Evaluating the efficiency of state socio-economic policy of Latvia

Artikel

This article presents an analytical overview and defines the essence of the concept 'social policy' in the context of its relation to the economy. The author of the article has developed a system of indicators to measure the impact of social policy and proposed a technique for assessing its efficiency on the basis of a comparative analysis of the dynamics of changes in key indicators of socio-economic development of Latvia in the context of its integration into the EU. The efficiency of social policy is determined using a system of indicators combined into eight areas of economic and social policy: social protection, employment, income, poverty, healthcare, education, demography, and economic policy. Furthermore, the authors also conducted a quantitative assessment of statistical data describing the impact of social policies, and conclusions and recommendations are drawn to improve this technique further. The research on Latvia's efficiency of social policy demonstrate that it is relatively low compared to other EU countries. In the future, it is recommended to improve the presentation of statistical data, to expand the list of indicators, and to assess the efficiency of social policy in a complex way, rather than in accordance with individual disparate indicators.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Contemporary Economics ; ISSN: 2300-8814 ; Volume: 11 ; Year: 2017 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 327-342 ; Warsaw: University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Faculty of Management and Finance

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs ; National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; Other Economic Systems: Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty ; General Equilibrium and Welfare Economic Analysis of Regional Economies
• Thema: social policy ; essence of social policy ; social and economic development of state ; indicators of social policy ; efficiency of social policy ; efficiency evaluation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Tsaurkubule, Zhanna
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): University of Finance and Management in Warsaw, Faculty of Management and Finance
• (wo): Warsaw
• (wann): 2017

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5709/ce.1897-9254.246
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/195495
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ