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Interrelationships between human capital, migration and labour markets in the Western Balkans : an econometric investigation
Mara, Isilda; Landesmann, Michael - 2021
The high outward mobility that has characterised the countries in the Western Balkan (WB) region over the past three decades is often seen as tightly linked to severe labour market imbalances and persistently low utilisation of human capital over time. To shed light on these issues, we estimate...
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The EU must have more financial and political capacities if it wants to make space for Ukraine
Bastasin, Carlo - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014317569
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SADC perspectives on the European Union’s Neighbourhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI)
Deleglise, Dimpho - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014583008
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Trade liberalization, democratization and technology adoption
Cervellati, Matteo; Naghavi, Alireza; Toubal, Farid - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010383316
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Democracy does not cause growth : the importance of endogeneity arguments
Ruiz Pozuelo, Julia; Slipowitz, Amy; Vuletin, Guillermo - 2016
positive association between democracy and economic growth is driven by endogenous democratization episodes (i.e., due to …This article challenges recent findings that democracy has sizable effects on economic growth. As extensive political … paper focuses on this endogeneity concern. Using a worldwide survey of 165 country-specific democracy experts conducted for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521223
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Defender, not promoter : the limits to the African Union's pursuit of democratic consolidation
Friel, Eleanor - 2014
Independently of the fact that the replacement of overtly authoritarian regimes in many African countries appeared to presage fundamental political change, a closer examination of democratic trends since the establishment of the African Union (AU) paints a less promising picture. In this paper,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496295
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The fiscal and monetary institutions of CESEE countries
Darvas, Zsolt M.; Kostyleva, Valentina - 2011
This paper examines the role of fiscal and monetary institutions in macroeconomic stability and budgetary control in CESEE (central, eastern and south eastern European) countries in comparison to other OECD countries. CESEE countries tend to grow faster (at least before the crisis) and have more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008907726
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The rocky road to EU accession for Western Balkan countries : obstacles and lessons from the Eastern partnership
Steinbach, Armin - 2024
DCFTAs apply more lenient conditionality to intra-regional cooperation. They subject non-tariff barriers to a more explicit … Western Balkan and the EaP countries. Economic shortcomings in the Western Balkan still need to be addressed. Conditionality … investment in the region is reinforced by geopolitical concerns about Chinese investments coming without EU-type conditionality …
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Personalities, neoliberal globalisation and European integration : explaining the unlikely alliance behind the Single European Act
Skalli-Housseini, Yannis - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012534189
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A skill-specific dynamic labour supply and labour demand framework : a scenario analysis for the Western Balkan countries to 2030
Leitner, Sandra M. - 2021
This paper pursues a scenario analysis to shed light on past and potential future labour supply and labour demand dynamics of different skill groups in the six Western Balkan countries (WB6). It differentiates between four educational levels (low, medium-general, medium-VET, and high) and looks...
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