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"This paper deals with potential instabilities in the Eurozone stemming from an insufficient interplay between monetary policy and reform effort on the one hand and the emergence of intra-Euro area divergences on the other. As a first step, we assess the effect of EMU on structural reform and...
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so. Building on data for 24 European Union countries, this paper asks whether EU governments implemented additional …, social safety nets in Europe remain far below widely accepted poverty thresholds, including the EU's own official measure …
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At the European level and in most EU member states, higher employment levels are seen as key to better poverty outcomes …
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or exceed the EU's at-risk-of poverty threshold, set at 60 per cent of median equivalent household income in each country …
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-depth look at the Europe 2020 strategy and the goals it sets for the EU, with the aim of shedding light on the question of …
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Speculation about the consequences of a break-up of the eurozone, a worsening sovereign debt crisis or a prolonged recession in the European Union have all in recent years made the headlines. At first glance, the effect that such events might have on the Canadian macroeconomy might appear small....
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This paper reconsiders the narratives surrounding Japan's economic performance since the 1980s in relation to the experiences of the U.S. and the Eurozone. There are important differences between these three economies and some striking parallels. It is found that the poor reputation of the Bank...
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Intra‐EU mobility has been the subject of debate from its very inception. Some scholars argue that intra‐EU labour … migration improves the allocation of human capital in the EU and contend that the level of permanent‐type labour mobility is … with high levels of short term service mobility. Service mobility/posting is as much a phenomenon of intra‐EU15 mobility …
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since self-employment is on the rise in many countries, particularly own-account self-employment. Drawing on EU-SILC data …
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The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages represents a watershed initiative adding substance to the EU's social dimension … how minimum wages and collective bargaining affect low pay. Using a time series cross-section of EU-SILC for income years …
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