Report on the state-of-the-art and research gaps

This document presents the WeLaR project and contains an extensive literature review of the state of the art related to the research in WeLaR work packages (WPs) 3 to 7. The literature covered relates to (1) the interactions between welfare policies and labour market aspects of the four megatrends of globalisation, digitalisation, demographic change and climate change (WPs 3 to 5); and (2) literature related to shaping forward looking inclusive societies and economics (WPs 6 and 7). The report is structured into five sections, with the initial section outlining the primary objectives of the report, and the subsequent section detailing the specific goals of the WeLaR project.