This book examines the efficiency and effectiveness of economic policies in Europe, and explores the implications for social equity. It argues for an integrated approach to economic and social objectives, and discusses the ways in which welfare states and institutions can contribute to equity...

The purpose of this paper is to obtain by combining two longitudinal perspectives a more detailed national picture of poverty in the Member States of the European Union, using the first four waves (1994 - 1997) of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). In addition to this detailed...

After the collapse in early transition years, saving rates in Eastern European EU-accession countries have recovered strongly. Is private saving in these countries now driven by the same forces as in the EU? A GMM estimator is applied to analyze the determinants of private saving in both country...

Die Autorin untersucht empirisch die Einflüsse auf die Einkommenssituation von Selbstständigen in der Europäischen Union. Von zentralem Interesse ist, ob individuelle Unterschiede zwischen Selbständigen und abhängig Beschäftigten durch institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen verstärkt werden....