Coping with Emigration in Baltic and East European Countries

Coping with Emigration in Baltic and East European Countries
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2013-12-13
Genre:
ISBN: 926420492X

The Baltic countries have experienced sustained emigration over the past decade, contributing to population decline and a loss of working-age population. This book examines the impact of this emigration.

Models of Capitalism in the European Union

Models of Capitalism in the European Union
Author: Beáta Farkas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2016-09-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137600578

This book uses comparative economic analysis to provide a common conceptual framework for all current European Union member states. Based on empirical investigation, the author identifies the Nordic, North-western, Mediterranean, and Central and Eastern models of capitalism on the threshold of the 2008 global financial and economic crisis. The chapters also examine the resulting institutional responses to the crisis and the methods of crisis management adopted by each member state. The analysis reveals that the crisis has not triggered radical institutional change but, instead, highlighted deep institutional differences not between the old and new member states, but between the Nordic, North-western, Mediterranean, and Central and Eastern European countries. These institutional differences are so significant that they require the rethinking of European integration theory. Models of Capitalism in the European Union serves as a useful handbook for academics, advanced students, policy-makers and advisors who are interested in European economic issues.

Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession

Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession
Author: Martin Kahanec
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2016-05-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3662453207

This volume extends and deepens our knowledge about cross-border mobility and its role in an enlarged EU. More specifically, its main purpose is to enlighten the growing and yet rather uninformed debate about the role of post-enlargement migration for economic adjustment in the crisis-stricken labor markets of the Eurozone and the EU as a whole. The book addresses the political economy aspects of post-enlargement migration, including its broader political contexts, redistributive impacts, but also nationalization of the enlargement agenda. It also covers the experience of receiving and sending countries with post-enlargement migration and its role during the current crisis. Renowned experts in the field study, whether and how post-enlargement mobility has enabled the EU to absorb asymmetric economic shocks, how it has affected the European welfare systems, and whether it has contributed to the sustainability of the Eurozone. The authors also evaluate brain circulation as a sought-after vehicle of improved allocative efficiency of EU labor markets and propose a policy agenda for mobility in an enlarged EU.

Inequalities During and After Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

Inequalities During and After Transition in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Cristiano Perugini
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2015-07-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137460989

The book deals with the key aspects of social and economic inequalities developed during the transition of the formerly planned European economies. Particular emphasis is given to the latest years available in order to consider the effects of the global crisis started in 2008-2009.

Labour Mobility in the Enlarged Single European Market

Labour Mobility in the Enlarged Single European Market
Author: Jon Erik Dølvik
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2016-11-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1786354411

The economic crisis has caused a surge in intra-European labour mobility, unleashing heated debates about the consequences of large-scale labour migration. This volume improves understanding of the drivers, mechanisms, and effects of the past decade’s surge in cross-border labour mobility and work related migration within Europe.

Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs

Matching Economic Migration with Labour Market Needs
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2014-09-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9264216502

This publication gathers the papers presented at the “OECD-EU dialogue on mobility and international migration: matching economic migration with labour market needs” (Brussels, 24-25 February 2014), a conference jointly organised by the European Commission and the OECD.

Coping with Emigration in Baltic and East European Countries

Coping with Emigration in Baltic and East European Countries
Author: OECD. Publishing
Publisher:
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2014
Genre:
ISBN:

The Baltic countries have experienced sustained emigration over the past decade, contributing to population decline and a loss of working-age population. The impact of this emigration is felt strongly in the labour market, the general economy and in social developments. How can countries deal with the impact of high levels of emigration? How to attract back emigrants? How best to benefit from the financial, social and human capital developed abroad? The Baltic countries are not alone in addressing these challenges, and this volume brings together the recent experience of Poland and Romania, as.

Tackling Regional Disparities In Europe Through Growth

Tackling Regional Disparities In Europe Through Growth
Author: AAVV
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2015-05-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1326274929

This publication gathers the contributions from about 15 young authors and is the result of an event gathering about 30 young Liberal activists on how to tackle regional disparities through growth-based policies.

The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education

The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education
Author: Mabel Ann Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2017-08-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1315454513

The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education explores how increasing migration and population changes are having an unprecedented impact on global education. Given that the number of children of migrant background is growing internationally, there is a need for increasing awareness of the educational attainment and cultural integration of this population group. This book presents international perspectives on migration and youth and analyses what kinds of effects such demographic changes are having on educational systems around the world. The chapters in this volume provide a fascinating insight into how countries around the world are dealing with loss or growth in their young population as well as changes to their education systems. Written by specialist academics from the relevant country, the book covers Cuba, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the United States, Finland, Greece, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Latvia, China, Australia, India, Italy and Poland. Taking into consideration the countries’ social and political context, the chapters discuss educational issues surrounding curriculum, assessment and the opportunities available for the support of young people. Conclusions are drawn about what could be done in the future for the benefit of both the migrant and the existing populations. The Shifting Global World of Youth and Education will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the disciplines of education, sociology, political sciences and social work. The book will also give secondary teachers, teaching assistants, social workers and youth workers the opportunity to reflect on their role within a national and international context.

Labour Market Institutions and Productivity

Labour Market Institutions and Productivity
Author: Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2020-10-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000202550

This book explains the role of formal labour market institutions in keeping the labour utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe above the level characteristic for Western European states. It provides an innovative and enriching take on labour utilisation at large and how various formal labour market institutions can affect the ongoing trend in labour utilisation in a way that is not covered by the extant literature. The impact of labour market institutions on labour market outcomes is analysed throughout 12 chapters, both from a cross-country perspective and in detailed case-studies, by 21 labour market experts from various CEE countries. Most chapters are based on empirical methods yet are presented in an easy-to-follow way in order to make the book also accessible for a non-scientific audience. The volume explores three key questions: How can labour utilisation be increased by labour market institutions? Which CEE countries managed to create a labour market institutional framework beneficial for labour utilisation? How should the labour market institutions in CEE countries be reformed in order to increase labour utilisation? The book argues that the legacy of transition reforms and a centrally planned past is still relevant in explaining common patterns among CEE countries and concludes that increasing the stock of skills accumulated by the employed and improving utilisation of these skills seems to be the first-best solution to increase labour utilisation. The book will be of interest to post-graduate researchers and academics in the fields of labour economics, regional economics, and macroeconomics as well as scholars interested in adopting an institutional analysis approach. Additionally, due to the broader policy implications of the topic, the book will appeal to policymakers and experts interested in labour economics.