EU Social Justice Index 2015
This week, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, one of Germany’s leading independent think tanks, released its EU Social Justice Index 2015.
The Social Justice Index compares all 28 EU countries across six dimensions: Poverty prevention, equitable education, labor market access, social cohesion and non-discrimination, health, as well as intergenerational justice.
The comparison shows: Children and youth have been hit the hardest by the European economic and debt crisis. Despite economic recovery, the gap between young and old is growing and the social divide between Northern and Southern Europe remains immense. Although slight upward trends can be seen in the labor market in many EU countries, these do not by any means constitute a comprehensive turnaround in matters of social justice after years of decline.
The study can be downloaded here http://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/de/publikationen/publikation/did/social-justice-in-the-eu-index-report-2015/