This paper addresses the issue whether the differences in national unemployment rates between the Czech and Slovak Republics are in part associated with different responses of regional labor markets. We attempt to assess the relative importance of regional and national shocks in explaining...

Welche Entwicklungen traten in Folge der Liberalisierung am österreichischen Arbeitsmarkt tatsächlich ein? Zwei Studien im Auftrag des Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS) gehen dieser Frage aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven nach. Peter Huber und Georg Böhs (WIFO) analysieren die...

Die Änderung der Nachfrage nach beruflichen Qualifikationen entsteht einerseits durch den Wandel in der Branchenstruktur der Wirtschaft. Andererseits kommt es zu einer Verschiebung der Bedeutung einzelner Berufe innerhalb der Branchen bzw. entstehen auch neue Berufe. Dieser strukturelle Wandel...

This paper analyzes econometric models of the Davis, Haltiwanger and Schuh (1996) job creation rate. In line with the most recent job creation literature, we focus on employment-weighted OLS estimation. Our main theoretical result reveals that employment-weighted OLS estimation of DHS job...

According to difference-in-difference estimates business cycle synchronization and similarity in sector structures between acceding and pre-existing regions reduced after Eastern Enlargement. Results for Northern enlargement are more ambiguous. In both enlargements, however, region pairs...

This paper analyses the evolution of regional unemployment rates, wages, participation rates, migration and employment of seven candidate countries in the 1990's and compares their regional labour market adjustment to a set of EU member states. I find that persistence in relative regional...

I analyse cross-border co-operation of Austrian firms with CEEC partners. Firm size, previous experience with co-operation and depth of integration with the most important partner are more important determinants of co-operation than distance to the closest potential partner. Firms with...

This paper analyses the effects of three previous enlargements of the European Union on newly joining and old member states. We find that overall the effects of enlargements on regional employment, wage and population growth, as well as investment rates were small. We also find substantial...

This paper explores the willingness to migrate in the Czech Republic. We find that variables measuring regional labour market conditions and amenities contribute little to explaining the willingness to migrate, but that personal and household characteristics are more important. Persons owning...