Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204030 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
wiiw Statistical Report No. 1
Publisher: 
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Abstract: 
Unit labour costs (ULCs) are one of the key economic variables considered in the context of globalization, competitiveness and production-location decisions. With the EU accession of eight Central and East European countries and their (almost) full inclusion in the European Single Market, the issues related to the labour cost competitiveness of these countries has become even more important. The present paper outlines the key methodological and practical problems associated with the evaluation of ULCs with a particular focus on the new EU member states (NMS). It provides also new and up-to-date internationally comparable ULC estimates for NMS at both the aggregate level (for the whole GDP) and in the manufacturing industry, as well as for its individual branches. A detailed statistical appendix contains indicators of macro-competitiveness for each NMS as well as data on productivity, labour costs and ULC estimates in the manufacturing industry.
Subjects: 
competitiveness
labour costs
productivity
manufacturing
EU enlargement
JEL: 
C43
C82
E2
F49
J3
Document Type: 
Research Report

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