...Roula Maya; Valerie Priscilla Goby; Tevhide Serra Gorpe Purpose This study examines how gender equality (SDG 5) contributes to sustainable development by analysing its interlinkages with other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in European Union (EU) member states. Design/methodology/approach...

...Ionut Marian Anghel Purpose This article examines how European Union member states expanded and adapted their social protection policies over the first 14 months of the Covid-19 pandemic and how their approaches varied based on their welfare regimes, legacies and institutional path dependencies...

...Elifcan Celebi; Michael Kemmerling Purpose We investigate how digital care platforms contribute to the marketization of care across the European Union (EU) by analyzing their business models and national variations. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a dataset from the Centre for European...

...Ning Zhu; Aleksandra Gaweł; Timo Toikko Purpose This study investigates the impact of women's political and economic empowerment on social protection expenditures across 27 European Union countries (2006–2023). Design/methodology/approach Using fixed-effects panel regressions with Driscoll...

... Vulnerability Economically dependent solo self-employed European union This paper explores work precariousness (WP) among the European Union (EU)-based economically dependent solo self-employed, i.e. those with no employees and usually relying on just one client (Bozzon and Murgia, 2022). It focuses...

... This paper shows a division into four groups of countries according to gender equality, using different indicators and methodologies. The typology of countries has hardly altered during the last decade. Gender equality index Distance indicator Cluster analysis Equality models European Union...

... to maintain and acquire skills as drivers for active citizenship. This study fills a significant gap in the literature, since so far little attention has been paid to individual/household social capital endowment as possible determinant of active citizenship. Social capital European Union EU...

... region where leave policies began and are today most developed, at both a regional and national level. It is also intended to stimulate debate about the future directions that leave policy might take. European Union Europe Comparative studies Maternity leave Parental leave Paternity leave...

... representatives. Originality/value – The paper contributes to our understanding of the interrelation between economic recession, long-term policy changes and third sector development in Europe. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Public policy European Union Third sector Economic recession...

... to create homogeneous clusterings (Rapkin and Luke, 1993). Ward's method minimizes the variance within the clusters and maximizes the variance between the clusters. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Europe Women Employment Social policy European Union Family and work Welfare state...

... studies (Hummelsheim and Hirschle, 2010 ; Mandel, 2009 ; Saxonberg and Szelewa, 2007). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 European Union Women Employment Family friendly organizations Culture Childcare Family policies In the last two decades, many Western‐European...

... debate and comparative literature on activation, the crucial research question will be the following: is there a European Union (EU)‐induced convergence in domestic activation policies in the EU? Design/methodology/approach Following Bonoli's work, the article unpacks activation in two dimensions...

... European Union Employment Organizations The process of seeking responses to the labour market crisis has been taking on an increasingly European dimension, involving coordination among European, national and regional levels in the context of a common strategy to promote employment and fight...

... of, policy. This case study is used to reflect more broadly on the implications of governance strategies for the regulation of social subjects in the European Union (EU). Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts a model of governance comprising two dimensions, namely formal policy (policy aims...

...Jacqueline Scott Uses data from 1994 International Social Survey Programme to examine how attitudes to maternal employment at different stages of child rearing vary across and within eight nations in the European Union, UK, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, Ireland, Italy and Spain...

... the implications a common European Union (EU) regime will have on professional services – focusing on formal mechanisms (such as international associations) and informal mechanisms (such as lobbying and networking). Raises some questions on how internationalization is reworking and redefining professions, with new...