Labor markets and social policy in Central and Eastern Europe : the transition and beyond

The people of Central and Eastern Europe need no reminder that the early stage of reform is uncertain and painful. Their new economic and political system are giving them more individual freedom. But for most of them, living standards are falling - often sharply - as poverty, unemployment and death...

• Other Authors: Barr, Nicholas, ed
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank 1994
• Subjects: CONDICIONES ECONOMICAS; MERCADO DE TRABAJO; POLITICA SOCIAL; EUROPA CENTRAL Y ORIENTAL; SITUACION ECONOMICA; COYUNTURA ECONOMICA

Table of Contents:

• 1. Overview: hopes, tears, and transformation / Nicholas Barr and Ralph W. Harbison
• 2. The role of government in a market economy / N. Barr
• Part I. The political economy of transformation: 3. The inheritance / Saul Estrin
• 4. The forces driving change / N. Barr
• 5. Constraints on change / N. Barr, Stanislaw Gomulka and Igor Tomes
• Part II. Policy design and implementation: 6. A strategy for reform / N. Barr
• 7. Labor markets: wages and employment / Richard Jackman and Michal Rutkowaki
• 8. Labor markets: unemployment / David Fretwell and Richard Jackman
• 9. Income transfers: social insurance / N. Barr
• 10. Income transfers: family support and poverty relief / Sándor Sipos
• 11. Education and training / Bruno Laporte and Julian Schweitzer
• 12. Health and health care / Alexander S. Preker and Richard G. A. Feachem
• 13. Driving change: politics and administration / Ian Crawford and Alan Thompson. Glossary.