The Main Drivers of Competitiveness in the EU-28 Countries

Simionescu, Mihaela; Pelinescu, Elena; Khouri, Samer; Bilan, Svitlana

doi:10.7441/joc.2021.01.08

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“…Thus, the concept of sustainable regional competitiveness should be strongly promoted. There are some methods allowing us to measure competitiveness, e.g., a Cobb-Douglas production function [47], multiple-criteria decision making techniques [48], the taxonomic methods [49] or the factor analysis. The factor analysis applied in this study enabled us not only to reduce the number of variables but also to identify a limited number of factors--pillars--of each dimension of competitiveness.…”

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The Enhancement of Sustainable Competitiveness of the CEE Regions at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic Instability

Dziembała

2021

Sustainability

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The promotion of competitiveness of regions is a key issue nowadays. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequences of territorial dimension it caused, the approach towards the concept of regional competitiveness needs to be reformulated in which the sustainability perspective is underlined. Thus, the composition of factors that determine regional competitiveness should be redefined in a way that not only economic but to a greater degree social and concurrently environmental factors need to be considered. The objective of the paper is to discuss the concept of sustainable regional competitiveness and to identify factors that are of utmost importance for this regional competitiveness. The position of particular CEE regions in light of the selected indicators that could determine sustainable competitiveness has been examined. The analysis has allowed us to identify some factors that are crucial for sustainable regional competitiveness in the regions of CEE countries to enable achieving long-term growth in the sustainable manner. This study contributes to the research through proposing some factors that could reflect particular dimensions of sustainable competitiveness in CEE regions, by providing a measure of sustainable competitiveness and through identifying the position of CEE regions in terms of sustainable competitiveness. The support of these key factors may be taken into consideration while planning the interventions within the regional policy.

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The Enhancement of Sustainable Competitiveness of the CEE Regions at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic Instability

Dziembała

2021

Sustainability

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“…The Spearman's correlation coefficient can take a range of values from −1, in case of perfect negative correlation, to +1, in case of perfect positive correlation between ranks ( 41 – 43 ). The used methods enable to rank the EU countries according to the selected criteria and to follow the competitiveness of the countries ( 44 , 45 ).…”

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Sustainable Health and Wellbeing in the European Union

Gavurová

Megyesiova

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundAltogether, 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call for action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. Goal 3 is crucial in terms of good health and wellbeing. The main aim of this study is to analyze and evaluate differences among indicators of SDG 3: Sustainable health and wellbeing in the EU countries.MethodsThe status and development of the EU Member States regarding their successes or failures in terms of Goal 3 were subjected to analysis. Altogether, 11 indicators were used to rank the EU countries using the TOPSIS and ranking methods. The ranks were assigned to the countries in two periods. The first period is related to the time from 2010 till 2014, and the second period from 2015 till 2019.ResultsThe EU countries achieved a positive development in 10 of 11 indicators that monitor the achievement of the EU in terms of Goal 3. The only variable that changed negatively was the obesity rate. Positivity was observed in the decline of the standardized preventable and treatable mortality, which declined from 317.3 in the first period to 295 in the second period; the drop of the population weighted annual mean concentration of fine particulate PM2.5, from 16.4 to 13.6 μg/m3, and also in the increase of the share of people with good or very good perceived health, which was combined with a decrease of the self-reported unmet need for medical examination and care. The best-rated country in terms of SDG 3 was, in both periods, Sweden, while the worst-rated was Latvia.ConclusionsGovernments and institutions in the EU can intervene to increase the accessibility and quality of the health care system, but every citizen should try to do their best to reduce some of the risk factors, such as smoking or obesity, to try living healthier and to help to achieve higher ambitions in terms of sustainable health and wellbeing.

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“…Another important economic factor that attracts migrants from one country to move to another is the level of economic development of the destined country. The GDP levels and rates are indicators of a country's competitiveness (Gavurova et al, 2020c;Simionescu et al, 2021;Gavurova et al, 2021;Pereira-Moliner et al, 2021), and they are often used in empirical research papers when analysing migration flows (Portes, 2019;Simpson, 2017;Testaverde et al, 2017). In a source country, the lower GDP level will be a push factor for migrants, and the higher GDP level in a destined country will be a pull factor (European Commission, 2018a; Paul, 2020; Stefancik et al, 2021).…”

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Competitiveness of Germany and the Labour Market: A Migration Perspective

Přívara¹

2022

JOC

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The current paper contributes to the existing literature on migration by explaining the emigration pattern from Denmark, Finland and Sweden to Germany. We have tried to discover the reason why people migrate from high-income European Union (EU) member states to Germany, which for a long time has hosted the highest number of migrants when compared to other EU member states. We have employed gravity models using fixed effects and ordinary least squares estimation for 1998 – 2019. Our results have indicated that Germany, compared to other EU member states, is more competitive in terms of its labour market efficiency. Germany is an attractive destination for migrants from Denmark, Finland and Sweden in terms of its employment rate, wages and effective government support of its labour force programmes. The current research provides insights into enhancing German competitiveness in terms of labour market factors, which is important for both the migrant and native populations. The results show that if wisely managed, the labour market attracts the labour force, which can address critical social issues Europe is currently facing. In particular, competition issues for high-skilled workers, an aging population, and a low birth rate. The study indicates that the long-term attractiveness of Germany for migrants is based on the efficient participation of the government in labour management-related decisions.

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The Main Drivers of Competitiveness in the EU-28 Countries

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The Enhancement of Sustainable Competitiveness of the CEE Regions at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic Instability

The Enhancement of Sustainable Competitiveness of the CEE Regions at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic Instability

Sustainable Health and Wellbeing in the European Union

Competitiveness of Germany and the Labour Market: A Migration Perspective

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