Is the EU Moving Towards Sustainable Development?: Changes in the Social Exclusion Area in Some European Countries

In accordance with its agenda, the EU wants to include actively every European citizen in society taking into consideration some challenges like poverty, gender inequalities, social exclusion or long-term unemployment. The economic crisis has influenced the indicators of social exclusion such as mon...

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Published inInternational journal of sustainable economies management Vol. 4; no. 3; pp. 49 - 59
Main Authors Radulescu, Irina Gabriela, Panait, Mirela Clementina, Albu, Madalina, Oprea, Mihaela Ciopi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IGI Global 01.07.2015
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Gender equality
Poverty
Romania
Sustainable development
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Romania
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Summary:In accordance with its agenda, the EU wants to include actively every European citizen in society taking into consideration some challenges like poverty, gender inequalities, social exclusion or long-term unemployment. The economic crisis has influenced the indicators of social exclusion such as monetary poverty and living conditions, education and the access to labour market. The index “risk of poverty or social exclusion” is influenced by certain characteristics of the population (education level of parents, country of birth, degree of urbanization, activity, household type, age, tenure status, citizenship, sex etc.) being able to identify the most disadvantaged subgroups of it. This paper analyzes the evolution of this index in the European Union, taken in consideration its determinants.
ISSN:2160-9659
2160-9667
DOI:10.4018/IJSEM.2015070105