Polen wird am 1. Mai 2004 der Europäischen Union (EU) beitreten. An die Mitgliedschaft in der EU knüpft sich die Erwartung, dass dadurch das Wachstum und somit eine Konvergenz im Lebensstandard gefördert werden. Mit einer Zuwachsrate des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts von 3,7 % im Jahre 2003...

This study constitutes part of the "Support for Economic Reforms in Bulgaria" project conducted by the Center for Economic and Social Research (CASE Research Foundation), Warsaw and financed by the Open Society Institute, Budapest. The aim of the project is to assist co-operation with Bulgarian...

Very strong emotions have accompanied the idea of the Laffer Curve from the very beginning. This simple analysis does not try to solve the discussion. The author has constructed the (TBI-Tax Burden Index), a special measure of taxes. The special feature of this measure is that it tries to take...

The project intended to explain the causes of high structural unemployment in Poland. It is generally believed that the high level of unemployment in Poland is determined to a decisive degree by factors such as a restrictive labor code, high degree of unionization and/or the unemployment...

The effect of the global financial crisis on Azerbaijan’s economy is closely related to the country’s strong dependence on oil exports. The local economy was mostly affected by a drop in oil prices and not so much by outflows of foreign capital and reduced investment.

In Russia and Ukraine around 30-40% of total employment is located outside the registered economy. This has negative yet important consequences both for public finances and related individuals. The former suffer from lower tax incomes, the latter lack access to important elements of the social...

This paper analyzes the distribution of real household incomes and consumption growth in Azerbaijan between 2004 and 2009. Decile-specific price deflators were used to calculate real incomes and consumption dynamics. The analysis, which was based on growth incidence curves, showed that economic...

This paper presents the results of an attempt to use the combined results of the dedicated survey performed by CASE in 2007 and Polish LFS data in order to: (a) analyze the development of the shadow employment in Poland in years 2003-2008 and, (b) analyze the transition probabilities in and out...

The aim of this paper was to analyse possible directions and magnitudes of the relationship between the social security driven tax wedge, employment and shadow employment in Russia and Ukraine. Previous results suggest a limited positive relationship between the size of the tax wedge and shadow...