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.
Prosperity
Itinera gaat voor een samenleving waar het aangenaam is om te leven, waar frisse, ambitieuze ideeën de kans krijgen uit te groeien tot duurzame ondernemingen, waar onderwijs jongeren klaarstoomt en zin geeft, en waar innovaties transformeren in succesvolle producten in een economie die blijft bloeien.
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.
Policy Reform and the Price of Gradualism
The challenges of ageing, migration and globalisation are often perceived as internal and external threats that eventually will transform our socio-economic system. From a dynamic perspective however, every change offers opportunities.
Competitiveness: the Ultimate Economic Theme for 2006?
The competitiveness of the Belgian economy seems to be endangered. To safeguard our international competitiveness, the social partners want to elaborate control mechanisms securing that the evolution of the Belgian wage cost resembles the trends in our neighbouring countries.
From Globalisation to Inspiration for Belgium: How the Changing World Leads to New Opportunities and Challenges
At the celebration of “One Year Itinera Institute”, Jim O’Neill paints both a realistic and optimistic future for Belgium under the continuing economic globalisation.
