Measures to prevent and avoid excluding people from the labour market

Spain embarks on a review of some of its social security policies, the issue of social protection for people suffering from sickness or disability has emerged as an important theme.

This discussion paper aims to contextualise and give a summary of the policy debate at the European level related to the problem of how to reduce too early exits from the labour market and reducing the take-up of early exit benefits in the Member States. The problem complex contains aspects as the population ageing in Europe, growing costs and increased burdens on public finances and increasing dependency rates. Worries for long-term sustainability of the social protection systems have been expressed.

The Peer Review was held on the 4^th and 5^th of February 2010 in Madrid, Spain.

Contact WRI:
Steinar Widding

WRI, 24.02.2010