countries (CEECs), a topic that has gained attention as the newest EU members approach monetary union. Our meta-analysis of 35 …

need for social policies at the EU level. Social harmonisation would distort migration flows and slow down the speed of …

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU Eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western … is a rational reaction of the state. The proposed new EU constitution which contains far-reaching rules for a European …

The rapid journey from central planning to EU (euro area) membership stress-tested the social learning processes of … FTEs. The desire to be anchored to the West, and to enter the EU spurred major reform waves and led to the introduction of … institutions. The Washington institutions played a dominant role in shaping the transition process. Following the start of the EU …

The paper studies the role of international implications after EU enlargement. Based on a formal model with migration … costs for both capital and labor, it predicts a two-sided migration from the new to the old EU countries which is later …