Comprehensive firm-level data for Polish manufacturing show that in state- owned firms the large drop in net employment since the start of the transition in 1990 has been driven by a jump in the job destruction rate; job creation, by contrast, is located disproportionately in the private sector....

In order to address the question "How far is Eastern Europe from Brussels?" this paper examines specific policy areas of concern to the EU (e.g. those related to the implementation of the single market). Furthermore, it is argued that a country-by-country and issue-by-issue approach is required...