europe would reduce economic growth throughout Europe. Up to the year 2025 for Germany alone a decline in growth can be expected amounting to a minimum of 77 billions from 2016 to 2025. In a pessimistic scenario these...

The first-ever estimates of voter turnout of the social milieus, for the 2013 federal elections in Germany, show that the upper social class has a voter-participation rate up to 40 percent higher than that of the socially weaker milieus. The socially disadvantaged milieus...