Reports
In our reports we respond to specific, concrete questions based on thorough research. All our research concludes with recommendations to government, enterprises, civil society and individuals.
Working longer: a policy agenda from a Belgian perspective
All the political parties are talking about it. The Generation Pact wanted to realize it. But will we manage to create an age-friendly labor market? Marc De Vos pleads for a new Age Pact that must prepare our labor market for the imminent demographic changes.
How to refinance our universities?
Since higher education has been decentralized in Belgium, public financing of universities in both communities has almost been frozen. Students’ coaching has been continuously scrapped for the last forty years; which certainly does not help the graduation rate.
Gifted children, unused potential
At the moment, the attention paid to the wasted talents that are the exceptionally gifted children who got through the stitches of the net increases slightly. However, it is still very likely that a large number of them will drop out somehow during the school year 2008-2009.
Renewable energies in Flandres. What will be the extra cost per family in 2020 ?
Green energy has a cost and it is eventually supported by consumers. The expected expansion of green energy for 2020 could lead to a yearly additional cost between 106€ and 159€ for a family in Flanders.
Can a working couple still afford a new house?
With a relatively low interest rate, a new house building project of 220 000€ can be afforded by 20,6% of the households in our country as long as they manage to come up with 50 000€ own funding.
