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Post-crisis recovery and efficiency of the labor market in Bulgaria

The report explores the impact of the crisis on the labor market efficiency in Bulgaria and the trends for its recovery. The main focus is set on one of the sub-criteria of the seventh pillar of the competitiveness evaluation, examined annually by the World Economic Forum. In particular, subject of the study are regulations applied in the minimum wage field, crisis and postcrisissocial dimensions connected to the consequences and recovery trends in households income, unemployment and employment indicators. By means of the methods and instruments of the theoretical and empirical descriptive analysis it is proved that in the field of minimum wage there is an improving efficiency and flexibility of the Bulgarian labor market, which does not yet occur as a prerequisite for a considerable increase in the competitiveness of the Bulgarian economy. Among retaining factors, the ongoing processes of rising unemployment and limitede mployment growth under the conditions of a positive economic growth after the crisis 2009 can be outlined.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Journal of Contemporary Economic and Business Issues ; ISSN: 1857-9108 ; Volume: 2 ; Year: 2015 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 39-58 ; Skopje: Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Economics

Classification
Wirtschaft
Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
Labor Demand
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Labor Standards: General
Subject
economic crisis
competitiveness and efficiency of the labor market
minimum wage
employment
unemployment

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Pirimova, Vera
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Economics
(where)
Skopje
(when)
2015

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  • Pirimova, Vera
  • Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Economics

Time of origin

  • 2015

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