@techreport{Kaitila2004factor,
abstract = {Economic relations between the European Union and the accession countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) were liberalised by Europe Agreements after the early 1990s. Free trade and investment have the potential of changing the structure of countries' trade although with some restrictions set by, inter alia, the quantity and quality of the available factors of production. The accession countries have lower labour costs coupled with a relatively well-educated labour force. We analyse the factor intensity (skilled/unskilled labour and capital) of the accession countries' comparative advantage in the internal market in 1993-2002. Most accession countries' comparative advantage remains less skillintensive than that of the EU15 countries. A movement towards a more skillintensive comparative advantage is shown to have been positively correlated with higher growth rates in the EU15 and the CEE countries. --  -- Taloussuhteet Euroopan unionin sek\"{a} Keski- ja It\"{a}-Euroopan (KIE) EU-hakijamaiden v\"{a}lill\"{a} liberalisoitiin Eurooppa-sopimuksilla 1990-luvun alun j\"{a}lkeen. Vapaa kauppa ja investoinnit saattavat muuttaa maiden v\"{a}lisen ulkomaankaupan rakennetta, joskin rajoitteita tuovat muun muassa tarjolla olevien tuotannontekij\"{o}iden m\"{a}\"{a}r\"{a} ja laatu. KIE-maissa on EU15-maita alemmat  ty\"{o}voimakustannukset sek\"{a} suhteellisen koulutettu ty\"{o}voima. T\"{a}ss\"{a} tutkimuksessa analysoidaan KIE-maiden suhteellisen edun panosintensiivisyytt\"{a} (koulutettu/kouluttamaton ty\"{o}voima sek\"{a} p\"{a}\"{a}oma) niiden vienniss\"{a} EU15-alueelle vuosina 1993-2002. Useimpien KIE-maiden suhteellinen etu on painottunut alemman osaamisintensiivisyyden tuotteisiin kuin EU15-maiden vastaava suhteellinen etu. Siirtym\"{a} kohti osaamisintensiivisempi\"{a} tuotteita on korreloinut positiivisesti nopeamman talouskasvun kanssa EU15- ja KIE-maissa. \textendash{} EU ; it\"{a}laajeneminen ; suhteellinen etu ; panosintensiivisyys},
address = {Helsinki},
author = {Ville Kaitila},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; EU; eastern enlargement; comparative advantage; factor intensity; EU-Erweiterung; Faktorintensit\"{a}t; EU-Binnenmarkt; Komparativer Kostenvorteil},
language = {eng},
number = {925},
publisher = {The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)},
title = {The factor intensity of accession and EU15 countries' comparative advantage in the internal market},
type = {ETLA Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA)},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/63846},
year = {2004}
}
