The chapter evaluates the Slovak experience with impact of innovations in financing public higher education institutions. During the last decade, the government implemented an evolving funding formula for the higher education to steer universities towards outputs and outcomes desired by...

The article explores economics of public rental housing policy in Slovakia. Our principal research question is: why has construction of such housing not succeeded in activating rental market and labour mobility? The secondary question is: does the policy ensure that public housing projects are...

Slovak Abstract: Miestna samospráva zabezpečuje viaceré druhy služieb. V mestách pôsobí mestská polícia, mestá zabezpečujú požiarnickú službu, zriaďuje materské, stredné a základné školy, starajú sa o dopravu, odvoz a likvidáciu odpadov, zdravotnícke služby vrátane...

The paper “Making the State Work: Lessons from 20 Years of Public Administration Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union” reviews literature analysing more than 20 years transition in the Former Soviet Union (FSU) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with the main...

Slovak Abstract: Článok sa venuje využívaniu elektronickej aukcie ako alokačného mechanizmu vo verejnom obstarávaní v slovenskom verejnom sektore. Výskum je založený na dátach 32 obstarávateľov a 752 obstarávaní vo verejnom sektore v časovom rozmedzí rokov 2008-2010. Naše...

Slovak Abstract: Slovenské mestá zabezpečujú mnohé služby. Článok sa zameriava na zvoz odpadu, verejné osvetlenie, starostlivosť o mestskú zeleň, údržbu ciest a cintorínov. Analyzujeme rozhodovacie procesy Slovenských miest pri výbere dodávateľov týchto služieb v kontexte...

Slovak Abstract: V rámci tohto článku sa primárne venujeme korupcii vo verejnom sektore. Korupcia vo verejnom živote má viacero podôb, súvislostí a zahŕňa celú množinu javov, ktoré sa dajú označiť ako korupčné správanie. Existujúce definície poskytujú len málo...

With the growth of the Internet, online job portals have become an important medium for job matching. This paper focuses on methodological issues arising from the usage of online job vacancy data and voluntary web-based surveys to analyse the labour market. In addition to providing a...

This paper looks at the Slovak experience with euro adoption from the point of view of perceived versus actual inflation and with a focus on a specific set of non-tradable prices. It examines whether Slovak consumers experienced or perceived (or both) an unusual price jump at the time of euro...

Differences between the welfare states within the European Union are a perennial topic. The recent enlargement brought the new member states into the picture. The paper looks at differences between the new and the old member states as groups as well as within the new member state group. It...