Social assistance in the new EU member states : strengthening performance and labor market incentives (English)

This report looks at safety nets in the new member states from the perspective of fiscal impact and effectiveness. Given the limited budgets for social assistance, ensuring that resources are spent well, reach those who need them, and optimize welfare gains and labor market outcomes. This also requires attention to the balance between spending on means-tested antipoverty programs and family benefits and social insurance programs. Because of high levels...

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Kasek,Leszek Pawel;

Ringold,Dena;
Document Date
2007/06/01
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
40541
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Poland, Slovenia, Hungary, Estonia, Slovak Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechia,
Region
Europe and Central Asia,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Social assistance in the new EU member states : strengthening performance and labor market incentives
Keywords
social assistance

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Kasek,Leszek Pawel; Ringold,Dena.

Social assistance in the new EU member states : strengthening performance and labor market incentives (English). World Bank working paper ; no.117 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/863061468055472264

Social assistance in the new EU member states : strengthening performance and labor market incentives (English)

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