identifies sectors where productivity catch-up has been most pronounced. This paper attempts to outline the emerging position of …

quarter of 2006 than in 2005. Investment accelerated sharply and industry is proving buoyant. Labour productivity has … also significant, both in magnitude and in its effects on the sending countries, in the cases of Poland, Slovakia …

; quite an abrupt deterioration in industrial labour productivity; and real currency appreciation and a resulting strong rise …

(except in Hungary). Inflation slowed down to very low levels and is no longer a serious problem. Hungary and Slovakia will …

private consumption (Poland, Slovakia, Estonia and Lithuania). Growth accelerated also in Southeast Europe (except Croatia and … average rate of unemployment in the NMS is nearly twice as high as in the EU-15 (mainly on account of Poland and Slovakia); in …) - continues to shed labour. This implies impressive gains in labour productivity and, given the general wage restraint, in unit …

productivity and downward pressure on wages from excess supply of labour. The expectation of sustained growth is supporting growth …

Slovakia does very high growth seem to be sustainable at least over the next two years. Inflation will remain relatively low …

NMS as well as data on productivity, labour costs and ULC estimates in the manufacturing industry. …

international comparison the key characteristics and recent developments of labour costs, taxation and productivity in Austria and … selected CEEs (Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia). The CEEs still …) Bulgarien, Tschechische Republik, Kroatien, Ungarn, Polen, Rumänien, Serbien, Slowenien und Slowakei. Die Studie basiert auf den …