scholarly journals Does Formal Work Pay? The Role of Labor Taxation and Social Benefit Design in the New EU Member States

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Koettl ◽  
Michael Weber
Keyword(s):  
Social Benefit ◽  
Member States ◽  
Benefit Design ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Labor Taxation ◽  
New Eu Member States

scholarly journals The role of renewable energies in the new EU member states

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Natanya Meyer ◽  
Robert Magda ◽  
Norbert Bozsik
Keyword(s):  
Energy Production ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
New Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

This article provides an overview of the structure and utilization of the new EU member states (EU-13) energy consumption. During the analysis, it was determined which non-renewable energy carriers were replaced by renewables ones. The replacement of energy sources with each other was analyzed by means of a correlation matrix. Results indicated that coal was replaced by renewable energies in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Cyprus. Furthermore, the renewables basically replaced oil in Malta and gas was replaced by renewables in Lithuania. In other countries the relation between renewables and non-renewables could not be detected. The structure of energy production in the EU countries were different due to the differences of natural endowments. The main goal of the European Union energy policy is to reduce the CO2 emission by decreasing the fossil fuel consumption and this finding new ways to replace traditional energy sources is of utmost importance.

scholarly journals Foreign Direct Investment and Sustainable Development in the New EU Member States: Environmental Aspects

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janina Witkowska
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Environmental Aspects ◽  
Member States ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
New Eu Member States

The aim of this paper is to examine the potential impact of foreign investors' activities on the environment of the new European Union's Member States and discuss a role of a common environmental policy and member states' policies towards foreign investors. The analysis embraces three new EU countries, namely the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The scope of the analysis are years 1997- 2007. The subject of the analysis is the sector and branch structure of FDI stock in the new EU Member States with special reference to FDI located in pollution-intensive industries which are selected according to the UNCTAD classification. Both the OECD and national data base of statistics is used to calculate the share of foreign investors' involvement in pollution-intensive activities in the new UE Member States. The research results show that as yet there has been no empirical evidence that FDI has a particularly negative impact on the natural environment in the new EU Member States.

scholarly journals Income distribution in new (and old) EU member states

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-31
Author(s):  
István György Tóth ◽  
Márton Medgyesi
Keyword(s):  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Equivalence Scales ◽  
Member States ◽  
Income Differences ◽  
New Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Standard Scale ◽  
Income Inequalities ◽  
New Eu Member States

The paper, based on recent EU-SILC data, investigates the patterns of income inequalities in “old” and “new” EU member states. We describe income inequality within countries as well as income differences between states and test our results using different methodological assumptions. Our results show that the group of new member states was no less heterogeneous in terms of inequality and poverty than the EU15 at the time of EU enlargement. The most important difference between the two country groups is found in their GDP levels and in some measures that are directly related to economic development. We observed that sensitivity to changes in the equivalence scales is not systematically related to membership status; thus for overall inequality comparisons of countries, a standard scale seems appropriate. The possibility of a difference between “old” and “new” EU member states in the role of incomes in generating overall welfare of households calls, however, for caution in interpretation.

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