The transformations in the labor market, social security, social assistance and human resources development as well as the relations between different public systems are issues of special consideration in recent years because of the dynamic changes in economic and social environment in...

In recent decades in each EU member state there is an increasingly strong view that public employment services should play a more active role on labor markets. In response to fundamental changes in economic and social sphere a new set of functions is assumed to them which impose the search and...

The labor market policy in the Republic of Bulgaria in the transition period and nowadays has in different extents reflected the needs of the economy. Initially developing along with the labor market, its character is mainly preventive. Later, it includes more active programs and activities...

Nowadays, public employment services face a number of urgent tasks as raising the employment rate and reducing the number of vacant jobs for which is difficult to find enough qualified workers. New realities on labour market and dynamic environment require adequate actions, rational and timely...

Current paper presents challenges to development of labor market and social policies in transition periods through the example the transition from planned to market economy in the Republic of Bulgaria. Some important implications are made about passive and active social programs as a whole and...

Development of labor market and social policies in periods of transition from planned to market economy and afterwards is an issue discussed as an example of the some processes happening in national economies and labor markets characterized by a number of peculiarities in accordance to the...

In the last decade the concept of development and promotion of social economy and social entrepreneurship are part of the EU policy to tackle the social exclusion of persons in a vulnerable position. Also, the model of social economy is one of the key instruments for achieving social objectives...

The drafting and adoption of laws in the social sphere is always preceded by a long discussion, which is accompanied by sharp discussions. All changes in this area directly or indirectly affect the entire population of the country. In the first years of adoption of the new legislation, its...

“Matching” is a statistical technique used to evaluate the effect of a treatment by comparing the treated and non-treated units in an observational study. Matching provides an alternative to older estimation methods, such as ordinary least squares (OLS), which involves strong assumptions...

Research has shown that job insecurity affects both mental and physical health, though the effects are lower when employees are easily re-employable. The detrimental effects of job insecurity can also be partly mitigated by employers allowing greater employee participation in workplace...