Books & Reports

Demographic Outlook for the European Union 2021 by Monika Kiss focuses on poverty as a global, EU-wide and regional phenomenon, and examines how poverty interacts with demographic indicators (such as fertility and migration rates) or with factors such as the degree of urbanisation.

This working paper by Sophie Riding, Olivier Thévenon, Willem Adema and Gráinne Dirwan provides an overview of the nature and key priorities of family support services operating in OECD countries to inform on the factors that contribute to their quality and delivery effectiveness.

This joint publication by Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, the Rostocker Zentrum zur Erforschung des Demografischen Wandels, the Vienna Institute of Demography, the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital and the Federal Institute for Population Research looks at the latest demographic research relating to the COVID pandemic.

To answer the question 'how well do publicly available statistics on international migration for European countries, more in particular statistics on international migration from national statistical agencies, reflect the true migration flows?' Nico Keilman and Georgios Aristotelous eliciting expert opinions on measurement accuracy and undercount.

Drawing on a wide range of multi-disciplinary published materials and official statistics, research articles, reports, briefings and academic debates, as well as media headlines and commentary, this briefing by Linda Hantrais (International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science) assesses policy learning during the first wave of the pandemic in Europe

In a document that sets out the lessons that must be learnt from Covid-19, the RSS has made ten recommendations for how statistics and data could be better used in future crises.  

This book by Kathrin Komp-Leukkunen (University of Helsinki) investigates the Finnish population ageing from a life-course perspective. This perspective helps us better understand the reasons for population ageing, and it gives us an idea of how societies will continue to change in the future.

This flagship report by Biletta et al. summarises the key findings of Eurofound’s research on working conditions conducted over the programming period 2017–2020.

'Eltern sein in Deutschland' summarises the expert report of the Commission of Experts for the Ninth Family Report and provides an overview of the most important social trends that determine family life and the situation of parents in Germany.

The European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan outlines concrete actions to further implement the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights as a joint effort by the Members States and the EU, with an active involvement of social partners and civil society.