Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0
Author-Name: Mikhail V. Kulakov
Author-Email: mkulakov39@yandex.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Author-Name: Marina V. Lysunets
Author-Email: mlysunets@mail.ru
Author-Workplace-Name: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Title: Social Policy in the Development Strategy of the European Union
Abstract: The article analyses priorities of the social and economic development of the European Union within the targets of the Europe 2020 strategy that are aimed at achieving sustainable growth, overcoming the economic recession and solving key social problems of the region. The article addresses the latest employment and social trends in the EU and reflects upcoming challenges and possible social policy responses. The authors examine specifics and goals of the effective labour market policies of the Member States and the EU, based on the official data including main employment, social and labour indicators. The authors also identify main instruments for boosting the EU’s human capital and encouraging development of social and labour markets.
Classification-JEL: E24, F66, I38, J24, J68
Keywords: regional integration, European Union, social and economic policy, strategy of economic development, unemployment, social inequity, income inequity
Journal: Finansovyj žhurnal — Financial Journal
Pages: 37-48
Issue: 3
Year: 2017
Month: June
File-URL: http://www.nifi.ru/images/FILES/Journal/Archive/2017/3/articles/fm_2017_3_03.pdf
File-Format: Application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:fru:finjrn:170303:p:37-48