Title:The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Western Balkans and their EU Accession Prospects
Author(s):PANAGIOTOU, RitsaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:The European Union’s enlargement towards the Western Balkans may be facing its most difficult challenge since its launch in Zagreb in 2000. The prospect of Balkan enlargement has been hard-hit by the deterioration of the ...
Title:The Impact of the Global Crisis on Illegal Migration and Remittances: The Turkish Corridor
Author(s):ERZAN, RefikDate:2009Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:Abstract
This paper aims to estimate the direction and magnitude of the impact of the global economic crisis both on illegal migration and remittances through the Turkish corridor to the EU. Regarding the former, results ...
Title:The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment toward Temporary Migrants
Author(s):EPSTEIN, Gil S.; VENTURINI, AlessandraDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Temporary and circular migration programs have been devised by many destination countries and supported by the European Commission as a policy to reduce welfare and social costs of immigration in destination countries. In ...
Title:Impact on Reserves and Energy Delivery of Current UC-based Market-Clearing Formulations
Author(s):MORALES-ESPAÑA, German; GARCÍA-GONZÁLEZ, Javier; RAMOS, AndrésDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Reserves are playing each time a more important role due to the massive penetration of renewable energy sources nowadays. Operating reserves must be used for unforeseen events. All predictable events must be directly ...
Title:The Impacts of the Current Financial and Economic Crisis on Migration in the Spain-Morocco Corridor
Author(s):ARANGO, Joaquín; GONZÁLEZ QUIÑONES, FernandoDate:2009Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:Abstract
In 2009, it seems clear that the period of relatively rapid and sustained increase of international migration has come to a halt or, at any rate, slowed down as a result of the financial and economic crisis that ...
Title:Implementing Incentive Regulation and Regulatory Alignment with Resource Bounded Regulators
Author(s):GLACHANT, Jean-Michel; KHALFALLAH, Haikel; PEREZ, Yannick; RIOUS, Vincent; SAGUAN, MarceloDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:It is puzzling today to explain both the diversity and the rationale of regulators’ practice vis-à-vis network monopolies. We argue that two fundamental characteristics should be considered when defining the most appropriate ...
Title:Implementing Value-Added Models of School Assessment
Author(s):JAKUBOWSKI, MaciejDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:This paper considers value-added models of school assessment and their implementation in Poland. Value-added estimates can be very helpful for schools and policy makers who need a reliable way to control teaching effectiveness, ...
Title:Implications of Climate Science for Policy
Author(s):JACOBY, Henry D.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:Climate change presents the greatest challenge ever faced by our domestic and international institutions, and great deal of the difficulty lies in the science of the issue. Because human influence on global climate differs ...
Title:Implications of EU Enlargement for India-EU Labour Mobility
Author(s):GUHA, PujaDate:2012Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:Migration Policy CentreAbstract:1 May, 2004 marked the fifth and the largest European Union enlargement, with accessions for 10 countries, eight of which were Eastern European. Following this, another round of enlargement took place in 2007, which gave ...