Starting on 1 May 2004, 11 countries in Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and in the Baltics (EU11) joined the … European Union (EU) in three consecutive waves. Half a generation later, and a full generation after the start of transition in …

This chapter reviews labour market developments pre- and post-EU Enlargement in the Central-Eastern and South … market developments pre- and post-EU membership, and develops scenarios into the future. This chapter also includes an …

allocation within sectors. We found that rapid credit growth exerted negative effects on efficiency in old EU members, but not in …

This chapter looks into the impact of EU membership on the carbon intensity of EU11 economies since joining the EU. EU … membership boosted foreign trade and FDI, leading to a rapid re-industrialization of EU11 and making them the fastest converging … group of upper-middle-income countries in the world. Nevertheless, EU11 economies maintained their previously established …