The process of European integration has gained considerable momentum during the past couple of years. This paper provides an assessment of the degree of integration of both the accession states of central and eastern Europe and of the pre-ins for monetary union with respect to Germany. Using...

This paper explores the economic consequences of the enlargement of the European Union with countries from Central and Eastern Europe. We focus on integration aspects that go beyond the reduction of formal trade barriers, namely accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. The...

The distribution of total work in the EU and USA / Michael C. Burda, Daniel S. Hamermesh, and Philippe Weil -- Comments / Alberto Alesina, Christopher Pissarides -- Labor market effects of work-sharing arrangements in Europe / Francis Kramarz, Pierre Cahuc, Bruno Crépon, Oskar Nordström Skans,...