While more mothers have been participating in the paid workforce over recent years, the employment rate of lone mothers remains lower than that of couple mothers. This paper provides new insights into these different rates of employment, by examining whether the lower employment rate of lone...

"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 that...

The importance of social policies and human resources for social development is a question of special consideration in contemporary globalizing society suffering a number of problems in its social and economic development. Current study makes analyses of the key features of the human resources...

This article examines the classical complex social programmes, the methodology for their development and their key features. An analysis of the social regulation system is also included. Furthermore, it examines in detail the mechanism of developing an active targeted social programme, as well...

The reduction of the share of industry in creating GDP and in aggregate employment is a natural process which marks the transition from industrial to information society. This cardinal change in the structure of national economies is often accompanied by a radical change in the professional...

The problems of the modern labor market are subject to increasing interest in the field of research, policy discussions and management practice. They become especially topical in the years of transition and the membership of Bulgaria in the European Union, as well as the emerging new challenges...

The labor market is of crucial importance for the stability of enterprises, for economic and social development of the country, for the standard and quality of life. The labor market as one of the main markets that has an important role for the sustainable economic and social development of each...

The problems of the modern labor market are subject to increasing interest in the field of research, policy discussions and management practice. They become especially topical in the years of transition and the membership of Bulgaria in the European Union, as well as the emerging new challenges...

The reduction of the share of industry in creating GDP and in aggregate employment is a natural process which marks the transition from industrial to information society. This cardinal change in the structure of national economies is often accompanied by a radical change in the professional...

I use new administrative data on mass layoffs and plant closings to study the effects of distressing economic news. Exposure to stressful events during pregnancy can impair fetal development. I find that announcement of impending job losses leads to a transient decrease in the mean birth weight...