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

dc.contributorBarr, Nicholas
dc.creatorBarr, Nicholas
dc.date2012-06-07T17:49:56Z
dc.date2012-06-07T17:49:56Z
dc.date2005
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:20:30Z
dc.descriptionThis 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.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6427115/labor-markets-social-policy-central-eastern-europe-accession-beyond
dc.identifier0-8213-6119-8
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7425
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-6119-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417210
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectACTIVE LABOR
dc.subjectACTIVE LABOR MARKET
dc.subjectACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectBUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectCENTRAL ASIAN
dc.subjectCENTRAL PLANNING
dc.subjectCOMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subjectCOMPETITION POLICY
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE PRESSURE
dc.subjectCONSUMER PROTECTION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION SMOOTHING
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDECENTRALIZATION
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEFICITS
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTION OF INCOME
dc.subjectEARNING
dc.subjectECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONDITIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC CRITERIA
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT OFFICE
dc.subjectETHNIC MINORITIES
dc.subjectEXCHANGE RATES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectFULL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHEALTH POLICY
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCE
dc.subjectHUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINFLATION
dc.subjectINFLATION RATES
dc.subjectINSURANCE
dc.subjectLABOR FORCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET NEEDS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET POLICIES
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET REFORM
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET REFORMS
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLABOR SHORTAGE
dc.subjectLABOR SHORTAGES
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLITERACY
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMACROECONOMICS
dc.subjectMARKET VALUE
dc.subjectMIDDLE EAST
dc.subjectMIXED ECONOMY
dc.subjectMONOPOLY RENTS
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectNORTH AFRICA
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectOCCUPATION
dc.subjectOLDER WORKERS
dc.subjectPENSIONS
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPRIVATE ENTERPRISE
dc.subjectPRIVATE ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTORS
dc.subjectPRIVATIZATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC POLICY
dc.subjectRENT SEEKING
dc.subjectRISING UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSERVANTS
dc.subjectSOCIAL EXCLUSION
dc.subjectSOCIAL POLICY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SAFETY NETS
dc.subjectSOFT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectSTATE ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectSUBSIDIARY
dc.subjectTAX REVENUES
dc.subjectTAXATION
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTOTALITARIAN REGIMES
dc.subjectTRANSITION ECONOMIES
dc.subjectTRANSPORT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYED PEOPLE
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
dc.subjectUNSKILLED WORKERS
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWESTERN EUROPE
dc.subjectWORKER
dc.subjectWORKERS
dc.subjectWORKING CONDITIONS
dc.titleLabor Markets and Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe : The Accession and Beyond

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