Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options

Transition has been a wrenching process for the labor markets of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs), and the prospect of joining the European Union gives rise to both hopes and misgivings among their population. Similarly among other me...

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Main Authors: Funck, Bernard, Pizzati, Lodovico
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spelling okr-10986-152352021-04-23T14:03:11Z Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options Funck, Bernard Pizzati, Lodovico Funck, Bernard Pizzati, Lodovico EMPLOYMENT POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES REGIONAL DISPARITY LABOR MOBILITY EUROPEAN INTEGRATION IMMIGRATION INSTITUTIONAL REFORM MARGINALIZATION SOCIAL PARTICIPATION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK COST DIFFERENTIALS DEMOGRAPHICS DISCUSSIONS DISMISSAL DISPOSABLE INCOME ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC IMPACT ECONOMISTS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT POLICIES ETHNIC MINORITIES EXPENDITURES FOREIGN WORKERS FULL EMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME INEQUALITY INFLATION INFLATION RATES INSURANCE JOB CREATION LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR MIGRATION LABOR MOBILITY LABOR POLICIES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOUR LARGE CITIES LEGISLATION MACROECONOMICS MINIMUM WAGE OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT POLICY INSTRUMENTS PRIVATIZATION PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PURCHASING POWER REAL WAGES REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDIARY TAXATION TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION ECONOMIES TRANSPORT UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNSKILLED WORKERS URBANIZATION WAGES Transition has been a wrenching process for the labor markets of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs), and the prospect of joining the European Union gives rise to both hopes and misgivings among their population. Similarly among other member countries, a new resolve to shake off a legacy of high unemployment and to build "the most competitive economy in the world" mixes in some quarters with lingering apprehension that EU enlargement disrupts already strained labr markets. This volume contains the papers presented at the conference held in Baden, Austria, in June 2001 to investigate these questions. The content of this research work captures the thoughts and analysis of the senior policymakers, academics, and social partners who participated in this series of seminars. This digest of research work seeks to present the latest factual trends on labor issues in accession countries, reviews exisitng labor market policies and social protection mechanisms, and discusses alternative strategies for employment creation in Central and Eastern Europe. 2013-08-20T20:46:55Z 2013-08-20T20:46:55Z 2002 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/2016290/labor-employment-social-policies-eu-enlargement-process-changing-perspectives-policy-options 0-8213-5008-0 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15235 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research :: Publication Europe and Central Asia Latin America & Caribbean European Union
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topic EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
SOCIAL POLICY
EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
LABOR MOBILITY
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
IMMIGRATION
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
MARGINALIZATION
SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK
COST DIFFERENTIALS
DEMOGRAPHICS
DISCUSSIONS
DISMISSAL
DISPOSABLE INCOME
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMISTS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
ETHNIC MINORITIES
EXPENDITURES
FOREIGN WORKERS
FULL EMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INSURANCE
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRATION
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR POLICIES
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOUR
LARGE CITIES
LEGISLATION
MACROECONOMICS
MINIMUM WAGE
OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PURCHASING POWER
REAL WAGES
REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SUBSIDIARY
TAXATION
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPORT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBANIZATION
WAGES
spellingShingle EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
SOCIAL POLICY
EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERSHIP
LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
TRANSITIONAL ECONOMIES
REGIONAL DISPARITY
LABOR MOBILITY
EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
IMMIGRATION
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
MARGINALIZATION
SOCIAL PARTICIPATION
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK
COST DIFFERENTIALS
DEMOGRAPHICS
DISCUSSIONS
DISMISSAL
DISPOSABLE INCOME
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC IMPACT
ECONOMISTS
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT CREATION
EMPLOYMENT GROWTH
EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
ETHNIC MINORITIES
EXPENDITURES
FOREIGN WORKERS
FULL EMPLOYMENT
HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT
HOUSING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME INEQUALITY
INFLATION
INFLATION RATES
INSURANCE
JOB CREATION
LABOR COSTS
LABOR FORCE
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET INDICATORS
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR MIGRATION
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR POLICIES
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOUR
LARGE CITIES
LEGISLATION
MACROECONOMICS
MINIMUM WAGE
OPEN UNEMPLOYMENT
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
PRIVATIZATION
PRODUCTIVITY
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
PURCHASING POWER
REAL WAGES
REGIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL POLICIES
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SUBSIDIARY
TAXATION
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
TRANSPORT
UNEMPLOYED
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
UNEMPLOYMENT LEVELS
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
UNSKILLED WORKERS
URBANIZATION
WAGES
Funck, Bernard
Pizzati, Lodovico
Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
European Union
description Transition has been a wrenching process for the labor markets of Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs), and the prospect of joining the European Union gives rise to both hopes and misgivings among their population. Similarly among other member countries, a new resolve to shake off a legacy of high unemployment and to build "the most competitive economy in the world" mixes in some quarters with lingering apprehension that EU enlargement disrupts already strained labr markets. This volume contains the papers presented at the conference held in Baden, Austria, in June 2001 to investigate these questions. The content of this research work captures the thoughts and analysis of the senior policymakers, academics, and social partners who participated in this series of seminars. This digest of research work seeks to present the latest factual trends on labor issues in accession countries, reviews exisitng labor market policies and social protection mechanisms, and discusses alternative strategies for employment creation in Central and Eastern Europe.
author2 Funck, Bernard
author_facet Funck, Bernard
Funck, Bernard
Pizzati, Lodovico
format Publications & Research :: Publication
author Funck, Bernard
Pizzati, Lodovico
author_sort Funck, Bernard
title Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options
title_short Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options
title_full Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options
title_fullStr Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options
title_full_unstemmed Labor, Employment, and Social Policies in the EU Enlargement Process : Changing Perspectives and Policy Options
title_sort labor, employment, and social policies in the eu enlargement process : changing perspectives and policy options
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/2016290/labor-employment-social-policies-eu-enlargement-process-changing-perspectives-policy-options
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