wiiw Balkan Observatory

2004 12 wiiw bo wp 060 Mario Holzner, Edward Christie and Vladimir Gligorov Infrastructural Needs & Economic Development in Southeastern Europe: The Case of Rail and Road Transport Infrastructure (PDF) Abstract This paper seeks to analyse the state of rail and road transport infrastructure in the Southeast European Countries (SEECs). The paper is structured in […]

2009 04 wiiw bo wp 076 Anna Iara The Effect of Work Migration on Domestic Labour Supply in Albania (PDF) Abstract Using information from the Albania Panel Survey 2002-2003, we study the determinants of labour market states (market work, home production, inactivity) of married women in Albania, looking in particular on the effect of husbands’ […]

2011 02 wiiw bo wp 092 Nermin Oruč Do Social Transfers “Crowd-Out” Remittances: Evidence from Bosnia (PDF) Abstract This paper presents the results of estimation of the model of interaction between social transfers and remittances. Compared to previous studies, this paper estimates non-monotonic “crowding out” effect by an innovative empirical model specification. The model is […]

2001 12 wiiw bo wp 013 Muhamet Mustafa, Muhamet Sadiku, Isa Mustafa, Ymer Havolli and Isa Mulaj Prospects for Economic Development in Kosova and Regional Context (PDF)  

2003 05 wiiw bo wp 029 Ivo Bičanić, Vladimir Gligorov and Ivan Krastev State, Public Goods and Reform (PDF)  

2004 05 wiiw bo wp 045 Miroslav Zdravković Protective Structures in Serbia and Montenegro (PDF)  

2004 12 wiiw bo wp 061 Mario Holzner and Vladimir Gligorov Illegal Trade in South East Europe (PDF) Abstract Based on the theoretical foundations as described in Bhagwati (1974), illegal trade can be defined to consist of faked invoicing on the one hand and smuggling on the other hand. While in the first case at […]

2009 04 wiiw bo wp 077 Edlira Narazani Labour Supply, Remittances and the New Flat Tax in Albania (PDF) Abstract In this paper we use Living Standard Measurement Survey (2005) to analyze the effects of remittances on the labor participation decisions of the Albanian non-migrants. We apply a micro-econometric two-sector labour supply model where the […]

2011 02 wiiw bo wp 093 Liviu Voinea and Flaviu Mihaescu A Contribution to the Public-Private Wage Inequality Debate: The Iconic Case of Romania (PDF) Abstract This paper studies the public-private wage inequality in Romania. Although public sector employment is perceived as safer and offers more benefits, we find that in Romania it also offers […]