Economy
The gender pay gap could close in 257 years
Tuesday 02 March 2021 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
The opportunity gap for men and women is closing in many areas, but women are still losing out in the economy. In almost all countries men earn significantly more than women, they dominate companies’ boards of directors and politics. And, according to preliminary surveys, women are becoming even more disadvantaged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The impact of EU funds on Covid-19 crisis management
Friday 19 February 2021 |
Openpolis Before the implementation of additional allocations such as the recovery fund, one of the first instruments put in place by the EU was the possibility for states to redirect their own European funds to deal with the Covid-19 crisis. Let's see how this process played out, in Italy and in other countries.
The migrant pay gap is widening
Friday 26 February 2021 |
Roberta Bertoldi | OBC Transeuropa
The latest ILO report shows that migrant workers have more precarious contacts and earn 13 percent less on average than domestic workers, for equal work. This gap is widening, and is particularly stark for female migrants.
Eloi Laurent: “An alliance between social justice and ecological sustainability must take over”
Monday 01 February 2021 |
Catherine André | Alternatives Economiques
The Covid-19 pandemic is a cruel reminder that ecosystem vitality and human health are closely linked. For Eloi Laurent, "the best economic policy is a good health policy and the best health policy is a good environmental policy. We see that there is no trade-off between economy and environment."
Remote working: a revolution in need of rules
Tuesday 15 December 2020 |
Vincent Grimault | Alternatives Economiques
Telework has mainly been a revolution by accident, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people have now discovered its upside and potential, but also its risks and limits. However, bad working conditions linked to nomadic or at-home work are not inevitable.
Online ads know you well
Wednesday 25 November 2020 |
Federico Caruso | OBC Transeuropa
The online advertising system is based on the collection and sharing of user data, in an opaquely competitive market which rests mostly in a few powerful hands, including Google. Privacy and data protection are at issue, and Europe is debating what action should be taken.
Another 83 years to close the gender pay gap
Tuesday 16 February 2021 |
Naïri Nahapétian | Alternatives Economiques
Using data from Eurostat, the European Trade Union Confederation has analysed the slow progress of EU countries in reducing the gender pay gap.
European banks are still major backers of the fossil fuel industry
Monday 25 January 2021 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
As public institutions struggle to implement their plans effectively, private banks are still not pulling their weight. With the slowness and mounting obstacles facing public finances, combined with the unreliability of the private system, how secure is the future of energy transition?
Climate renovation of buildings: lessons from around Europe
Tuesday 26 January 2021 |
Antoine de Ravignan | Alternatives Economiques
To meet its climate targets, the EU must double the speed it is renovating its residential and office buildings. Sweden has already almost completely decarbonised its sector. But it is on its own.
Mine tailing dams: the giants we ignore at our peril
Monday 08 February 2021 |
Marco Ranocchiari | OBC Transeuropa
Tailing ponds are among the largest and most dangerous structures engineered by humanity, but their operation is virtually unknown to those who don’t live in their vicinity. Europe is no less at risk from incidents than the rest of the world.
