Conference Co-organised by CEPS, the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Commission
The incompleteness of the institutional architecture of the EMU was painfully demonstrated during the global crisis that started in 2008. In its aftermath, there has been a call for EMU reform from academics and policy-makers. In this debate, much attention has been devoted to the idea of setting up an automatic macro-economic stabiliser, with the 2015 Five Presidents’ Report being a prominent example. A European unemployment benefits scheme (EUBS) is one potential stabilisation mechanism. Since February 2015, CEPS has been the coordinator of a comprehensive research project on the feasibility and value added of an EUBS.
The conference will start with a debate among high-level policy-makers on what they expect from an EMU stabiliser in general and a European unemployment benefits scheme in particular. The next sessions will address the feasibility and implementation of an EUBS and the stabilisation that it brings (its economic value added), drawing on the findings of the project and the technical expertise of the project team as well as other experts. The conference will be concluded with a debate on whether a European unemployment benefits scheme can be designed in such a way that it meets policy-makers’ expectations.
Marianne Thyssen, Pierre Moscovici, Pier Carlo Padoan, Sebastian Dullien, Paul De Grauwe and several other experts have already accepted to speak at this event, which aims to bring together policy-makers, researchers and stakeholders.
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PRESENTATIONS OF THE EVENT:
Institutional Moral Hazard in Multi-Tiered Regulation of Unemployment
Legal and operational feasibility of the EUBS at national level
Feasibility and Added Value of a European Unemployment Benefits Scheme
Macroeconomic modelling of the backward-looking analysis
A European Unemployment Benefit System