This is a joint research project of the consortium of ENEPRI members from Finland (ETLA), Belgium (CEPS), France (CEPII, CEPREMAP), Netherlands (CPB) and Germany (ZEW). The project is financed by the EU 6^th Framework Programme.

The ultimate goal of the project is to provide policy options to improve the potential growth of the EU and attainment of a high level of employment, takinginto account the challenges from enlargement and the environmental aspirations adopted in the EU. The set-up of the project will permit the evaluation of the impact of the existing different tax/benefits systems and will yield policy options that can be quantified and adapted to different political constraints.

PRAXIS participates in two out of five work packages: first, the link between tax/benefit systems and employment in the EU and second, the growth potential of the EU and its relationship to tax/benefit systems. The results of the project will be disseminated in the EU and in Estonia.