Gestor bibliográfico Crisis y Salud

The global financial and economic crisis has exposed major policy gaps in tackling health and labour market inequalities. As unemployment and job insecurity continue to rise across Europe, governments have resorted to austerity and efficiency measures, with little regard for equity, fairness and their effects on social cohesion, people’s daily lives, health and well being. We are now at crucial juncture and a window of opportunity in how our societies will socially and economically develop over the coming decade. Indeed as the empirical evidence is beginning to demonstrate these austerity measures and budget cuts have had severe consequences of the health of populations across the European Union.