This article analyses recent statistics on
social protection in the
European Union (EU). Social protection encompasses interventions from public or private bodies intended to relieve
households and individuals of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs, provided that there is neither a simultaneous reciprocal nor an individual arrangement involved.
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This article shows how gender inequalities in terms of pay vary widely among the Member States of the
European Union (EU) and among groups of
employees.
The unadjusted
gender pay pap (GPG) is an important indicator used within the
European employment strategy (EES) to monitor imbalances in wages between men and women. It is defined as the difference between the average gross hourly earnings of men and women expressed as a percentage of the average gross hourly earnings of men.
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What do we know about the
enterprises that trade in services from one economy to another? What is the impact of trade in services on employment in a world of interconnected economies? This article aims to describe the universe of service traders, by focusing on enterprise level data and providing a closer view of the
traders' characteristics such as: size (the number of employees), ownership (foreign-controlled or domestic) and economic activity.
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This article is part of a
set of statistical articles based on the
Eurostat publication
Agriculture, forestry and fishery statistics. It gives an overview of recent statistics relating to
fishing fleets,
fish catches, landings and
aquaculture production in the
European Union (EU).
Fish are a natural, biological, mobile (sometimes over long distances) and renewable resource. Aside from fish farming, fish are generally not owned until they have been caught.
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This article presents the main trends in
road freight transport up to 2013 in the
European Union (EU). The analysis is carried out for national, international,
cross-trade as well as
cabotage transport. Road freight transport by distance classes and the competitiveness of road freight transport are topics also presented in this article.
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This article is part of a
set of statistical articles based on the
Eurostat publication
Smarter, greener, more inclusive? - Indicators to support the Europe 2020 strategy. It provides recent statistics on research, development and innovation in the
European Union (EU), key areas of the EU's
Europe 2020 strategy.
Having more innovative products and services on the market addresses two objectives of the strategy’s smart growth objective: job creation through increased industrial competitiveness,
labour productivity and the efficient use of resources; and finding solutions to societal challenges such as
climate change and clean energy, security, and active and healthy ageing.
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This article presents a detailed statistical overview of the production and consumption of energy from
renewable sources in the
European Union (EU). It is based on data compiled in accordance with accounting rules set down in the
Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. The statistical information presented in this article is coherent with statistical information reported under
Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 on energy statistics.
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