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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Funck, Bernard, Pizzati, Lodovico
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2002
Subjects:	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, 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 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, UNSKILLED WORKERS, URBANIZATION, WAGES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/01/2016290/labor-employment-social-policies-eu-enlargement-process-changing-perspectives-policy-options https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15235
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