Intra-national Labour Market Adjustment in the Candidate Countries

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This paper analyzes the evolution of regional unemployment rates, wages, participation rates, migration and employment in seven candidate countries for accession to the European Union (EU) in the 1990's. We compare these countries to a core set of EU member states and find persistent regional disparities in both regions. However, persistence of unemployment rates is lower in the first-round candidate countries than in the member states. Furthermore, in both first-round and second-round candidate countries, persistence in participation rates is lower. Migration seems to be an ineffective labor market adjustment mechanism. Wages react more strongly to regional unemployment developments in first-round candidate countries than in member states but they are slightly less responsive to national unemployment.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: WIFO Working Papers ; No. 218

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity ; Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes ; Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics
• Subject: Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt ; Systemtransformation ; Regionale Arbeitsmobilität ; EU-Mitgliedschaft ; Osteuropa

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Huber, Peter
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)
• (where): Vienna
• (when): 2004

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/128767
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET