While economists were pointing out the advantages of the EU enlargement, politicians and policymakers were raising … grave concerns about the significant political and economic differences between the newcomer states (EU12) and the "old … Europe" of EU15. The major point of apprehension was related to the labor markets. Visceral fear rendered more than one in …

This paper explores the impact of EU membership on foreign direct investment (FDI). It analyses empirically how the … gravity framework on annual bilateral FDI data for almost every country in the world, over 1985-2018, we find EU membership … leads FDI into the host economy to be about 60% higher for investment from outside the EU, and around 50% higher for intra-EU …

ultimately on economic growth in EU, but it is limited in magnitude. Moreover, the effect of FDI on growth is stronger for New EU …

We conduct a comparative analysis of Labor Market Policies 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 …

EU are related to technology gap variables - R&D intensity and R&D embedded in purchased equipment and machinery - and …). Given that, our results also show a widening productivity gap between the countries of the EU periphery (South and East) and …