Research output: Working paper
Research output: Working paper
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Kok and bull? Lisbon, the EES and (more) enlargement
AU - Biçak, H
AU - Altinay, M
AU - Ingham, H
AU - Ingham, M
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The EU aspires to be the most competitive, full employment economy in the world and has set a number of ambitious targets to be met by 2010 in order that it can achieve this goal. At the same time, it is pursuing an enlargement policy that will witness the accession of an increasing number of less developed nations. This paper explores some of the tensions that exist between these two goals as these are manifest in labour market indicators and finds the likelihood of meeting the deadline set for success remote.
AB - The EU aspires to be the most competitive, full employment economy in the world and has set a number of ambitious targets to be met by 2010 in order that it can achieve this goal. At the same time, it is pursuing an enlargement policy that will witness the accession of an increasing number of less developed nations. This paper explores some of the tensions that exist between these two goals as these are manifest in labour market indicators and finds the likelihood of meeting the deadline set for success remote.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Economics Working Paper Series
BT - Kok and bull? Lisbon, the EES and (more) enlargement
PB - The Department of Economics
CY - Lancaster University
ER -