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Regional Labour Market Disparities in an Enlarged European Union

In: Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States

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  • Peter Huber

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Among the many important steps to European integration over the course of the past two decades, the two waves of accession of the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) to the European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2006 were undoubtedly among the most intensely debated. It was anticipated that these enlargements, which involved a total of 12 countries with a population of over 100 million inhabitants and a GDP of over €1,300 billion, would present major challenges both to the 12 new Member States (NMS12) and to those countries that were already members (the EU15). In particular, on the side of the NMS12 the implementation of the acquis communautaire (Burda, 1998), eligibility for EU Structural Funds (Boldrin and Canova, 2001), potential membership in the European monetary union (Gros, 2000) and the benefits from the liberties guaranteed in the European Economic Area (Belke and Hebler, 2001) were discussed. On the side of the EU15, by contrast, the hopes for increased levels of growth caused by further integration existed alongside fears related to potential migration and increased competitive pressures (Boeri and Brücker, 2000).

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  • Peter Huber, 2009. "Regional Labour Market Disparities in an Enlarged European Union," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Paul Blokker & Bruno Dallago (ed.), Regional Diversity and Local Development in the New Member States, chapter 5, pages 122-165, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-24701-7_6
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230247017_6
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