Naslov
Comparative analysis of economic and social policy development in Croatia and Slovenia

Autori
Babić, Zdenko ; Lučev, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
Welfare State, Social Policy and Social Work in Eastern Europe, Baltic Countries and the Western Balkans

Mjesto i datum
Varšava, Poljska, 22.11.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Podatak o recenziji nije dostupan

Ključne riječi
post-socialist economies ; Slovenia ; Croatia ; institutional reforms ; social policy

Sažetak
The Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Slovenia share a common socialist history within the former Yugoslavia. Slovenia was the most developed part of this former state, but was relatively closely trailed by Croatia in basic economic and social indicators. At the beginning of the 1990s, both states achieved independence. Almost three decades passed and the economic and social inequalities between Croatia and Slovenia have significantly increased. According to Eurostat data, Slovene GDP per capita has reached 85% of the EU27 average in 2017 while Croatia was still at 61.7%. In the last ten years Slovenia is among EU countries with lowest poverty rates in stark contrast with Croatia which is on the other end of the spectrum with worst poverty and social exclusion indicators in EU. Slovenia has also slightly increased its population while Croatia lost around 5% of population in the last ten years. Some authors in Croatia ascribed these increases in economic and social inequalities between Slovenia and Croatia to the negative effect of the Homeland War in Croatia between 1991 and 1995, the human and economic sacrifices of which were enormous compared to Slovenia, where independence was achieved through a very brief and limited conflict (i.e. the Ten-Day War). Another argument which can often be found is the fact that Slovenia became a full EU member in 2004, while Croatia could reap the benefits of EU membership only since 2013. Even though these two arguments are valid our paper proposes that there are additional explanatory variables for aforementioned divergent tendencies in economic and social development. We will analyse the way economic policy and social policy was delivered since the transition in Slovenia and Croatia in order to show that significant part of explanation for these downward divergent trend in Croatia lies within the way this two main policies were prepared and implemented in those two countries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Politologija, Socijalne djelatnosti

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