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  • Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
    Policy brief by Simon Tilford, 05 November 2012
    Economic recovery requires a better deal for labour
  • Tackling the scourge of youth unemployment
    Insight by John Springford, 28 March 2012
    Tackling the scourge of youth unemployment
  • Innovation: How Europe can take off
    Report by Philip Whyte, Simon Tilford, Esko Aho, Jim Attridge, Amar Bhidé, Albert Bravo-Biosca, Nicholas Crafts, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Malcolm Harbour, John Kay, Helga Nowotny, Andreas Schleicher, Michael Schrage and David Willetts., 08 July 2011
  • Old Europe? Demographic change and pension reform
    Report by David Willetts, 05 September 2003

    US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was onto something when he classified the current EU countries as 'old Europe'. Germany, France and Italy together will have more than 70 million people over 60 in 2040. The fact that Europeans are leading longer, healthier lives is to be welcomed.
  • Does enlargement matter for the EU economy?
    Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 07 March 2003

    The economies of the new member-states are too small to have much impact on the current EU. The EU as a whole has gained from enlargement and will continue to do so. But labour intensive industries and border regions will have to cope with increased competition.
  • The Lisbon scorecard III: The status of economic reform in the enlarging EU
    Working paper by Alasdair Murray, 07 March 2003

    Three years into the EU's Lisbon economic reform agenda, the EU remains far from meeting its goal of becoming the 'most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010'.
  • Learning from Europe: Lessons in education
    Working paper by Nick Clegg and Dr Richard Grayson, 03 May 2002

    'Learning from Europe' is a significant contribution to the debate on how our public services can be improved, drawing on lessons from other European countries.
  • The Barcelona European Council
    Policy brief by Edward Bannerman, 01 March 2002

    The EU's ten-year plan to transform itself into "the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010" is running out of steam. The forthcoming summit in Barcelona on March 15 and 16 needs to reenergise Europe's faltering commitment to the 'Lisbon agenda' of economic reform.
  • Workers are entitled to consultation
    Bulletin article by John Monks, 01 June 2001

    In the last issue of the CER Bulletin, James Wilson argued against the European Commission's proposal for a directive on employee information and consultation. Sadly, in order to do so, he resorted to many of the crude misrepresentations which are common currency among business opponents of the initiative.
  • Don't legislate on consultation
    Bulletin article by James Wilson, 02 April 2001

    No-one who runs a business needs to be told that staff are a company's best ambassadors. There is ample evidence that a well-informed and motivated workforce can add value to the bottom line. Proper consultation is vital to ensuring long-term success.
  • The Lisbon scorecard: The status of economic reform in Europe
    Working paper by Edward Bannerman, 02 March 2001

    It will be left to future historians to appreciate fully the significance of the Lisbon Summit of March 2000 in the economic evolution of Europe. But it is already possible to argue that its impact could be even more farreaching than that of the euro.