1000 (Korean Firms' Investment in Central and Eastern Europe for 10 Years and the Policy Implications for Promoting the Network of Trade and Investment)

In this article, we study the shift from manual to cognitive work in 10 Central and Eastern European economies. While highlighting the growth in the non-routine cognitive component of jobs, we pay particular attention to the increase in routine cognitive tasks, a trend distinguishing Central and Eastern European economies from the most advanced economies. We find that in all countries routine cognitive tasks were most common in the middle of wage distribution, but increasingly rare among the top earners. We identify two groups of workers whose jobs depend most on performing routine cognitive tasks: medium-skilled men in the manufacturing sectors and medium-skilled women in the service sectors, who jointly represent 33 per cent of Central and Eastern European workers. Should technological progress reduce demand for routine work in Central and Eastern Europe, a large proportion of workers would be affected and wage inequality would rise. We conclude with the policy implications of our findings.

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Andreas Hoff (ed.), Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe: Societal and Policy Implications, Ashgate Publishing, Farnham, UK, 2011, 290 pp., hbk £60.00, ISBN 13: 978 0 7546 7828 1.

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x12000360 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 32 (6) ◽

pp. 1081-1083 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

NAT LIEVESLEY

Keyword(s):

Eastern Europe ◽

Central And Eastern Europe ◽

Population Ageing ◽

Policy Implications ◽

Ashgate Publishing

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China’s Trade Policy Towards Central and Eastern Europe in the 21St Century, Example of Poland

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia ◽

10.2478/foli-2014-0111 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 149-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Bogusława Drelich-Skulska ◽

Sebastian Bobowski ◽

Anna H. Jankowiak ◽

Przemysław Skulski

Keyword(s):

Trade Policy ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

21St Century ◽

Economic Model ◽

Central And Eastern Europe ◽

Bilateral Trade ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Chinese Economy ◽

Main Partner ◽

Trade And Investment

Abstract The aim of this paper is to present China’s economic model and discuss, in this context, bilateral trade and investment relations between China and Poland. The analysis presented herein is based on the strategy of cooperation with countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as presented by China’s Prime Minister, and on the growing importance of Poland as a main partner of China in the Central and Eastern Europe region. The paper describes main premises of the Chinese economic model, followed by a diagnosis of Chinese economy. The authors analyze the main directions of China’s foreign cooperation, placing the emphasis on relations with Poland.

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