Paid to Stay Home: Europe’s Safety Net Could Ease Toll of Coronavirus
nytimes.com (06.03.2020) Europe’s social policies are sometimes seen as overly generous. Yet they may help cushion the economic impact of the virus
nytimes.com (06.03.2020) Europe’s social policies are sometimes seen as overly generous. Yet they may help cushion the economic impact of the virus
courrierinternational.com - NYT (07.03.2020) Alors que partout dans le monde, l’épidémie de Covid-19 est à l’origine d’un ralentissement économique, le Vieux Continent pourrait être moins durement frappé, avance le New York Times. La raison ? La générosité des systèmes de protection sociale qui amortiront le choc.
euractiv.com (12.02.2020) Italy’s future is threatened by its diminishing birthrate, President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday (11 February), as new data showed the population had shrunk once again in 2019.
World Economic Forum (27.02.2020) Europe is the continent with the oldest population. This is creating problems for healthcare and pensions. But some countries are taking action to encourage more people to have children.
World Economic Forum (18.02.2020) A new demographic dividend – the “longevity dividend” – is emerging as populations age.
thejournal.ie (22.01.2020) The pension age increase has been a long time coming, and has caught the government and the media off-guard in how it’s led the election debate this week.
Vox (07.02.2020) Alaska’s small basic income is causing parents to have more kids.
lapresse.ca (17.02.2020) Consulter un médecin par vidéo, à quelques heures de préavis. Des centaines de milliers de Canadiens ont désormais accès à ces services alors que les régimes d’assurances médicales de groupe couvrent de plus en plus la télémédecine privée. Une nouvelle brèche dans le système de santé public ?
BBC News (17.02.2020) President Emmanuel Macron's bid to radically overhaul the post-war pension system reaches the National Assembly on Monday, ahead of a long period of debate.
The Guardian (05.02.2020) A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates human rights, in a judgment likely to resonate well beyond the Netherlands.