The European Commission’s ‘Employment and Social Developments in Europe’ report highlights the following aspects: Adequate minimum wages and minimum incomes can have a beneficial effect on the social mobility of Europeans. Strengthening social fairness, including through investments in people, pays off. Closing gender-related gaps brings particularly high returns, while extending working lives, and raising educational attainment also have positive effects. Short-time work schemes are protecting jobs effectively.
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