Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ritzen, Jo
Author-Email: ritzen@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, and Maastricht University
Author-Name: Zimmermann, Klaus
Author-Email: zimmermann@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, and Bonn University
Title: Towards a European full employment policy 
Abstract: Full employment in the European Union member states is a challenge but 
	 feasible, also in downswings of the business cycle and during stages of 
	 increased robotisation. It requires labour legislation that ensures 
	 flexibility and retraining, responsive labour sharing during the 
	 business cycle and to individual life cycle needs, government 
	 interventions to supply supplemental employment and revamping dual 
	 education. The future of work is better ensured with coordinated 
	 European full employment labour policies establishing fair work 
	 conditions based on long-run business strategies as well as a fair 
	 distribution of national income between labour and capital.
Classification-JEL: J08, J58, J88, O15
Keywords: Employment, full employment, future of work, robotisation, fair work,
	 work-sharing, employment regulations, basic income, income distribution,
	 vocational training
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20180327
Number: 2018-018
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2018/wp2018-018.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2018018