Social protection expenditure and redistribution in the Western Balkans

Q2 Social Sciences
Artan Mustafa, Maja Gerovska-Mitev
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Abstract This paper analyses social protection expenditure, its financing and its correlation with redistribution effects in the European Union (EU) candidate and potential candidate countries from the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia. Although social expenditure in the Western Balkans varies between countries in terms of the extent and functions, in general, it is growing and concentrates on the elderly population. The expenditure is strongly redistributive towards old age, but is less efficient in reducing extensive child and working-age poverty. From an intergenerational perspective, despite various recent improvements, it remains significantly unbalanced compared to the EU. The expenditure reflects the design of social rights that have been shaped by the legacy of socialism and war, local politics, and international organisations perhaps more than by the impact of economic resources and aging.
西巴尔干地区的社会保护支出和再分配
摘要本文分析了欧洲联盟(EU)候选国和西巴尔干潜在候选国阿尔巴尼亚、波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那、北马其顿、黑山、科索沃和塞尔维亚的社会保护支出及其融资及其与再分配效应的相关性。尽管西巴尔干地区的社会支出在范围和功能上因国家而异,但总的来说,它正在增长,并集中在老年人口身上。该支出在很大程度上向老年人重新分配,但在减少儿童和工作年龄的广泛贫困方面效率较低。从代际角度来看,尽管最近有所改善,但与欧盟相比,它仍然明显不平衡。这笔支出反映了社会权利的设计,这些权利是由社会主义和战争、地方政治和国际组织的遗产塑造的,可能比经济资源和老龄化的影响更大。
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Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy
Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
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