Publications

This paper presents a review of financial economics literature and offers a comprehensive discussion and systematization of determinants in financial capital use. In congruence with modern financial l...chevron_right

This paper provides a conceptual framework for the empirical analysis of farmers’ labor allocation decisions. The agricultural household model (the theoretical model used in this analysis) is based on...chevron_right

This paper provides a detailed overview of the differences across EU member states’ labor markets through the extensive use of descriptive statistics. The objective is two-fold: firstly, the authors i...chevron_right

This paper explores the ownership-investment relationship in politically transitioning countries using data on Czech farms from 1997 to 2008. Empirical results suggest significant differences in the l...chevron_right

This paper examines results from a survey focusing on several labor market characteristics such as labor legislation, wage-setting mechanisms, unions and taxation/social benefits. The authors find tha...chevron_right

Both generally and via a number of case studies, this brief develops a framework to analyze the impact of technology on long-term care (LTC). The functioning of this framework is illustrated by consid...chevron_right

This brief aims to bring together all the information concerning quality assurance in long-term care (LTC) in European Union. The authors have identified four clusters of countries based on the respec...chevron_right

This policy brief focuses on four countries for projections of long-term care (LTC) needs: Spain, Poland, Germany and the Netherlands. These countries are representative of European epidemiology and o...chevron_right

This brief discusses that the provision of informal care is an important source of long-term care for older people in Europe. According to the latest available data, between 21% and 43% of the populat...chevron_right

This paper examines the impact of labor migration on unemployment in the context of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU and the EU’s rules on the free movement of workers. In particular, i...chevron_right

The eurozone debt crisis has fallen into a classic prisoner's dilemma, even though greater institutional interaction and a potential means of coordination of fiscal policies are promoted in the EU. Th...chevron_right

Work Package 3 (WP3) on the Availability and Choice of Care of the ANCIEN project aims to document the forces driving the choice of formal and informal care across European countries and to characteri...chevron_right

In Germany, quality assurance has enjoyed an important role in long-term care since the Act on Long-Term Care Insurance was introduced in 1995. The Act distinguishes three dimensions of quality, namel...chevron_right

In Slovenia, the government’s Strategy of Care for the Elderly up to 2010 attempted to introduce a new model to support families with elderly members, new programmes for elderly care with individual s...chevron_right

In Austria, the responsibilities for long-term care mainly lie with the provinces, although federal and organizational-level initiative has grown. Quality assurance policies focus overwhelmingly on th...chevron_right