This paper has been prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. It presents recent developments and challenges related to employment and unemployment; income inequality and poverty in Bulgaria, comparing them to the...

This paper has been prepared by Policy Department A at the request of the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs. It presents recent developments and challenges related to employment and unemployment; income inequality and poverty in Bulgaria, comparing them to the...

The report explores the impact of the crisis on the labor market efficiency in Bulgaria and the trends for its recovery. The main focus is set on one of the sub-criteria of the seventh pillar of the competitiveness evaluation, examined annually by the World Economic Forum. In particular, subject...

The report explores the main impact of the crisis on the Bulgarian labor market whereby the key points are focused on the relation between changes in employment and educational structure of the labor force in Bulgaria, which took place under the influence of the crisis, and the trends of their...

The Bulgarian labor market has seen remarkable improvements in recent years and has contributed to strong economic growth. The benign environment for job creation is now changing, as the global economic crisis impacts on labor market demand in Bulgaria. Compared to the EU27 averages, activity...

In this paper we document and analyze gross job flows in five transition countries, Poland, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania. Using comparable firm level data over the years 1993- 1997, we find that in early transition job destruction dominates job creation, while the latter is picking up...