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Why Immigrants Manage to Grab More SocialBenefits? Empirical Cross - Country Analysis
Anastassova, Lubomira; Paligorova, Teodora - Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education and … - 2005
Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study we analyze state welfare generosity to immigrants and natives in Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Germany and the USA. The distinction between EU and non-EU immigrants proves to be an interesting one. We find a substantial social income gap between non-EU...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005738170
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Outsourcing and Offshoring: Pushing the European Model Over the Hill, Rather Than Off the Cliff!
Kirkegaard, Jacob Funk - Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics … - 2005
Offshoring and offshore outsourcing is increasingly affecting the EU-15, both in the manufacturing and services sectors. While no official statistics exist for the scope of the phenomenon, industry experts and press surveys point to a relatively limited extent of perhaps up to 2 percent of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627716
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Zatrudnienie zagranicznej siły roboczej w rolnictwie i przetwórstwie spożywczym na przykładzie zatrudnienia polskich pracowników w wybranych krajach UE
Zawojska, Aldona - In: Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa … 09 (2009) 24
enlargement Poland has become the main migrant-sending country in the region. Polish labour migration concentrates in the United … Kingdom and Ireland which opened their labour markets right after Poland’s accession, as well as in Germany, which restricts … access to its labour market for workers from Poland. The focus is on two branches f economy in which many Polish migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125539
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Integration of an enclave into the international economy: changing patterns of Kaliningrad's economic specialisation
Vinokurov, Evgeny - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 34-52
The geographical situation of the Russian enclave led to its strong exposure to the destabilising effects of post-communist economic transformation. A dramatic trade opening has occurred, and regional trade and production has undergone profound changes. The major phenomenon relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563425
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Integration of an enclave into the international economy: changing patterns of Kaliningrad's economic specialisation
Vinokurov, Evgeny - In: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging … 1 (2007) 1, pp. 34-52
The geographical situation of the Russian enclave led to its strong exposure to the destabilising effects of post-communist economic transformation. A dramatic trade opening has occurred, and regional trade and production has undergone profound changes. The major phenomenon relative to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753489
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Transition Countries Resist Global Slowdown: Productivity Gains Offset Effects of Appreciation
Podkaminer, Leon - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2003
, excepting Russia and most post-Yugoslav countries. Despite weak growth in the EU, exports of the accession countries (and of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649609
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The economies of the Baltic Sea Region in relation to green economics, with particular focus on Latvia: environmental sustainability and well-being
Dimante, Dzineta; Atstaja, Dzintra - In: International Journal of Green Economics 4 (2010) 3, pp. 292-305
Economic activity has an impact on the environment, but the potential degree of this impact will depend on several factors which are mainly determined by the technology used. This paper analyses the potential environmental impact the economies of the Baltic Sea Region have on their respective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352879
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Controversial issues in factors determining intra-industry trade
Ferto, Imre; Soós, Károly Attila - In: International Journal of Economics and Business Research 4 (2012) 1/2, pp. 132-148
We examine some controversial country-specific factors influencing vertical and horizontal intra-industry trade including foreign direct investment and income distributions. As concerns, the effect of differences in countries’ levels of economic development (richness), both theories and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011130191
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State-led, Oil-fuelled Development: Is That Good for Russia’s Future?
Hanson, Philip - In: CESifo Forum 9 (2008) 2, pp. 22-27
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998567
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An Assessment of Putin’s Economic Policy
Åslund, Anders - In: CESifo Forum 9 (2008) 2, pp. 16-21
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