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Does joining the EU make you happy? : evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris - 2016
We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the … context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern … life satisfaction in Bulgaria and had a positive but statistically insignificant effect in Romania. One explanation is that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449769
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Regional unemployment and its persistence in transition countries
Bornhorst, Fabian (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001980068
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Job creation, Job destruction and employment growth in transition countries in the 90's
Faggio, Giulia; Konings, Jozef - 2001
In this paper we document and analyse gross job flows in five transition countries, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria … and Romania. Using comparable firm level data over the years 1993- 1997, we find that in early transition job destruction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339676
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External monetary shocks and monetary integration : evidence from the Bulgarian currency board
Minea, Alexandru; Rault, Christophe - 2011
Starting July the 1st 1997, Bulgaria adopted a Currency Board (CB) monetary system. This paper aims at investigating if … better (with respect to other CEEC) monetary integration of Bulgaria with the European Monetary Union (EMU). Since Bulgarian … terms of integration of Bulgaria into the EMU. -- currency board ; Bulgaria ; monetary shocks ; ECB interest rate ; FED …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309508
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Should i stay or should i go? : Romanian migrants during transition and enlargements
Andrén, Daniela; Roman, Monica - 2014
, the aim of this paper is to analyze to what extent Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 has added new features to the … prefer to develop adjustment strategies in their destination countries. Romania's accession to the EU in 2007 did not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457404
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Quasi-experimental impact estimates of immigrant labor supply shocks : the role of treatment and comparison group matching and relative skill composition
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Kirdar, Murat G. - 2013
Turks from Bulgaria into Turkey in 1989. In some locations, the rise in the labor force due to this inflow of repatriates … locations and brings our study closer to an ideal natural experiment. Using a reservoir of 342 cities and towns in Turkey with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696889
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Welfare migration in Europe and the cost of a harmonised social assistance
De Giorgi, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2006
The enlargement of the European Union has increased concerns about the role of generous welfare transfers in attracting migrants. This paper explores the issue of welfare migration across the 15 countries of the pre-enlargement Union and finds a significant but small effect of the generosity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310966
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Migration in an enlarged EU : a challenging solution?
Kahanec, Martin (contributor);  … - 2008
The 2004 and 2007 enlargements of the European Union were unprecedented in a number of economic and policy aspects. This essay provides a broad and in-depth account of the effects of the post-enlargement migration flows on the receiving as well as sending countries in three broader areas: labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793577
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Labor mobility and the integration of European labor markets
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
This paper outlines the importance of labor mobility for the improvement in allocating and distributing economic resources. We are faced with an increasing lack of skilled workers and a growing tendency of unemployment amongst the low-skilled. A central political objective for the future will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809161
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Lessons from migration after EU enlargement
Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863171