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Sectorial Competitiveness in the Baltic Countries: A Revealed Productivity Approach
  • Scientific paper
  • Milda Valentinaite, Ben Shepherd, Mantas Valužis, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

This paper uses a Ricardian structural-gravity trade model to estimate sectoral “revealed competitiveness” in the Baltics over 2010–2022, finding rapid but incomplete catch-up with Nordic EU productivity levels, strongest in Lithuania, more concentrated in Estonia, and weakest/most uneven in Latvia.

Demographic Change and Business Dynamics in the EU
  • Scientific paper
  • Igor Fedotenkov, Anneleen Vandeplas, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

This paper presents a longitudinal analysis of the relationship between firm entry and demographic structure in Europe and finds a hump-shaped relationship of firm entry with age.

Pension Reform Possibilities for Germany
  • Scientific paper
  • Balazs Palvolgyi, Dirk Neumann, Martijn Hoogeland, János Varga, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

This Discussion Paper analyses takes stock of the functioning and challenges of the German pension system and provides an overview of the main reform options currently discussed in the public debate.

Dynamic Effects of Changes in Governance Quality
  • Scientific paper
  • Julien Guigue, Gábor Kátay, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

This Discussion Paper analyses the dynamic impact of changes in governance quality on GDP per capita.

Spain's Recovery and Resilience Plan: Addressing Structural Challenges in the Labour Market
  • Scientific paper
  • Gonzalo López Molina, David Martínez Turégano, Victor Pedrero Bohnet, José Salvado Garcia, Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs

This Paper analyses the labour-market reforms embedded in Spain’s Recovery and Resilience Plan, examining their design, policy context and early effects on temporary employment, job stability, activation policies, skills and broader structural labour-market outcomes.