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1 online resource |
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Economic studies in inequality, social exclusion and well-being ; 8 |
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Economic studies in inequality, social exclusion and well-being ; 8.
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| Contents |
Overview: Poverty and Exclusion in the Western Balkans: New Directions in Policy and Analysis / Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Sara Savastano -- The European Context: Measuring Social Inclusion in the European Union / Isabelle Maquet Engsted -- Measuring Poverty in the Western Balkans: Recent Trends and New Challenges / Calogero Carletto, Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi -- Qualitative Research to Support the Analysis of Social Inclusion in the Western Balkans / Carrie Turk -- Updating Poverty Maps Between Censuses: A Case Study of Albania / Gianni Betti, Andrew Dabalen, Céline Ferré -- Social Exclusion in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Alexandru Cojocaru -- On Measuring Social Exclusion: A New Approach with an Application to FYR Macedonia / Joseph Deutsch, Jacques Silber, Paolo Verme -- Subjective Well-Being, Activation Policies, and the Inclusion Agenda / Marina Petrovic -- Does Formal Work Pay in Serbia? The Role of Labor Taxes and Social Benefit Design in Providing Disincentives for Formal Work / Johannes Koettl -- Not Just Education: The Gender Wage Gap in the Albanian Labor Markets Through Occupational Segregation, Work Experience, and Child Care / Juna Miluka -- Internal Migration in Albania and the Changes in Transfers Received from Family and Friends: A Study of Internal Migrants in Peri-Urban Tirana / Florian Tomini, Jessica Hagen-Zanker -- Together or Apart? Attitudes Towards Multi-ethnic State and Ethnically Mixed Communities in Post-independence Kosovo / Artjoms Ivļevs, Roswitha M. King -- Social Safety Nets in the Western Balkans: Design, Implementation, and Performance / Boryana Gotcheva, Ramya Sundaram -- The Political Economy of Welfare Reform in the Western Balkans / Will Bartlett -- Simulating Policy Reform: Distributional and Poverty Outcomes of the New Social Welfare Law in Serbia / Mihail Arandarenko, Sonja Avlijas -- Improving the Targeting of Social Assistance in Albania: Evidence from Micro-simulations / Caterina Ruggeri Laderchi, Ramya Sundaram |
| Summary |
This book maps the latest developments in the policy relevant analysis on poverty, inclusion and the social agenda in the Western Balkans. It does so by presenting a selection of recent papers which explore from a methodological and analytical point of view how the inclusion agenda can be monitored and adapted to understand the challenges in the region. The volume includes an overview and four sections, covering respectively: (1) innovations in terms of measurement of poverty and inclusion in the region (the concept of inclusion as elaborated at the EU level, innovations in survey design to suit the measurement of inclusion, methodological insights from qualitative work); (2) innovative country level analysis (updating poverty mapping in inter-censual years, the analysis of material deprivation, the analysis of determinants of social inclusion, subjective wellbeing of public work programs participants); (3) examples of country level analysis of drivers of exclusion (barriers to formalization in the labour market, gender disparities in the labour market, disruption in social networks following urbanizations, attitudes towards multi-ethnic states); (4) building inclusive safety nets (an assessment of safety nets in the region, the political economy of welfare reform, micro-simulations of social assistance reform, the adoption of better tools to improve targeting performance). The chapters combine sophisticated techniques which are at the frontiers of poverty analysis (small area estimation, efficiency analysis applied to household welfare, micro-simulations) with less ground-breaking papers which take advantage of innovative datasets or perspectives deeply grounded in the policy dialogue in the countries of the region. By providing a wide spectrum of innovative and policy relevant analytical contributions this book will be of broader interest than for observers of the region |
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Economics |
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Development Economics |
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Economic policy |
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Europe -- Economic policy |
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Economics/Management Science |
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European Integration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
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Poverty -- Balkan Peninsula
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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Science économique.
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Affaires.
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Economic history
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Poverty
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| SUBJECT |
Balkan Peninsula -- Economic conditions
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| Subject |
Balkan Peninsula
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| Genre/Form |
proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ruggeri Laderchi, Caterina.
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Savastano, Sara.
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| ISBN |
9781461449454 |
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1461449456 |
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