Objective This proposal outlines a programme of research which will study the dynamics of social integration and exclusion among a number of groups at risk (young people, females, migrants and unemployed) in Europe, against a background of structural changes in European labour markets arising from technical progress, market integration, and a variety of differences in educational and training programmes. The proposed research agenda has three key objectives: - to analyse the effects of technological change on the demand for labour in terms of education and skills, - to develop new indicators of 'social exclusion' and new analytical techniques to explore the dynamics of exclusion for problems groups, - to investigate how different labour market, educational, immigration and social policies have moderated this process, and to suggest alternative policy directions. A major contribution will aim at methodological advances in the analysis of multidimensional indicators of social exclusion. While labour market and income outcomes are important, aspects such as types and location of housing (e.g. 'ghettos'), access to public services, crime, health and the nature of social networks are also essential. Social exclusion should also be viewed as a relative concept that changes over time and differs between cultures. The research will also emphasise the sequential nature of social exclusion, which can be halted and even reversed. Technological change will be considered as a major cause. The dynamics of social exclusion and the role of training will be studied over time using panel data and for particular groups at risk. The proposed research will be co-ordinated by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and will involve the collaboration of ten research teams drawn from a variety of disciplines (demography, sociology, political science, economic history, labour economics, educational economics, gender economics, economics of technical change, international economics, institutional economics, econometrics and statistics). The collaboration of teams from Ireland, the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Israel is essential to the achievement of the research objectives. These countries provide an ideal natural experiment: they display strong contrasts in the scale, character and timing of important processes of social inclusion and exclusion, such as female work, immigration, unemployment and differences in training and educational systems. There are also, however, similarities between subsets of these countries, such as particular migration experiences, unemployment processes and the general threat of technical change. The contrasts will provide a sharp test of the methodology which underlies the proposed research. In addition, the contrasting national experiences will help to distinguish purely national and local aspects of social exclusion from those structural features common throughout the EU. The research will be based on the intensive use of large-scale panel datasets, and the development of new 'register-based' surveys. Fields of science social sciencessociologygovernancepublic servicessocial sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiessocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemploymentsocial sciencessociologysocial issuesunemploymentsocial sciencessociologydemographyhuman migrations Programme(s) FP4-TSER - Specific programme of targeted socio-economic research, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0303 - Migration Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH EU contribution No data Address GOSWELL ROAD 90-98 EC1V 7RR LONDON United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (11) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Bar-Ilan University Israel EU contribution No data Address 52900 Ramat Gan See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address Boulevard Gabriel Péri 15 92245 MALAKOFF See on map Total cost No data CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS MONETARIOS Y FINANCIEROS Spain EU contribution No data Address Casado del Alisal 5 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE Ireland EU contribution No data Address Burlington Road 4 DUBLIN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF LABOR GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 7-9 53113 BONN See on map Total cost No data Istituto Universitario Europeo Italy EU contribution No data Address Via dei Roccettini 5 50016 Fiesole Firenze See on map Total cost No data LUND UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution No data Address 1,Tycho Brahes Väg 220 07 LUND See on map Total cost No data Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany EU contribution No data Address 28 RG,Ludwigstrasse 80539 München 22 See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Travessa Estevao Pinto - Campolide 1099-032 LISBOA See on map Total cost No data University of Essex EU contribution No data Address See on map Total cost No data Århus Universitet Denmark EU contribution No data Address 10,Gustav Wieds vej 10 8000 Århus See on map Total cost No data