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wiiw Structural Report 2003 on Central and Eastern Europe, Volume 2

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  • Gabor Hunya

    (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw)

  • Mark S. Knell
  • Roman Römisch

    (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw)

  • Hermine Vidovic

    (The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw)

Abstract

Labour Market Trends (by Hermine Vidovic) Structural Development of Manufacturing FDI (by Gábor Hunya) Technological Activity (by Mark Knell) Regional GDP and Regional Unemployment (by Roman Römisch)

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  • Gabor Hunya & Mark S. Knell & Roman Römisch & Hermine Vidovic, 2003. "wiiw Structural Report 2003 on Central and Eastern Europe, Volume 2," wiiw Structural Report 2, The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, wiiw.
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    Keywords

    employment; unemployment; services sector; foreign direct investment; competitiveness; CEECs; manufacturing; economic policy; EU enlargement; technology; R&D; innovation system; transition economics;
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    JEL classification:

    • J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • L80 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - General
    • D20 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - General
    • L50 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - General
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
    • F20 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - General
    • F40 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - General
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
    • P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies
    • P3 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions

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