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Kapitał społeczny ludzi starych na przykładzie mieszkańców miasta Białystok
Klimczuk, Andrzej - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
"Social Capital of Old People on the Example of Bialystok Residents" is a book based on theoretical and empirical study, which presents an issue of diagnosing and using of old people social capital in the local and regional development processes. This issue is significant because of the threats...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258636
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Central Europe in transition: emerging models of welfare and social assistance
Cerami, Alfio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper discusses the emergence of a new model of welfare and social assistance in Central and Eastern Europe. It starts by briefly summarizing the most recent social policy developments occurring in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616639
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Poverty and Social Structure in Russia: An Analysis of the First Decade of Transition
Cerami, Alfio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper has four main objectives: (1) to monitor the rise of poverty and income inequality during the first decade of Russian transition; (2 to analyze the performance of the welfare state in reducing poverty and income inequality; (3) to identify the most vulnerable groups of transition; and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616830
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Social Change and Welfare State Developments in CEE and Russia
Cerami, Alfio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper provides a brief description of the main systemic problems (strukturprobleme) of post-communist capitalism(s), as well as exploring the main changes occurring in the social structure and the subsequent new social risks and welfare state responses emerging. It shows that post communist...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619376
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New Social Policy Ideas in the Making: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe
Cerami, Alfio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Central and Eastern European countries have experienced a rapid transformation of their economic, political and welfare regime(s). From a state-paternalist welfare state, post-communist countries are now moving towards something new. A shift in the main social policy paradigm is, in fact, taking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622051
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Why did early industrial capitalists suggest minimum wages and social insurance?
Reckendrees, Alfred - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Today the European welfare states are strongly challenged and it is heavily debated how much social security a society should provide and how much private insurance is possible. This article goes back to the origins of the German welfare state. In the 1830s, industrialists from the district of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108599
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Measuring relative efficiency of secondary education in selected EU and OECD countries: the case of Slovenia and Croatia
Aristovnik, Aleksander; Obadić, Alka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
applied to a wide range of EU and OECD countries, including Slovenia and Croatia, to evaluate the technical efficiency of … great majority of EU and OECD countries. Both Slovenia and Croatia show a relatively high level of technical inefficiency in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267849
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Public- Private Partnerships in Southeastern Europe: The case of Croatia
Metaxas, Theodore; Preza, Elisavet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
public infrastructure projects in recent years. The paper analyses PPPs in Southeastern Europe, particularly in Croatia … the need for infrastructural projects in Croatia is huge, however the number of projects proposed are confined, according …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259523
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How to Facilitate Damage Claims? Private Enforcement of Competition Rules in Croatia – Domestic and EU Law Perspective
Pecotić Kaufman, Jasminka - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
the norm. Civil actions for breaches of competition law have been the exception in Croatia. The existing legislation in … special rules need to be adopted in Croatia in order to improve the position of the injured side. The paper deals with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260083
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Income redistribution through taxes and social benefits: the case of Slovenia and Croatia
Cok, Mitja; Urban, Ivica; Verbič, Miroslav - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
social benefits in Slovenia and Croatia. The redistributive effect is decomposed first to reveal progressivity and horizontal … diverse development during this period. The results indicate that Croatia experienced significantly higher pre-fiscal income … Croatia. In both countries, the means-tested social benefits exerted an over-proportionate influence on vertical effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260428