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These deliverables will only be final after validation by the EC in autumn 2025.

Framework and Research Infrastructure

Report on the state-of-the-art and research gaps, edited by Laurène Thil, Mikkel Barslund and Karolien Lenaerts, 2023.
Research protocols. Ludivine Martin, Javier Olivera, Piotr Lewandowski, Barbara Glinsner, Ursula Holtgrewe, Laurène Thil and Mikkel Barslund, 2023.

Labour Supply Trends

Effects of technological progress on the decision to retire early. Evidence for Europe. Thuc Uyen Nguyen-Thi, Mikkel Barslund, Ivana Ivkovic, Ana Milinkovic and Ilse Tobback, 2024.
Fertility, household models and labour market outcomes in EU countries. Piotr Lewandowski, Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei, Laurène Thil, Maryna Tverdostup and Wojciech Szymczak, 2024.
Atypical work and intra-EU mobility patterns. Stella Zilian and Laurène Thil, 2024.
NEETs in the digital age. Mateusz Smoter and Wojciech Szymczak. 2024.
Consequences of the expansion of work from home and digitalisation on teleworkers’ work intensification, mental health and well-being. Laetitia Hauret and Ludivine Martin, 2024.
POLICY BRIEF: Labour supply in a changing world: the effects of ageing, digitalisation,the green transition, and globalisation. Mikkel Barslund, Karolien Lenaerts, Laurène Thil. 2024.

Labour Demand Trends

The heterogenous impact of the COVID-19 crisis on labour market participation in the EU. Maciej Albinowski, Laurène Thil and Marko Vladisavljević, 2023.
Aggregate megatrends and the risk of labour market exclusion across Europe. Davide Castellani and Fabio Lamperti. 2024.
Offshoring, technological change, labour market institutions and the demand for typical and atypical employment in Europe. Sandra M. Leitner, Piotr Lewandowski, Alireza Sabouniha and Wojciech Symczak. 2024.
Post-COVID developments in remote work, migrations, and self-employment in the EU. Maciej Albinowski and Mateusz Krząkała. 2024.
The distributional effects of EU carbon pricing. Marek Antosiewicz, Michał Burzyński, Piotr Lewandowski, Joël Machado, Sebastian Rausch and Jakub Sokołowski. 2025.
POLICY BRIEF: Labour demand in a changing world of work: global megatrends, working conditions and labour market exclusion. Mikkel Barslund and Karolien Lenaerts.2025.

Labour Market Institutions and Risks

Labour and product market regulations and vulnerability. Piotr Lewandowski, Fabrizio Pompei, Cristiano Perugini and Wojciech Szymczak, 2023.
Offshoring, technological change and the quality of work in the EU: On the mediating role of trade unions. Sandra M. Leitner, Laetitia Hauret, Ursula Holtgrewe and Ludivine Martin, 2024.
Bargaining models, the quality of work and rent sharing in the era of digitalisation. Piotr Lewandowski, Sem Vandekerckhove, Francesco Venturini, 2024.
Reforms, labour market outcomes and the quality of work. An analysis of the drivers of in-work poverty and of the moderating effects of reforms of family policies, labour market institutions and social protection. Maria Cristina D’Aguanno, Anne-Catherine Guio, Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei and Philippe Van Kerm, 2024.
Migration and integration in European labour markets. Martin Lange, Sarah McNamara, Philipp Schmidt, César Barreto Sanchez, Katrin Sommerfeld, and Martin Streng. 2024.
POLICY BRIEF: Labour market matching and quality of work in a changing world: the role of labour market regulations, collective bargaining and investments in up- and re-skilling. Mikkel Barslund, Karolien Lenaerts, Cristiano Perugini, Fabrizio Pompei and Laurène Thil. 2025.

Welfare State and Public Finance

Pan-European pension plans as a way to cope with the risks of ageing, automation and new forms of work. Aleksandra Anic, Mikkel Barslund, Ivana Ivkovic, Ludivine Martin, Ana Milinkovic, Thuc Uyen Nguyen-Thi, and Javier Olivera. 2024.
Efficiency, distributional, and fiscal effects of climate policy: the case of fossil fuel subsidies and externalities. Tim Kalmey and Sebastian Rausch. 2025
The net fiscal contribution of foreigners in Germany. Alexandre Gnaedinger, Mats Le Floch, and Holger Stichnoth.2024.
Automatisation and basic income: distributional implications for selected European countries. Nizamul Islam, Marko Vladisavljević and Jelena Žarković. 2024.
POLICY BRIEF: Taxes, social security, contributions and redistribution welfare state and public finances. Laura Arnemann, Tim Kalmey, Ramón Peña-Casas, Sebastian Rausch, Holger Stichnoth and Laurène Thil. 2025.

Preferences, Policy and Social Innovation

Social innovations in and with the welfare state. Ursula Holtgrewe, Stella Wolter and Michaela Bruckmayer, 2024.
Preferences for redistribution and demand for redistributive policies in Europe. Cristiano Perugini and Marko Vladisavljević, 2025.
Building resilient and inclusive labour markets in Europe: Unpacking policy synergies and challenges. Ramón Peña-Casas, Dalila Ghailani, Sebastiano Sabat, 2025.
New forms of work and workers’ demand for security and stability. Zuzanna Kowalik, Piotr Lewandowski, Fabrizio Pompei, Jakob Schmidhäuser, Wojciech Szymczak, Laurène Thil, 2025.
Foresight report on the long term impacts of megatrends on labour markets and welfare states. Laurène Thil, Karolien Lenaerts, Mikkel Barslund, Allison Dunne, Ursula Holtgrewe, Michaela Bruckmayer, Ramón Peña-Casas, Sebastiano Sabato, Dalila Ghailani and Slavina Spasova.2025.
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This project, WeLaR, has received funding under the Horizon Europe programme.
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