(EU) after the 1995 enlargement. Our main finding is that the relationship between bureaucratic independence and judiciary … capacity seems to be the key engine of the process of state capacity building engendered by the prospect of EU membership. Deep …

We compare labor market policies, institutions and outcomes for the EU member states, for the period 2000-2005. We … document the main differences in Labor Market Policies across EU members, including new member states after 2004. We focus on …

This paper uses ECHP and OECD data for 14 EU countries to explore the role of labour market factors in explaining cross …

analysis of the available literature and empirical evidence shows that (i) EU enlargement had a significant impact on migration … hard to detect, (iv) post-enlargement migration contributes to growth prospects of the EU, (v) these immigrants are … out the difficulties that restrictions on the free movement of workers bring about. -- Migration ; migration effects ; EU …

This paper analyses the dynamic structure of individual earnings across 14 EU countries over the period 1994-2001 using … relevant in the context of the changes that took place in the EU labour market policy framework after 1995 under the incidence …

The Eastern enlargement of the EU was an institutional impetus to the migration potential in Europe. While the overall … numbers of migrants from the new member states in the EU15 increased between 2003 and 2007, this increase was distributed … unevenly among countries. The proportion of these migrants in the EU15 remains smaller than that of non-EU27 migrants. The …

Do EU citizens have an increased opportunity to improve their position in the distribution of earnings over time? This … question is answered by exploring short and long-term wage mobility for males across 14 EU countries between 1994 and 2001 …