Immigration and Voting Patterns in the European Union: Evidence from Five Case Studies and Cross-Country Analysis

AbstractOne of the main problems of practical applications of degressively proportional allocations of goods and burdens is lack of uniqueness of this principle. Even under given boundary conditions of allocation, i.e. determined minimal and maximal amounts of a good that can be assigned in a given allocation, there are usually many feasible solutions. The lack of formal rules of allocation is the reason why the allocation is typically a result of negotiations among its agents. A number of allocations favor some of agents or their groups, therefore other agents cannot accept them. The aim of this paper is to indicate a way of reducing the set of all feasible solutions exclusively to those that are neutral to all agents. As a result of the term of lexicographic preference of allocation agents defined on the basis of the relation theory followed by a numerical analysis of sets of all feasible solutions, it is possible to determine a core of this set in the form of a subset of all feasible solutions that are acceptable by all agents. In addition, this subset can be further divided into smaller subsets with regard to the degree of acceptance of their elements. Theoretical analysis is complemented by case studies, one of which is application of this idea to the allocation of seats in the European Parliament among the member states of the European Union.

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The physical economy of the European Union: Cross-country comparison and determinants of material consumption

Ecological Economics ◽

10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.08.016 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

pp. 676-698 ◽

Cited By ~ 137

Author(s):

Helga Weisz ◽

Fridolin Krausmann ◽

Christof Amann ◽

Nina Eisenmenger ◽

Karl-Heinz Erb ◽

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Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

The European Union ◽

Material Consumption ◽

Country Comparison ◽

Cross Country

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Age-training gaps in the European Union

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x12000852 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 129-156 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

FIONA CARMICHAEL ◽

MARCO G. ERCOLANI

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Older People ◽

Labour Force ◽

The European Union ◽

Work Related ◽

Cross Country ◽

The Relationship ◽

And Training ◽

Normal Work ◽

The Eu

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the relationship between age and training in the 15 European Union countries (EU-15) that were member states prior to the 2004 enlargement. The analysis is carried out using European Union Labour Force Survey data. We report cross-country comparisons of the training undertaken by older people (aged 50–64) and younger people (aged 20–49). We extend previous research by adding an analysis of the training undertaken by non-workers as well as that of workers. We also consider whether training is work-related, whether it is undertaken during normal work-hours and the time spent in training. Our results show that across the EU-15 not only are older people less likely to participate in training in general but, more importantly, they are less likely to participate in work-related training. Our evidence suggests that there is considerable scope for raising the training rates of older people and particularly older people who are out of work.

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Consequences of Accession to the European Union: Case Studies

Living Standards and the Wealth of Nations ◽

10.7551/mitpress/4269.003.0011 ◽

2006 ◽

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Case Studies ◽

The European Union

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Evaluation of Information Infrastructures and Social Development Among the Visegrad-Four Countries of Central Europe

Global Information Technologies ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-939-7.ch165 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 2263-2273

Author(s):

László A. Pook ◽

Norman E. Pence

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Cluster Analysis ◽

Infrastructure Development ◽

The European Union ◽

East European ◽

Significant Relationships ◽

Information Infrastructures ◽

Select Group ◽

Accession Countries ◽

Country Analysis

The paper examines the developmental status of four of the next candidate countries’ information infrastructures for accession into the European Union (EU). It develops significant relationships between nations’ levels of information infrastructure development and their economic and social developments, and applies these relationships to evaluate investment needs for a select group of accession countries called the Visegrad Four. Using cross-country analysis the candidate countries were compared to other countries and were classified into like groups using cluster analysis while their relative developments were evaluated using regression modeling. Developmental requirements and capital needs to promote growth in their information and communications industries were then identified. It is hoped that the paper will offer a comparative glimpse of the information and communications infrastructures of some Central and East European countries as compared to other nations.

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