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The Political Economy of Labour Market Policies in Western and Eastern European Countries

van Vliet, Olaf - 2012

Discussions on how to organize European labour markets are one of the key public policy issues of today. In European policy debates, the most important concepts seem to be ‘flexicurity' and the ‘transitional labour market.' In this report we examine the cross-country variation in the...

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Inflation and Stabilization in Transition Economies : A Comparison with Market Economies

Sahay, Ratna - 2006

A simple model is developed to understand inflationary pressures and stabilization in nonmarket economies. In light of the model, the paper reviews the inflation and stabilization experiences of several transition economies in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. These experiences are...

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Who Wants to Revise Privatization and Why? Evidence from 28 Post-Communist Countries

Denisova, Irina; Eller, Markus; Frye, Timothy; … - 2012

A 2006 survey of 28,000 individuals in 28 post-communist countries reveals overwhelming support for revising privatization, but also that most respondents prefer to leave firms in private hands. We test three theories of support for reform by examining who wants to revise privatization and why....

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What Moves Capital to Transition Economies?

Garibaldi, Pietro; Mora, Nada; Sahay, Ratna; … - 2013

Between 1991 and 1999, capital flows to 25 transition economies in Europe and the former Soviet Union differed widely in terms of overall levels and the share composition of private flows. With some exceptions (notably Russia), the main form of private inflows was foreign direct investment....

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Does joining the EU make you happy? : evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

Nikolova, Milena; Nikolaev, Boris - 2016

We examine the effect of joining the European Union on individual life satisfaction in Bulgaria and Romania in the … context of the 2007 EU enlargement. Although EU membership is among the most important events in Bulgaria and Romania's modern … life satisfaction in Bulgaria and had a positive but statistically insignificant effect in Romania. One explanation is that …

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Labour market institutions, crisis and gender earnings gap in Eastern Europe

Perugini, Cristiano; Skoglund, Ekaterina - 2013

This paper studies gender earnings inequality in ten Central and Eastern EU countries before (2007) and during the ongoing crisis (2009), using quantile regression methods. The analysis reveals remarkable cross-country diversity in levels and patterns of the gender gap along the earning...

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Auctions : Theory and Possible Applications to Economies in Transition

Feldman, Robert - 2006

A major effort is taking place in many parts of the world to establish market-oriented institutions, a development that is particularly evident in the context of the transforming economies in Eastern Europe and the republics of the former Soviet Union. Against this background, this paper...

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On the Speed of Transition in Central and Eastern Europe : Does On-the-Job Search Matter?

Brixiova, Zuzana - 2006

This paper examines how the on-the-job search of workers in the state sector who are seeking jobs in the private sector affects private sector employment, the unemployment level, and the unemployment duration in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. The main finding is that...

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Excluded or Embraced : How Do Multinationals Lobby in Eastern Europe?

Sallai, Dorottya - 2016

The paper investigates the lobbying strategies of multinational corporations' subsidiaries in Hungary. Previous research has shown that the unique lobbying style of post-socialist interest groups and firms is not compatible with the EU's multi-level lobbying system. However much less attention...

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An Incremental Approach to the European Union Enlargement

Dumitriu, Ramona; Stefanescu, Razvan - 2014

In this paper we study the possibilities of applying the incremental solutions to the problems of the future European Union enlargements. We analyze some significant targets for the next accessions, taking into consideration the main constraints of the integration. We conclude that small changes...

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