In this paper we explore the macroeconomic effects of the structural funds assigned to Spain in the "Agenda 2000". The total amount of these funds is 213 billions of euros for the 2000-2006 period, 18 billions of such amount corresponding to the Cohesion Fund. Spain will receive 56.6 billions of...

In this paper we describe and analyse a demographic data base that has been gathered for several EU countries under a research project called AGIR. The project tries to establish facts and evidence on the ageing process in EU countries and relate this process with health and retirement issues....