, productivity growth and exports. This and the next section represent new research effort in that a disaggregated database (by NACE …

, we analyse the productivity performance in the period after 1995 for five transition economies, i.e. the Czech Republic … European economies in terms of productivity and sectoral structures. The factors driving this convergence process, however … driver in growth and productivity. We demonstrate that the Central and Eastern European countries have successfully …

the rising relative wage of skilled workers in the manufacturing sector in three Central and Eastern European transition …

Patterns of transition (by K. Poznanski, J. Poznanska and H.Y. Liu; pp. 1-11) Keywords transition, shock therapy …

Presidential election in Romania will the new broom sweep cleaner? (by Gábor Hunya; pp. 2-3) Earnings levels, inequality and …

political reasons. In Southeast Europe, growth has on average remained strong, though it has come down in Romania and Serbia … faster in Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. Price stability and fiscal balance have mostly been preserved, except in the case of … Serbia, which has seen accelerating inflation, and Romania, where disinflation has been interrupted. The downside to that is …

(by R. Stehrer; pp. 11-14) Keywords export performance, skills, productivity Countries covered European Union, New EU …

FDI Migration, skills and productivity (by P. Huber and M. Landesmann; pp. 8-11) Keywords migration, skills, productivity …

FDI Productivity of imports in the transition countries evidence from the 2000s (by Leon Podkaminer; pp. 7-9) Keywords … imports, trade, productivity Countries covered CEE, SEE Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy The central bank as hedge …