Final Call for Belgium?
Marc De Vos gives a critical and constructive appraisal of the ongoing Belgian political crisis for international readers.
From Job Security to Employment Security on the Belgian labour Market
Where is our labour market going in the 21st century? How do we handle ageing and globalisation successfully? Can we finally push back mass unemployment? Can we combine more flexibility with more security? Can we make older people work more? Can we finally include foreigners in the labo...
From Job Security to Employment Security on the Belgian labour Market. Ideas for a New Deal for Labour in Belgium
Where is our labour market going in the 21st century? How do we handle ageing and globalisation successfully? Can we finally push back mass unemployment? Can we combine more flexibility with more security? Can we make older people work more? Can we finally include foreigners in the labo...
From Welfare to Workfare: Also for Belgium?
A political debate is gathering whether Belgium’s unemployment insurance should limit the duration of its benefits and require the unemployed to work in return for their benefits.
How Healthy is Belgium’s Health Care?
Belgian's health care system is in transition. Marc De Vos identifies negative trends that may turn into gradual decline in the absence of genuine reform.
Asset Meltdown in Europe: a Probability Assessment
Koen De Leus offers a technical assessment of the probability that the retirement of the baby boom generation will lead to asset meltdown on the European financial markets because of changes in saving patterns.
Can Pension Reform Save Ageing?
Marc De Vos and Koen De Leus analyze the interaction between the development of pension saving and ageing for Belgium. Second pillar retirement saving is necessary but does not solve the acute social shortcomings of the Belgian pension landscape.
The politics of Labour Market Reform: How Belgium Can Learn From Successful European Precedents
Robert Cox lays focuses on Belgium in his speech on labour market reform at the first Itinera Institute Discussion.
The Ideas and Politics of Labour Market Reform
Robert Cox explains why some European countries fail in labour market reforms where others succeed.