Die europäische Integration, die in den 1950er Jahren einsetzte, zielt auch darauf ab, die Wirtschaftskraft der teilnehmenden Volkswirtschaften anzugleichen. In den vergangenen sechs Dekaden zeigte sich insgesamt eine absolute und relative Erhöhung der Pro-Kopf-Einkommen der zuvor ärmeren...

The economic crisis affected the Central and Eastern European economic spatial structure and reshaped perspectives at the European Union and international levels. Whereas Western Europe's stable economic system has entered maturity, Eastern Europe's economic landscape is still constantly...

An extensive program of economic liberalization reforms, even when it generates positive outcomes, does not automatically generate support for further reforms. Societies respond with strong support only after experiencing the effects of reversing these reforms (i.e. corruption, inequality of...

Competitiveness, as a complex concept, can be observed in different ways, from the perspective of an individual, group, company and/or state. The subject of this paper deals with competitiveness of national economies observed through factor analysis, with a particular focus on the level of...

Over the recent years Russia has faced an astonishing economic growth, coinciding with the era of Vladimir Putin's presidentship. Accordingly, it is not surprising that commonly these rising economic trajectories are attributed to progress in terms of transition initiated and further triggered...

Der Beitrag berichtet über den Inhalt der Tagung „Analysen und Politik für Ostdeutschland – aus der Forschung des IWH“ am 21. September 2011, die – wie bereits die vier Vorgängerveranstaltungen seit 2007 – ein wirtschaftspolitisches Fachpublikum mit neuen Forschungsergebnissen des...

Am 19. September 2012 fand im IWH die Konferenz „Von der Transformation zur europäischen Integration – Ostdeutschland und Mittelosteuropa in der Forschung des IWH“ statt. Im Fokus der Veranstaltung, die dem Wissenstransfer und Austausch mit einem wirtschaftspolitisch interessierten...

This paper describes the impact caused by immigration on the estimated growth of gross domestic product per capita (GDPpc) in each of the countries of the 15 members of the European Union (EU-15) during the period 1995 to 2013. Specifically, GDPpc breaks down into three factors: labour...

This paper aims to present the factors that determine the economic growth nowadays, in the globalization era. From geography and climate to innovation and training, these factors diversified depending on the evolution of the economy and economic thought. Because of enhanced mobility as a result...