The main emphasis of labour policies in several EU countries seem to have been addressed during the period 1985-2005 to contain the increases of real wages, under the misleading belief that lower wages could lead the policies to get higher employment rates. We show that the main policies to...

The main emphasis of labour policies in several EU countries seem to have been addressed during the period 1985-2005 to contain the increases of real wages, under the misleading belief that lower wages could lead the policies to get higher employment rates. We show that the main policies to...

Introduccion; evolucion ; indices de competitividad; modelos econometricos de exportacion manufacturera ; conclusiones ; referencias bibliograficas ; anexo. <p> Una versión actualizada de este documento está disponible gratuitamente en la serie de documentos "Economic Development" de la Asociación...</p>

The topic of fiscal federalism from the standpoint of the tax revenue and the expenditure distribution is extremely significant for the regional growth, both quantitatively (income and employment) and quantitatively (types of public disbursement and growth impact). In the present paper we will...

In the present paper we analyse the role of foreign direct investment in the new acceding economies. The question to be answered is whether the new countries in EU may improve their positions in order to capture FDI flows from their comparative advantages and the southern European countries can...

In this paper we intended to analyse the effects that the incorporation of the candidate states to the EU will have over their economies. As far as the EU has evolved towards a single market, we studied their foreign trade with the EU member states (intra and inter industrial trade…). We also...

We present a complete set of data of employment and value-added at the RR6 classification using data from Eurostat and our own estimations when necessary, and we fit and analyze an interregional econometric model for market services employment in 120 EEC regions. Our main conclusion is that...

We present a complete set of data of employment and value-added at 6 sectors classification, calculated having into account OECD National Accounts, regional data from Eurostat and our own estimations when necessary for former EEC12 countries, for the years. We fit and analyze an interregional...

The differences among the regions of Europe are not only those of income and employment, but there are many other important and different circumstances affecting social welfare: education, health, justice or public satisfaction with government institutions. The purpose of this paper will be to...

In this paper we intended to analyse the effects that the incorporation of the candidate states to the EU will have over their economies. As far as the EU has evolved towards a single market, we studied their foreign trade with the EU member states (intra and inter industrial trade). We also...