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Job quality between institutional differences and convergence

Hauff, Sven; Kirchner, Stefan - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 21 (2014) 4, pp. 352-370

The alignment of workplace situation and work values is an important indicator of job quality. From an international comparative perspective, it can be assumed that countries differ regarding the respective mismatch levels owing to institutional differences. However, these differences may be...

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The impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil liberties in the Americas

Bojanic, Antonio N. - In: Economies 6 (2018) 1, pp. 1-20

This paper analyzes the impact of fiscal decentralization on accountability, economic freedom, and political and civil liberties in the Americas. The findings indicate that decentralization initially hampers but eventually enhances accountability and political and civil liberties, in line with...

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The Reconfiguration of the Contemporary World Economic Order. Determining the Position of the European Union Within the Hierarchy of Power Centres

Luchian, Larisa - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 2a, pp. 519-530

The hereby study offers an ensemble image upon the effects of the contemporary economic order and reconfiguration of the European Union. In this light, we wish to stress the main tendencies of the current world conjunction, the economic, politic and geostrategic opportunities and challenges, as...

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Niche Tourism Markets – Means of Enhancing Sustainable Economic Development in EU's Eastern Periphery

Ursache, Mara - In: CES Working Papers 7 (2015) 2a, pp. 648-661

Within Europe, processes of economic convergence and divergence operate at various geographical scales, resulting in a very uneven geographical landscape. As mentioned in the international literature, the European economic space is characterized by a core-periphery structure. From this point of...

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Euro – How Big a Difference: Finland and Sweden in Search of Macro Stability

Suni, Paavo; Vihriälä, Vesa - 2013

The euro crisis has rekindled questions about the advantages and disadvantages of membership in the European Monetary Union. In the Northern periphery of the EU, the different monetary regime choices of Finland and Sweden have created a particularly interesting testing ground for the benefits of...

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Finland and Its Northern Peers in the Great Recession

Suni, Paavo; Vihriälä, Vesa - 2016

The report focuses on the relative macroeconomic performance since the global financial crisis of six Northern European countries with a special emphasis on Finland. While fiscal and monetary policies have definitely impacted on macroeconomic outcomes in the six countries examined, as a whole...

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Extreme Temperature and Extreme Violence across Age and Gender: Evidence from Russia

Popova, Olga; Otrachshenko, Vladimir; Tavares, José - 2019

We examine the relationship between extreme temperatures and violent mortality across Russian regions, with implications for the social costs of climate change. We assess the unequal impact of temperature shocks across gender and age groups by exploring a dataset on temperature and violence in...

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Dimensions of Quality Upgrading in CEECs

Dulleck, Uwe; Foster-McGregor, Neil; Stehrer, Robert; … - 2004

The impact of the Central and Eastern European economies' trade integration with European markets on CEE trade structures has been studied extensively. These studies frequently observe a quality upgrading of CEE exports. In this paper we consider three dimensions of quality upgrading upgrading...

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Growth Resurgence, Productivity Catching-up and Labour Demand in CEECs

Havlik, Peter; Leitner, Sebastian; Stehrer, Robert - 2008

The collapse of communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe marked a historical event for the countries on both sides of the iron curtain. Using the recently released EU KLEMS database on detailed sectoral growth and employment measures, we analyse the productivity performance in the period...

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Transition Countries Clamber Aboard the Business Boom in Western Europe. Upswing masks persistent transition-related problems

Pöschl, Josef - 2000

growth or even an intensifying GDP decline. GDP growth rates tumbled from quarter to quarter. The trend bottomed out in late … quarter of 1999 growth rates started to rise once more in one group of countries -- and GDP shrinkage diminished in the other … been relatively successful. They were able to achieve and maintain GDP growth. Other economies started growing …

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