focus is on the two core life domains that are currently taking center stage in EU policy debates: (1) employment and …. With the enlargement the situation becomes more diverse in the enlarged EU. In particular the postsocialist countries have … to make great efforts to catch up with their EU counterparts. We can identify three emerging clusters of countries that …

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 …

-à-vis the core EU member states (EU-15) over the period 1990-2006. Specifically, we focus on whether there is a shift towards …

We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our … aim is to assess whether "old" and "new" EU countries are rated differently and to determine whether "new" ones are … intercepts) are a crucial determinant of ratings. Whilst "new" EU countries typically have lower ratings than "old" ones, after …