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Can Labour Market Institutions Explain Unemployment Rates in New EU Member States?

Ederveen, Sjef; Thissen, Laura - 2004

This study poses the question about whether labour market institutions can explain unemployment rates in the ten new … European Union member states. In five out of the ten new member states, unemployment rates lie above the average in the 15 … part of unemployment in the new EU member states. This does not mean that these countries have no labour market problems …

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Ein erweitertes Europa solidarisch mit den Regionen

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Erweiterung - 2003

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An enlarged Europe of solidarity with the regions

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Erweiterung - 2003

Website with information about the enlarged European Union.

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EU Enlargement: not all it's cracked up to be

Walsh, James - 2003

The paper argues that the familiar pro-enlargement arguments deserve a critical examination. It investigates the impact of enlargement on British business; on the prospects for EU reform; and on the accession states themselves. From each perspective, the study finds that the supposed benefits of...

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The 2004 EU Enlargement: Key Economic Issues

European Economic Advisory Group <München> - 2004

The 2004 EU enlargement will most likely yield major benefits to the new member countries in the long run. The new members will be able to capture gains from trade in goods and services and will moreover benefit from a continued inflow of financial and real capital. Without doubt, these...

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World Investment Report 2004

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development - 2004

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Central and Eastern Europe declined from a record $31 billion in 2002 to a low of $21 billion last year, the result of the end of privatisation in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, according to the World Investment Report 2004: The Shift Towards...

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The structural challenges facing the candidate countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey)

Europäische Kommission / Economic Policy Committee - 2004

The economic gap between the EU and three candidate countries - Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey - is significant. Living standards, as measured by GDP per capita at PPP, are less than one third of the level prevailing in the former EU-15 u0096 and about half of the average level in the new member...

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Turkey: On the road again

Selcuk, Faruk - 2003

The paper states that economic growth is picking up in Turkey and the economy is on the road to recovery. It concludes that it is up to the Turkish policy makers to make sure that the countryu0092s economy will leave its grave problems behind and enjoy a bright future. Despite the recent...

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Will EU Money Be the Tune for New Members' Catch-Up Song?

Barysch, Katinka - 2003

countries have generally lagged behind, with poverty, high unemployment, and a lack of competitive industries characterising the …

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EU Enlargement

Tupy, Marian L. - 2003

The accession of eight Central and Eastern European countries to the European Union in 2004 will bring some important benefits. The new members will gain from reduced barriers to trade and investment. By 2010, the movement of labour will also be freed. But accession to the EU is neither a...

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