Category: Working Papers

021 Firms’ Clustering and SEE Export Performance: Lessons from the Italian Experience

2002 01 wiiw bo wp 021 Giuseppe De Arcangelis, Giovanni Ferri and Pier Carlo Padoan Firms’ Clustering and SEE Export Performance: Lessons from the Italian Experience (PDF) Abstract Like all transition economies, South Eastern Europe (SEE) countries stand to gain most from an export-led growth. Unfortunately, though, productive structure in these countries is largely made […]

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069 Skill Diffusion by Temporary Migration? Returns to Western European Working Experience in the EU Accession Countries

2006 08 wiiw bo wp 069 Anna Iara Skill Diffusion by Temporary Migration? Returns to Western European Working Experience in the EU Accession Countries (PDF) Abstract Temporary migration is of growing significance in Europe. Upon migration to a country with higher technological development that typically coincides with positive wage differentials, temporary migrants may upgrade their […]

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085 Decomposing Redistributive and Reranking Effects to Reveal Contributions of Taxes and Benefits

2010 07 wiiw bo wp 085 Ivica Urban Decomposing Redistributive and Reranking Effects to Reveal Contributions of Taxes and Benefits (PDF) Abstract New decompositions of redistributive effects are developed, revealing the relative contributions of different tax and benefit instruments. The methodology uses a “micro-approach” in the study of income inequality, where different indicators are first […]

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