Opinions

Top Down Policies Don't Work Very Well

Concerted action with social actors is needed for the entire family support system to produce results from a demographic point of view. Furthermore, good welfare policies in private companies exist, but they are still too few

The Quiet Revolution Left Unfinished

The World Economic Forum has calculated that, at this pace, it will take 131 years to achieve complete equality between men and women in the world. In Italy, where the female employment rate is the lowest in Europe, cultural factors weigh heavily in putting women behind

The EU Needs to Listen More to Its Smaller Eastern Members

Eastern Europe and Baltics countries should be given more voice and roles and thus be viewed as fully equal partners within the Union

With Increasingly Flexible Work, the Old Stakes Are of Little Use

New work time arrangements and forms require new ways of management and new protections. And therefore, new forms of labor relations and union organizations

Trust That Can Be Trusted

There is social trust and institutional trust. And if the former is more stable to external shocks, the latter is more sensitive to them. The two can also diverge, as during the pandemic, when mistrust in US institutions towards emergency management corresponded to an increase in social trust

With Increasingly Flexible Work, the Old Stakes Are of Little Use

New work time arrangements and forms require new ways of management and new protections. And therefore, new forms of labor relations and union organizations