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The transatlantic banking crisis : lessons and EU reforms
Welfens, Paul J. J. - 2009
of 2007/08 was not really a surprise –, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003936131
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Current account imbalances and structural adjustment in the euro area: how to rebalance competitiveness
Zemanek, Holger; Belke, Ansgar; Schnabl, Gunther - 2009
Low international competitiveness of a set of euro area countries, which have become evident by large current account deficits and rising risk premiums on government bonds, is one of the most challenging economic policy issues for Europe. We analyse the role of private restructuring and public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003936156
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A policy agenda for diversity and minority integration
Kahanec, Martin; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2010
The social and labor market integration of ethnic minorities in the EU is still a major political, societal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008841907
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European fiscal union : what is it?, does it work?, and are there really ‘no alternatives’?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2012
The view is widespread that there are just two options for the future of the Eurozone – either it is complemented by a fiscal union, or it will fall apart. In this paper, we discuss five possible elements of a fiscal union, of which three are in the centre of the current debate on fiscal union...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009525226
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The Nordic welfare model in an open European labor market
Bratsberg, Bernt; Røed, Knut - 2015
Is it possible to sustain an ambitious and redistributive Nordic welfare state in a Europe with open borders? Drawing on longitudinal administrative records spanning four decades, we first present discouraging historical evidence showing that labor migrants from low-income source countries tend...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011391551
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European universities during the crisis : a public policy perspective, with a brief excursion to the US
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2015
The crisis slowed down the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy (for the EU to become the most competitive region in … seems to have been well-preserved in the EU Member States. This is in contrast to the US with its substantial higher private … maneuver of Governments of EU Member States to deal with universities (as with other public expenditures) was severely limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333041
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Labour mobility and labour market adjustment in the EU
Arpaia, Alfonso; Kiss, Áron; Palvolgyi, Balazs; … - 2015
. First, the paper develops stylised facts of mobility at the national and sub-national levels in the EU. Then, it explores … significantly when a country joins the EU. While euro area membership seems not to be associated with an overall rise in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326538
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Reforming the benefit system to ‘make work pay’ : options and priorities in a weak labour market
Immervoll, Herwig - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009697765
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Fiscal consolidation in reformed and unreformed labour markets : a look at EU countries
Turrini, Alessandro - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009657395
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European Union expansion and migration
Kahanec, Martin; Kureková, Lucia Mýtna - 2011
This paper concisely reviews what we know about the experience of an enlarging European Union with free movement of workers within its borders. We focus on the two most recent, Eastern, enlargement waves of 2004 and 2007. We first assess the actual migration flows following the enlargements...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009419128