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The Free Movement of Workers in an Enlarged European Union : Institutional Underpinnings of Economic Adjustment
Kahanec, Martin - 2014
The eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU) and the extension of the free movement of workers to the new member … states' citizens, the need for adjustment became ever more important during the Great Recession, which affected EU member … states unevenly.This chapter studies whether and how east-west migration flows in an enlarged EU responded to institutional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046654
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Is a Policy of Free Movement of Workers Sustainable?
Picard, Pierre M. - 2014
This paper studies the costs and benefits of the adoption of the policy of free movement for workers. For the countries to agree on uncontrolled movement of workers, the short run costs must be outweighed by the long term benefits that result from better labor market flexibility and income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056653
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Obstacles on the Road to School : The Impacts of Mobility Restrictions on Educational Performance
Miaari, Sami H. - 2020
This paper examines the impact of mobility restrictions on educational performance in the West Bank over 2000–2006 during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is characterized by a system of mobility restrictions enforced through physical barriers such as checkpoints. Using novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826246
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Knowledge Spillovers, ICT and Productivity Growth
Corrado, Carol A. - 2014
a new dataset on intangible investment (INTAN-Invest) in conjunction with EUKLEMS productivity estimates for 10 EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013051449
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What Explains Prevalence of Informal Employment in European Countries : The Role of Labor Institutions, Governance, Immigrants, and Growth
Hazans, Mihails - 2011
European Social Survey data on 30 countries, covering years 2004-2009, are used to look into joint institutional [and other macro] determinants of the rates of dependent employment without a contract, informal self-employment, and unemployment (secondary jobs are not accounted for). Consistently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121759
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Does Anti-Competitive Regulation Matter for Productivity? Evidence from European Firms
Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2011
Using firm-level data for a sample of European countries, we focus on the effects that product-market regulations have on firm-level TFP growth. We proxy regulatory burdens using the OECD indicators of sectoral non-manufacturing regulations. These allow accounting for both the direct effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129907
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Intangible Capital and Growth in Advanced Economies : Measurement Methods and Comparative Results
Corrado, Carol A. - 2012
We present a harmonized data set on intangible investment for a number of EU countries and an analysis of growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103469
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Economic Growth and Political Integration : Estimating the Benefits from Membership in the European Union Using the Synthetic Counterfactuals Method
Campos, Nauro F. - 2014
European Union (EU) in the 1973, 1980s, 1995 and 2004 enlargements, if those countries had not joined the EU. We find large … positive effects from EU membership but these differ across countries and over time (they are only negative for Greece). We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054567
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Social Capital, Innovation and Growth : Evidence from Europe
Akcomak, Semih; ter Weel, Bas - 2021
This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324851
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Does the Rise of China Lead to the Fall of European Welfare States?
Barth, Erling; Finseraas, Henning; Kjelsrud, Anders; … - 2021
Have recent trends in globalization changed the positive link between trade openness and social insurance? The consensus view - that voters want better social insurance against income loss the more open the economy - is seemingly contested by the rise of populism and the China shock. We present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249126