Der Westbalkan solle "so schnell wie möglich" in die EU, erklärte der Bundeskanzler auf dem Gipfel des Berliner Prozesses Anfang November 2022. Der Berliner Prozess besteht aus einer Reihe von Veranstaltungen und Treffen, die seit 2014 jährlich zwischen einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten und den...

This paper uses quantile regression techniques to analyze heterogeneous patterns of return to education across the conditional wage distribution in four transition countries. We correct for sample selection bias using a procedure suggested by Buchinsky (2001), which is based on a Newey (1991,...

This report provides new projections, to 2026, of remote work rates and the accompanying macroeconomic implications for the EU27, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Republic of North Macedonia, Turkey and the UK. Remote work covers a range of practices but few are straightforward to quantify...

This analysis is aimed at investigating the response of the CESEE economies, and especially of the Macedonian economy, to the changing global environment in the latest period, predominantly to the recent challenges coming from the global trade and financial landscape. It offers a historical...

The current publication covers Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSCR 1244/99, the FYR Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and provides an overview of the agricultural situation in the European Union (EU) candidate and potential candidate countries of the Western Balkans (WBs)....

Very few papers analyse PMS implementation in developing and transitional countries and the importance of PMS implementation for success in transition. Providing a Serbian perspective on PMS implementation, the study aims to identify and analyze important factors and variables that influence PMS...

Central banks often use certain concentration indices in their official reports to determine the degree of intensity of competition, of which the most common are the concentration ratio and the Herfindahl-Hirschman index. It is important to emphasize that when calculating the value of these...