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Transition from cash benefits to work: The case of Slovenia

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  • Milan Vodopivec

    (GEA College, Dunajska 156, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Abstract

The paper investigates the working of the unemployment insurance and social assistance systems during Slovenia's transition, when both systems came under increased pressure. It describes unemployment insurance and social assistance programs, reviews trends in number of beneficiaries and expenditures, and identifies main issues in getting unemployed cash benefit recipients back to work: deficient targeting, too easy access to cash benefits to the better-off, adverse incentives created by cash benefit systems, and double-track provision of means-tested assistance to the unemployed.

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  • Milan Vodopivec, 1998. "Transition from cash benefits to work: The case of Slovenia," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 23(1/2), pages 177-202.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:empeco:v:23:y:1998:i:1/2:p:177-202
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    1. David Coady & Margaret Grosh & John Hoddinott, 2004. "Targeting of Transfers in Developing Countries : Review of Lessons and Experience," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 14902, December.
    2. Micklewright, John & Nagy, Gyula, 1999. "Living standards and incentives in transition: the implications of UI exhaustion in Hungary," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(3), pages 297-319, September.
    3. Micklewright, John & Nagy, Gyula, 1999. "Living Standards and Incentives in Transition: the Implications of Unemployment Insurance Exhaustion in Hungary," CEPR Discussion Papers 2061, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    4. Primoz Dolenc & Milan Vodopivec, 2005. "Does work pay in Slovenia?," Financial Theory and Practice, Institute of Public Finance, vol. 29(4), pages 341-362.

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    Keywords

    Unemployment insurance · social assistance;

    JEL classification:

    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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