1. Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies www.wiiw.ac.at Industrial Restructuring in the Accession Countries (New EU Member States – NMS) Research Project commissioned by EU DG Employment, Contract No. VC/2003/0367 coordinated by in cooperation with and

2. 2 Overview of the project study and its individual tasks >Patterns of structural change in the new EU member states (NMS) >Regional employment structures >Restructuring of enterprises and development of SMEs >Impact of FDI on structural change and employment >Modelling structural change: patterns and labour market implications >Policy options for coping with structural change

3. 3 >Structural change, productivity and employment in the NMS (P. Havlik, wiiw, AT) >Economic restructuring and labour market developments (H. Vidovic and M. Landesmann, wiiw AT, T. Ward, Alphametrics, UK) >Impact of FDI on employment in the NMS (G. Hunya, wiiw AT) >FDI in the new EU member states (I. Geishecker, DIW DE) >The skill-bias of FDI in the NMS (I. Geishecker, DIW DE) >Modelling structural change: assessing the likely sectoral pattern of structural change in the NMS (U. Thiessen, DIW DE) >Employment, Education and Occupation Structures: A Framework for Forecasting (R. Stehrer, wiiw AT) >Preliminary policy conclusions (H. Trabold, H. Brücker, DIW DE and T. Ward, Alphametrics, UK Draft papers prepared for individual tasks

4. 4 >Developments in education and training in the Czech Republic (F. Zeman, EuroProfis, CZ) >Industrial policy in the Czech Republic (F. Zeman, EuroProfis, CZ) >Agricultural regions and regional policy in Poland (E. Kwiatkowski, P. Gajewski and T. Tokarski, PL) >Inter-industry labour mobility in Poland (E. Kwiatkowski, P. Kubiak, L. Kucharski, PL) >Active labour market policy in Bulgaria (I. Beleva, BU) >Development of SMEs in Bulgaria (I. Beleva, BU) Case studies prepared for individual tasks

5. 5 >FDI and restructuring in the automotive industry (S. Radosevic and A. Rozeik, UK) >FDI and the skill composition of the workforce: the case of electronic industry in Hungary (H. Trabold and K. Kushal, DE, HU) >Impact of FDI on labour market differences in Hungary (K. Fazekas and E. Ozsvald, HU) FDI case studies