Press Release: Employment and Social Developments: Annual Review highlights key factors behind resilience to crisis

The European Commission's Employment and Social Developments in Europe 2014 Review was published on 15 January 2015.

The review looked into the lessons learnt from the recession to see that its negative impact on employment and incomes was smaller for countries with more open and less segmented labour markets, and stronger investment in lifelong learning. In these countries, unemployment benefits tend to cover many of the unemployed, are linked to activation, and responsive to the economic cycle.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Employment - jobs in Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/employment-jobs-in-europe/

European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: Employment and social analysis http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=113&langId=en

EUObserver, 15.01.15: EU unemployment and social problems will take years to fix https://euobserver.com/social/127221

EurActiv, 16.01.15: Open labour markets more resilient to crisis, EU report finds http://www.euractiv.com/sections/social-europe-jobs/open-labour-markets-more-resilient-crisis-eu-report-finds-311310

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