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This paper is based on a study by the same authors recently published by the European Commission. It provides an economic assessment of the impact of current VAT regimes on passenger transport in the EU, and the likely effects of alternative regimes.

The article presents an electronic brief (e-brief) which provides the lessons from the two-year project "Cost and Benefits of Labour Mobility between the EU and the Eastern Partnership Partner Countries," led by the research foundation Center of Social and Economic Research. Topics discussed include the role of Europe (EU) and Eastern Partnership Partner (EaP) countries in immigration, the flow of migrants to EU from EaP, and the education of EaP migrants.

The article offers information on the impact of remittances on the Polish economy from 1990 to 2014, relative to the study commissioned by Western Union Co., the leading money-transfer company worldwide. It demonstrates that remittances had significant and positive effect on the economy, which is expected to increase along with the expected rise in labor mobility in Europe. It suggests that remittances increased gross domestic product (GDP) growth and improved welfare in Poland.

In this article, the author discusses the aspects of private pension reforms in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The author states that pension reforms are fueled by its benefits such as reduction of future public finance burdens, higher return rates to contributors, and the contribution schemes will not be manipulated easily by politicians. The author adds that politically-motivated reforms have reached the pension funds and new breed reformers should step forward.