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Euro – How Big a Difference: Finland and Sweden in Search of Macro Stability

Suni, Paavo; Vihriälä, Vesa - 2013

fared somewhat better than Finland in the EMU period. We assess the effects of the regime choice by simulating the behaviour … Union. In the Northern periphery of the EU, the different monetary regime choices of Finland and Sweden have created a … particularly interesting testing ground for the benefits of the EMU. The average growth rates were rather similar before the Great …

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Convergence and anchoring of yield curves in the euro area

Ehrmann, Michael; Fratzscher, Marcel; Gürkaynak, Refet S. - 2007

using high-frequency bond yield data for France, Germany, Italy and Spain. We find that Economic and Monetary Union (EMU … substantial increase in the anchoring of long-term inflation expectations since EMU, particularly for Italy and Spain, which since …

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Regulating the working conditions of platform work: What can we learn from EU member states?

Guinea, Oscar; Sisto, Elena; du Roy, Oscar - 2024

This Policy Brief offers a comprehensive evaluation and comparison of the regulatory frameworks governing platform work in four European countries. The comparative analysis draws upon research conducted by the OECD and the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the principles of good regulation. Adapting...

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Using GDPR to improve legal clarity and working conditions on digital labour platforms: Can a code of conduct as provided for by Article 40 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) help workers and socially responsible platforms?

Silberman, Michael; Johnston, Hannah - 2020

This paper examines how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can be used to address procedural problems faced by platform workers, including opaque rating systems, arbitrary account suspension and nonpayment, and uncommunicative clients and platform operators. GDPR provides workers with...

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Digital labour platforms and migrant workers: Analysing migrants' working conditions and (over)representation in platform work in Europe

Zwysen, Wouter; Piasna, Agnieszka - 2024

Working for labour platforms is still relatively rare, but the generally poor working conditions and the impact on the world of work are the subject of much debate. Although data are scarce, there is a general consensus that migrants are overrepresented in this type of work. Platforms may well...

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Implications of EMU on industrial relations: The country report on Finland. A study commissioned by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions

Alho, Kari E. O. - 2000

This is the country report on Finland in the project launched by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living … and Working Conditions on the social implicatins of EMU, especially in the labour market and industrial relations, insix …

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Economic integration and exchange rate arrangements in the post-Soviet period: The Baltic states in comparative perspective

Ljungberg, Jonas - In: The European Journal of Comparative Economics (EJCE) 17 (2020) 2, pp. 229-252

bestowed appreciation for the Baltics and Finland. Contrary to the purpose, monetary integration has not fostered integration … in trade, and the share of the Eurozone in Baltic trade has stagnated. A comparison with other countries in the Baltic …

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Työolot ja tuottavuus: Työpaikkavirtojen nosteessa vai puristuksessa?

Ilmakunnas, Pekka; Johansson, Edvard; Maliranta, Mika - 2008

Analyses in this paper do not support the idea that job and worker flows have become more intensive and have deteriorated working conditions in the Finnish business sector. The magnitude of flow has in fact been rather stable since 1997. However, job flows are at a quite high level, as some 10%...

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Regional Price Adjustment in a Monetary Union

Berk, Jan Marc; Swank, Job - 2002

Using a New-Keynesian framework, we investigate how far the inflationary processes in member states of EMU cause …

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The Forex Regime and EMU Expansion

van Foreest, Pieter W.; de Vries, Casper G. - 2002

panel including potential EMU accession countries. By means of rank regression analysis we uncover the partial links across …

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