This is an empirical study of the real income convergence among the fifteen European Union members and the eleven … transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. Debates and research on EU enlargement tends to concentrate on normative …-section regression and dynamic panel data estimations. Most estimation methods find positive convergence, but estimated rates of …

delayed positive impact of EU enlargement leading to decreasing longevity disadvantage. The convergence process after 2004 was …The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1990 and EU enlargement in 2004 are two major political events in the recent history of … article attempts to identify the vanguards and laggards in the health convergence process before and after the 2004 EU …

the Europe 2020 Strategy. As provided in the Convergence Programme 2014-2020, this objective entails a series of steps … are calculated, using linear and quadratic functions, the Gross Domestic Product GDP trends, and, with the convergence …

on the monetary policy for the Euro-area, situation that will change with EMU enlargement …