The Right Protection from Shocks
Unemployment insurance or shorttime employment? Is it better to protect workers or jobs? The answer may lie in the complementarity of the two policy responses
read moreUnemployment insurance or shorttime employment? Is it better to protect workers or jobs? The answer may lie in the complementarity of the two policy responses
read moreMigrants tend to be more honest than those who stay in their places of origin. As a result, those countries are deprived of social capital, with negative effects on productivity, growth and the quality of institutions
read moreOn the one hand, platforms and their algorithms appear to accommodate the presence of hateful content in users' feeds; on the other hand, online platforms have moderated toxic content from the beginning, even before steep fines were introduced. Perhaps a profitable strategy for them lies in the middle
read moreThe UK's national living wage has just been raised by 10% and research shows it can be a successful policy tool to benefit poorer households
read moreMany postwar constitutions have established independent judicial review, such as the Constitutional Court in Italy, to protect rights and freedoms from political interference. While the law is an expression of the general will, it is not the will of all, and minorities are at risk of seeing their rights curbed by governments abusing their power, as currently happens in illiberal democracies
read moreResearch shows that, despite differences in perception, employees and managers are still less worried about losing their jobs than blue collars. This is particularly true if they work in family companies
read moreAll eyes are on the elections in the EU and especially in the US, where a Trump presidency would lead to disengagement from America's geopolitical commitments, explains Massimo Morelli. Bringing voters in favor of the EU to the polls is the real weapon against nationalism, but we need to project a scenario of hope in Europe to do so
read moreSimilarly to what happened during the dawn of capitalism, we are witnessing a widening of the gap between the onepercenters and the less welloff. But since inequality reflects the political organization of society, we must ask ourselves where we are going and what direction our societies should take
read moreIn a society that is becoming ever more inclusive, protecting rights more strongly faces resistance to change and backlashes. We face three major challenges
read moreBy leveraging the idea of a 'majority' under the spell of elites deemed corrupt, populist parties tend to deny pluralism. And in the resulting centralization of power, the Constitution is transformed from a constraint on power into a bulwark against future assaults by the enemies of the people, as it happened in Hungary
read moreConcerted action with social actors is needed for the entire family support system to produce results from a demographic point of view. Furthermore, good welfare policies in private companies exist, but they are still too few
read moreThe mental and physical health of parents, the primary caregivers of a child with disability, is often affected by their child's condition. Especially if families are left alone to deal with disability and without support in managing a complex care system
read moreThe World Economic Forum has calculated that, at this pace, it will take 131 years to achieve complete equality between men and women in the world. In Italy, where the female employment rate is the lowest in Europe, cultural factors weigh heavily in putting women behind
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