The European Union is currently experiencing its largest influx of asylum seekers in years. Yet the distribution of these refugees across the member states is highly uneven: Large countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and Spain, as well as the Eastern European countries (apart...

In die Europäische Union kommen derzeit so viele Asylbewerber wie noch nie. Dabei sind die Schutzsuchenden recht ungleich auf die Mitgliedstaaten der EU verteilt: Große Länder wie das Vereinigte Königreich, Frankreich, Italien und Spanien haben eine relativ geringe Zahl von Asylbewerbern...

In this paper we conduct a meta-analysis to examine the link between R&D spending and economic growth in the EU and other regions. The results suggest that the growth-enhancing effect of R&D in the EU15 countries does not differ from that in other countries in general, but it is less significant...

We explore the redistributive effects of taxes and benefits in the 27 member states of the European Union (EU) using EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the EU. As well as describing redistributive effects in aggregate, we assess and compare the effectiveness of eight individual...

The paper analyses expectations and company strategies in relation to Hungary's joining the European Union. Data was collected from mainly medium-sized Hungarian companies by a questionnaire survey between January and April 2004. Companies perceived high level of uncertainty in relation to...

Der Aufsatz definiert wichtige Anpassungsinstrumente des slowakischen Wirtschaftsbereichs während des Beitritts in die Europäische Union. Die Analyse dieser Instrumente wird anhand einer Umfrage unter 100 slowakischen Produktionsbetrieben dargestellt. Die Analyse zeigt, dass Firmen mit mehr...