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2004 06 wiiw bo wp 049 Maja Micevska Unemployment and Labour Market Rigidities in Southeast Europe (PDF) Abstract This paper presents new data that describe employment protection legislation (EPL) and other labor market institutions and policies preva iling in seven Southeast European (SEE) countries in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. The main contribution […]

2006 07 wiiw bo wp 065 Vesselin Mintchev and Venelin Boshnakov Return Migration’s Profile and Experience: Empirical Evidence from Bulgaria (PDF)  

2009 05 wiiw bo wp 081 Flaviu Mihaescu and Liviu Voinea The Impact of the Flat Tax Reform on Inequality: The Case of Romania (PDF) Abstract In this paper we focused on the flat tax impact on inequality in Romania. We compared 2005 against 2004, when we were able to isolate the flat tax impact […]

1999 10 wiiw bo wp 002 Gligor Bishev Monetary Policy and Transition in Southeast Europe (PDF)  

2002 01 wiiw bo wp 018 Dennis C. Mueller Constitutional Quandaries in Southeast Europe (PDF)  

2003 11 wiiw bo wp 034 Milko Štimac Barons Uprising (PDF)  

2004 06 wiiw bo wp 050 Max Gillman and Dario Cziráky Inflation and Endogenous Growth in Underground Economies (PDF) Abstract The paper examines the effect of inflation on the growth rate in economies with underground, or ”non-market”, sectors. The model incorporates a non-market good into an endogenous growth cash-inadvance economy with human capital. Taxes on […]

2006 07 wiiw bo wp 066 Mariana Kotzeva and Bianka Pauna Labour Market Dynamics and Characteristics in Bulgaria and Romania: Challenges for a Successful Integration in the European Union (PDF)  

2009 08 wiiw bo wp 082 Daniel Pop Guest-worker Programs and the Propensity to Emigrate: Evidence from the Work-and-travel USA program in Romania (PDF) Abstract Targeted seasonal guest‐worker program replace wider scope immigration policy and are expected to formalize irregular migration flows, to recruit sufficient numbers of seasonal migrants, and to provide critical revenues of […]