Social contributive insurance systems which are based on the repartition principle between generations are strongly influenced by the demographic evolutions.

This paper examines the evolution of the EU's trade in services over the 2004-2008 period in comparison with its trade in goods. It aims to disentangle the main trends shaping the EU's services trade flows under the impact of increasing globalisation and the last two waves of EU enlargement....

The article is putting before the reader the main aspects concerning the economic and financial international evolution. The progressive relation between the two major currencies, i.e. the U.S. dollar and the Euro, is to be considered as a starting point. The analysis is carried out within the...