Labor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe : The Accession and Beyond

This book summarizes social policy reform during the transition and European Union accession and analyses the social policy challenges which continue to face both old and new member states. Specifically, the book amplifies two sets of arguments. First, social policy under communism was in important respects well-suited to the old order and - precisely for that reason - was systematically badly-suited to a market economy. Strategic reform directions thus followed from the nature of the transition process and from constraints imposed by EU accession. Secondly, successful accession is not the end of the story: economic and social trends over the past 50 years are creating strains for social policy which all countries - old and new members - will have to face.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Barr, Nicholas
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2005
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS, AGRICULTURE, BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, CENTRAL ASIAN, CENTRAL PLANNING, COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, COMPETITION POLICY, COMPETITIVE PRESSURE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, CONSUMPTION SMOOTHING, CRIME, DEBT, DECENTRALIZATION, DECISION MAKING, DEFICITS, DEMOCRACY, DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, EARNING, ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC CRITERIA, ECONOMIC RESEARCH, EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, ETHNIC MINORITIES, EXCHANGE RATES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FREE TRADE, FULL EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH CARE, HEALTH POLICY, HOUSING, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCES, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, INFLATION, INFLATION RATES, INSURANCE, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT, LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS, LABOR MARKET NEEDS, LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE, LABOR MARKET POLICIES, LABOR MARKET REFORM, LABOR MARKET REFORMS, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR SHORTAGE, LABOR SHORTAGES, LEGISLATION, LITERACY, LIVING STANDARDS, MACROECONOMICS, MARKET VALUE, MIDDLE EAST, MIXED ECONOMY, MONOPOLY RENTS, MORTALITY, NORTH AFRICA, NUTRITION, OCCUPATION, OLDER WORKERS, PENSIONS, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, PRIVATE SECTORS, PRIVATIZATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC POLICY, RENT SEEKING, RISING UNEMPLOYMENT, SERVANTS, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, SOCIAL POLICY, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, STATE ENTERPRISES, STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES, SUBSIDIARY, TAX REVENUES, TAXATION, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TOTALITARIAN REGIMES, TRANSITION ECONOMIES, TRANSPORT, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, UNSKILLED WORKERS, WAGES, WESTERN EUROPE, WORKER, WORKERS, WORKING CONDITIONS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6427115/labor-markets-social-policy-central-eastern-europe-accession-beyond https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7425
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