Member States receive funds for agriculture, structural development (e.g. infrastructure works) and internal policies (e.g. training, research, environmental protection), but in exchange have to make a contribution to the EU budget. Given the overall low level of income per head as compared to...

International trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) tend to exert a downward pressure on the relative wage of less skilled workers in developed countries. This Country Focus investigates whether the growing wage inequality between skilled and unskilled labour in Poland during the transition...