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Aug 2004

The discussion presently taking place in the large Eurozone economies about the reform of the social welfare state is dominated by two assertions: Western Europe as an investment location is too expensive due to its high tax burden and, second, countless jobs are threatened from low-wage competition from the new EU member states.

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Author Ognian Hishow
Series SWP Comments
Issue 40
Publisher Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
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