Growing disparities on multiple socio-economic dimensions have contributed to a sense of unfairness and discontent in Europe. Fairness is a subjective phenomenon, but the far-reaching consequences of perceptions of unfairness warrant a closer look at its drivers and underlying dynamics. The report, written before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, analyses some of the most pertinent dimensions of fairness in relation to the agenda for a fair, inclusive and social European Union. Income inequality, educational inequality and the challenges facing existing welfare state arrangements are discussed from a pre-crisis perspective. Thus, the report gives a snapshot of the state of fairness in Europe before the COVID-19 outbreak and provides a benchmark against which some of the consequences of the current situation can be evaluated.

COLAGROSSI Marco;  CSERES-GERGELYNE BLASKO Zsuzsa;  NASZODI Anna;  PONTAROLLO Nicola;  SCHNEPF Sylke;  AGUNDEZ GARCIA Ana;  BARRIOS Salvador;  BASTIANELLI Elena;  BENCZUR Peter;  CASSIO Laura Giulia;  CSERES-GERGELY Zsombor;  CUCCU Liliana;  D'ANDRIA Diego;  DE PALO Claudia;  DESSART François J.;  DEWANDRE Nicole;  FTERGIOTI Stamatia;  HARASZTOSI Peter;  JARA TAMAYO Holguer Xavier;  KARAGIANNIS Stylianos;  KVEDARAS Virmantas;  LANGEDIJK Sven;  MAFTEI Anamaria;  MARANDOLA Ginevra;  MARTINEZ TUREGANO David;  MONDELLO Silvia;  PICOS Fidel;  RAAB Roman;  SAISANA Michaela;  SERRA Natalia;  TEIXEIRA MENDONCA Francisco;  THIEMANN Andreas;  TUMINO Alberto; 

D'HOMBRES Beatrice;  NEHER Frank; 

2020-06-11

Publications Office of the European Union

JRC118959

978-92-76-11243-3 (online),    978-92-76-11244-0 (print),    978-92-76-20663-7,   

1831-9424 (online),    1018-5593 (print),   

EUR 29995 EN,    OP KJ-NA-29995-EN-N (online),    OP KJ-NA-29995-EN-C (print),    OP KJ-NA-29995-EN-E,   

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC118959,   

10.2760/261169 (online),    10.2760/20683 (print),    10.2760/0945,