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political transformation. This paper deals with the case of Bulgaria. We describe the social situation and the most important … social security institutions in Bulgaria (unemployment benefits, the pension system and family support) over the period ofthe …
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Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of …
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Bulgaria's social safety net is not well targeted; too many benefits accrue to better-off households rather than to the ….Using data from the 1992 Bulgarian household budget survey, Hassan and Peters analyze the structure of income in Bulgaria … in Bulgaria has declined to only half the OECD level.- Income from self-employment has increased, reflecting the surge in …
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Absolute poverty has dropped markedly in Bulgaria but income inequality has increased substantially in the aftermath of …
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Social security programs generally seek to provide insurance and to reduce poverty and inequality. Providing insurance requires little redistribution. But reducing inequality and alleviating poverty do require redistribution. To reduce inequality, programs must redistribute income, but...
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This paper examines the distributional impacts of the changes to benefits, tax credits, pensions and direct taxes between the UK Elections in May 2010 and in May 2015. It also looks ahead to the longer-term effects of changes and plans that were announced by the 2010-2015 Coalition government,...
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