number of econometric exercises to analyse the relationship between skills and two indicators of competitiveness …

the successful convergence process of those countries, not least thanks to their integration into European and global … contribution include: national reform programmes that promote innovation, competitiveness, and transparent institutions; a larger …; promotion of regional cooperation in areas such as withholding tax, convergence of rules on accounting and stock exchanges in …

. The second sub-section assesses the effects of labour market reforms on investment, productivity and competitiveness. A …

Euro area countries exhibited modest convergence prior to the financial crisis and diverged thereafter. Such divergence … countries. This might then explain in part the modest convergence and then divergence of euro area countries. …

attitudes, using surveys from the Finnish Business and Policy Forum, and find that there has been a strong regional convergence … analysis. On the other hand, we do not find a significant convergence with respect to the attitude towards immigration. …

achieved mostly sustained convergence with Western Europe. Many EU-CEE countries have overtaken Southern EU member states in … more sustained and sustainable rate of convergence with Western Europe in the coming decades. We find that governments in …

This study estimates the rate and distance to convergence of WAMZ Member States and provides a comparative analysis of … nominal and real convergence to evaluate WAMZ's preparedness for monetary integration. We employ monthly data on the consumer … price index and nominal exchange rate from January 2003 to December 2022 to assess nominal convergence, while annual real …