Deliverables:

6.   Literature survey on poverty rate and income distribution in candidate countries. August 2003

13. Country studies on income and social policies with relation to competitive pressure. May 2004

14. Paper on the impact of transition and pre-accession on income distribution and inequality in selected EU catching-up and candidate countries. June 2004

15. Paper on the impact on labour markets and economic structure of increased competition pressure, from a formal-informal economic perspective. June 2004

18. Country specific empirical analysis of public perception consequences of competitive pressure. Empirical results and comparison with existing studies. December 2004

Milestone:

6.   Conference/workshop on ‘Impact of Single Market Expansion to the East on Social and Living Standards – reality and perception’, with results of the above analysis. April 2005; Minutes of the workshop