early 2000's both in "oldʺ and "newʺ EU member states. We estimate effects of labour market institutions on various …, statistical tests indicate that there is a difference in the institutional effects between oldʺ and newʺ EU members. -- Labour …

the EU's total population; and even though their economic output is much lower, it rises dynamically. New members' impact … on the EU policies has nevertheless been limited. This is due not only to the arcane voting rules within the EU, but also … vote together and that their influence is thus fairly limited. We argue that as the EU seemingly lacks energy to implement …

We interpret the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), recently adopted by the EU as a mode of governance in the area of …