Bregt Saenen

Bio: Bregt Saenen is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Investment (macroeconomics) & Context (language use). The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 4 publications receiving 20 citations.

Progressive structural reforms. Proposals for European reforms to reduce inequalities and promote jobs, growth and social investment

Abstract: This publication has been produced with the fi nancial support of the European Union. The information contained in this publication does not necessarily refl ect the position or opinion of the European Commission. SOLIDAR is a European network of membership based Civil Society Organisations who gather several millions of citizens throughout Europe and worldwide. SOLIDAR voices the values of its member or ganisations to the EU and international institutions across the three main policy sectors; social affairs, lifelong learning and international cooperation.

The causal relation between the European Union's coherence and effectiveness in international institutions: the Union in the standard-setting procedure of the International Labour Organization

Abstract: This doctoral dissertation explores the causal potential of the European Union’s coherence in relation to its effectiveness in international institutions. Specifically, it does so by tracing and comparing the Union’s interaction with the international context found in the International Labour Organization’s standard-setting procedures on maritime labor (2006), work in fishing (2007), and domestic work (2011). The underlying research objective of this exploratory effort is to make an empirical contribution to the research field on the EU in international institutions. This dissertation situates itself in this field by combining recent insights from the one voice debate and the structural incorporation of the international context. The one voice debate questions the dominant assumption that EU coherence and effectiveness can simply be equated with each other and, moreover, aims to establish a more complex account of their causal relation. Contributing to this debate, this dissertation finds that EU coherence is not always a necessary, nor by itself a sufficient condition for the Union to be effective in ILO standard-setting. Although external coherence does contribute to the Union’s effectiveness, this is first and foremost determined by how this causal factor interacts with the international context in which it finds itself. In addition, while this dissertation primarily makes an empirical contribution to the one voice debate, it also takes an excursion to the meta-theoretical level by outlining the potential benefits of recasting this debate through a critical realist lens.

[OECD 2007 장애정책 리뷰] Sickness, Disability and Work : Breaking the Barriers

Abstract: 본 과제는 노동부 국제협상팀에서 제112차 경제협력개발기구(OECD) 고용노동사회위원회(ILSAC) 정례회의 참석을 요청해 옴에 따라 회의의 주요 의제 자료인 ‘Sickness, Disability and Work : Breaking the Barriers, Vol. 2 호주, 룩셈부르크, 스페인, 영국’의 국가사례들을 요약 정리한 것이다. OECD의 분석에 따르면 최근 노동시장의 재구조화가 이루어지면서 핵심 일자리가 축소되고 노동 불안정성이 증가되는 부정적인 변화가 일어나고 있다고 한다. 이러한 변화는 ‘틈새직종(niche jobs)’의 상실과 엄격해진 근로조건, 근로 압력으로 인한 건강손상과 스트레스 증가, 병으로 인한 결근 휴직(sickness absence)의 증가 등의 2가지 경로를 통해 장애인구에 영향을 미친다고 한다.. 이러한 문제는 노동시장의 문제를 의료적인 관점으로 환원하는 ‘medicalization of labor market problems’라는 새로운 현상을 야기시키고 있다. 즉 평균적인 건강 상태는 더욱 향상되고 있다고 보고되나 왜 더 많은 생산가능 인구들이 노동시장을 떠나 건강과 관련한 소득 보장에 의존하는가하는 문제에 직면시키고 있다 하는데, 이에 대해 호주, 룩셈부르크, 스페인, 영국의 장애보상체계와 고용정책을 면밀히 분석하여 비교 분석함으로써 시사점을 제시하고 있다. 결국 병으로 인한 결근, 휴직(sickness absence)의 증가나 장애보상수급은 장애인들의 객관적 혹은 주관적 건강지표와 무관하며, 오히려 국가의 장애정책과 경제적 사회현상에 좌우되는 사안이라고 주장하고 있다. 이와 관련하여 한국의 장애보상체계에 대한 검토와 향후 장애연금 도입 전망에 대한 의견을 제시하였다.

New Risks, New Welfare: The Transformation of the European Welfare State

Abstract: New Risks, New Welfare: The Transformation of the European Welfare State. Edited by Peter Taylor-Gooby. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. 264p. 35.00 paper.The comparative welfare state literature has taken some important turns in the past decades, moving first from a focus on the causes of its growth to studies of retrenchment. Lately, scholarship has become more preoccupied with welfare state adaptation to the new risk and needs structure. This book falls squarely in the latter camp and includes European scholars, such as Bruno Palier, Guiliano Bonoli, and Peter Taylor-Gooby, who have been exploring this theme for some years now.

Towards a Social Investment Welfare State? Ideas, Policies and Challenges

Abstract: There is a growing consensus among academics and policy-makers alike that the welfare state of the twentieth century is no longer suited to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. How can ...