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The EU labour market crisis and recovery policies. The Bulgarian response to the crisis

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The current study analyzes the status of both the European and the Bulgarian labor markets from the standpoint of the effects of the current crisis, which has affected the supply and demand of labor as well as the employment structure. It further examines the anti-crisis policies, which have...

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European labour markets challenges in the context of the “Europe 2020” srategy

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

particular. It outlines the strong decrease in labour demand and high unemployment in a considerable part of the member …

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Background Study on Labour Market and Employment in Bulgaria

Beleva, Iskra; Tzanov, Vasil; Noncheva, Teodora; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

years due to high inflation and the economic recession in 1996. The unemployment rate is high: in 1993 it reached 21%; by …

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The Bulgarian Anti-Crisis Measures and Their Effectiveness

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

negative effects of the depressed demand on labour market and unemployment, in particular. It further comments the short term …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112984

Does active labour market policy work? Lessons from the Swedish experiences

Calmfors, Lars; Forslund, Anders; Hemström, Maria - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002

) have been used as a means to fight high unemployment. This paper discusses the mechanisms through which ALMPs affect (un)employment … open unemployment, but also reduced regular employment. The overall policy conclusion is that ALMPs of the scale used in …. There should be a greater emphasis on holding down long-term unemployment in general and a smaller emphasis on youth …

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Gender Segregation on the Labour Market: Roots, Implications and Policy Responses in Bulgaria

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

The author outlines that gender segregation in employment are relatively new for Bulgaria, and there are not many studies on the problem. The analysis on sectoral and occupational structure indicates that gender segregation exists and deepens over the years. The occupational segregation over the...

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Dependent Elderly and Gender Equality in Bulgaria

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

system, incl: services provided in institutions; services provided in the society; services provided to elderly people at … home by institutions or by society; home care for elderly by family members and other services for disabled people; medical … provided in the community and in the family, as well as by services provided in institutions. The providers of the services …

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Income support systems, labour supply incentives and employment – some cross-country evidence

Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

This paper summarizes a set of expert reports commissioned by the IFAU. The expert reports cover Estonia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of scope and design. And in each country there are...

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Labour supply incentives, income support systems and taxes in Sweden

Forslund, Anders - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

Comparing Sweden to other EU countries, labour force participation rates of older individuals and females are high. These facts are consistent with the idea that institutional design matters: access to child care, paid parental leave, and a tax system with individual rather than household income...

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Flexible Working Time Arrangements in Bulgaria

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

The objective of this paper is to analyze the flexible working time arrangements in Bulgaria, using a life-course perspective. Two important features have to be outlined, namely: underdeveloped flexible forms of employment in the country, including working time arrangement, and lack of previous...

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