Gegenstand der vorliegenden Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Sozialordnung sind die Auswirkungen der geplanten EU-Osterweiterung auf die Arbeitsmärkte und die öffentlichen Finanzen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Zur Abschätzung des Migrationspotentials nach der...

Auf dem EU-Gipfel von Kopenhagen im Dezember 2002 wird aller Voraussicht nach über den Beitritt der mittel- und osteuropäischen Länder zur Europäischen Union entschieden. Trotz der fortschreitenden politischen und wirtschaftlichen Integration klafft bei der Infrastrukturausstattung noch eine...

Among the stylised facts of economic transformation in East Central Europe are the following unpleasant developments-: the reemergence of fiscal deficits, the resilliance of medium inflation, and sluggish output recovery. This paper reviews the major interpretations found in the literature,...

The abandonment of central planning led to considerable output declines in countries in the firmer soviet-bloc. The magnitude and length of the output declines, as well as recovery experiences have been very diverse. Various detfirminants of outpt growth have been identified in the literature....

Transition countries provide a natural experiment to study the development of land markets. This paper provides survey-evidence of the variation in the development of land markets, identifies a series of patterns, and provides a set of hypotheses to explain these variations in land market...

This paper analyses the determinants of happiness in seven Eastern European transition countries during the early phase of economic transition. The analysis of representative survey data in an ordered logit model shows that those core socio-demographic and economic variables known to be relevant...

The paper examines the inflation targeting regime in the context of transition economies. Recent years have witnessed an increasing number of central banks in these countries moving towards the implementation of inflation targeting regimes. However, the success of such a regime depends largely...