Gender equality is an important issue for the EU and evidence shows that ethnic minority women are more vulnerable to social exclusion and poverty than women of the native population and minority men. This report examines the situation of women belonging to disadvantaged [...]
This publication presents the methodological framework of the Labour Force Surveys in the EU, Candidate and EFTA Countries in 2004. Information is provided on the history and background of the surveys, the sample design and rotation pattern, the weighting procedure and [...]
While the Copenhagen European Council ( 93) defined the common values (democracy, a market economy and adherence to the aim of the political, economic and monetary Union) that a country must meet in order to be a member of the EU, the Essen European Council ( 94) determined [...]
The aim of the paper is to discuss two problematic aspects of the statistical approach to the notion of "working poor": the definition of workers (including that used for the European indicator "in-work poverty risk") and the double level (worker-individual / at risk of [...]
This paper studies the distribution of labour earnings among employees within the EU using data from Wave 2007-1 of the Community Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). The review of available information and the comparisons with external sources show that [...]
Since 2009, the European Union (EU) portfolio of commonly agreed social indicators includes measures of material deprivation. The rationale for this inclusion is that if purely income-based indicators of poverty and inequality are essential, they are nevertheless not [...]
Measuring Civic Competence in Europe is part of a process to establish and monitor the learning outcomes needed to facilitate the development of active citizens in Europe. This report is an exploration of how civic competence can be measured and the results of these [...]
This is the 8th edition of the Labour Market Policy database publication. It presents data on public expenditure and participants (or beneficiaries) of LMP interventions in 2005. Several improvements have been included in this issue. Firstly a full revision of the LMP [...]
The purpose of this quality report is to provide the users of the European Union Labour Market Statistics with a tool for assessing the quality of these statistics which are based on the European Union Labour Force Survey. It provides a brief description of the survey and a [...]
The present report describes the main characteristics of the Labour Force Surveys in the 25 member States of the European Union, the four Candidate and three EFTA countries in 2003. All but one of the Countries provide Eurostat with LFS data for publication. Due to legal [...]
This Occasional Paper analyses the issue of the Bonn Powers in Bosnia whereby the Office of the High Representative (OHR) can enact laws and remove elected officials by comprehensively assessing the legitimacy of past OHR decisions. Adopting an established theory of [...]
At Thyssen Krupp Stahl the injection of pulverized coal had been introduced in 1985 and since 1993 all blast furnace are equipped with this technology. Yearly average injection rates of 180 kg/thm beside 320 kg coke/thm could be achieved. From 1988 until 1993 a lot of [...]
Inglese; Tascabile
Pubblicazione: 16.11.2011 / Data di consegna: 1-2 settimane (il titolo viene stampato sull'ordine)
A completely new fire safety concept has been developed in the scope of previous ECSC research (CEC Agreement 7210-SA/522). This concept, based on both natural fire instead of the ISO curve and the active fire safety measures, is a global approach which also includes the [...]
Inglese; Tascabile
Pubblicazione: 16.11.2011 / Data di consegna: 1-2 settimane (il titolo viene stampato sull'ordine)