How Spain hurts its youth

Agenda setting is both important and difficult. Politics tends to veer towards topical issues which are not always the most relevant. Moreover, parties tend …

Can Adoption of the Danish ‘Flexicurity’ Model Reduce EU Youth Unemployment?

The pandemic has not only had a disproportionate effect on youth employment as young people were more than twice as likely to lose their …

The Unemployment Trap in Lithuania

Prior to the crisis triggered by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Lithuanian economy had been enjoying a rapid growth. Yet, while the number of available …

Skill Mismatch: The New Challenge for Spain

As the Spanish economy recovers, rethinking education reform should be a top priority. Spanish workers are Europe’s most overqualified, but also suffer from the …

Spain’s new labour market: a success story for free marketeers

Diego Sánchez de la Cruz // 18.07.2016
 
The introduction of a higher degree of flexibility in the Spanish labour market has created one …

France: the hottest economy you’ve never heard of

08 June 2016
France badly needs economic reform. But we shouldn’t let negative news headlines blind us to the fact that the French economy …

Tax and labour market reform in Spain: a work in progress

Diego Sánchez de la Cruz // 03.05.2016
When former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his Socialist party (PSOE) took office in early …

False claims about the Eurozone from the Brexit camp

Diego Zuluaga // 01.03.2016
As the debate on British membership of the European Union gathers steam, the Eurozone is getting a fair amount of …

The Mariel boatlift and the economic impact of refugees

Diego Zuluaga // 23.11.2015
Those of you familiar with the 1983 cult classic Scarface by Brian de Palma will remember that it begins with …

Spain’s unemployment problem – a taxing issue

Diego Zuluaga // 05.11.2015
One of the consequences of the Eurozone crisis has been to popularise the extremely high levels of unemployment now prevalent …