Activating and Increasing Employability of Specific Vulnerable Groups in Bulgaria : A Diagnostic of Institutional Capacity

The Bulgarian labor market has suffered from the economic crisis, and cyclical unemployment has turned into structural unemployment. The labor market crisis is amplified by demographic change as the young and skilled labor force emigrates, aggravat...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Sofia 2015
Subjects:	NET EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION JOBS WORK ORGANISATION EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE TRAINING INSTITUTIONS EMPLOYMENT RATE LABOUR CONTRACTS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYED ADULTS LABOUR OFFICE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES SKILLED WORKERS RETIREMENT YOUTH EMPLOYMENT MINIMUM WAGE PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT SERVICE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET PROGRAMS TRAINING INSTITUTIONS AGE GROUP PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES UNEMPLOYED POPULATION JOB UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS RISING UNEMPLOYMENT PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT SERVANTS LABOUR DEMAND UNEMPLOYED PERSON EMPLOYMENT RATES ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES PERMANENT JOB EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS INCOME SUPPORT PRIVATE TRAINING PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EARLY RETIREMENT EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES TRAINING CENTERS ACTIVE LABOR JOB LOSSES DRIVERS JOB CREATION SCHEMES JOB SEEKERS WORK EXPERIENCE EMPLOYMENT INCREASES HUMAN RESOURCE LABOR MARKET DISADVANTAGED GROUP HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT JOB CREATION SCHEME DIRECT JOB CREATION LONG- TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR COSTS EMPLOYMENT POLICIES INFORMAL ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PERFORMANCE INDICATORS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT DISPLACEMENT LABOUR BUREAU WORKER UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL PREVIOUS EVALUATION LABOUR BUREAUS ACTIVE LABOR MARKET UNEMPLOYED YOUTH UNEMPLOYED OLDER WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEMS JOB MARKET UNEMPLOYED PARTICIPANTS HOUSEHOLD INCOME EMPLOYMENT INCREASE JOB EXPERIENCE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PREVIOUS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEMS JOB TRAINING LABOR LABOUR MARKETS JOB SEARCH WAGE INCREASE LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT MINIMUM WAGES JOB VACANCY UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OFFICE AVERAGE WAGES TRAINING SYSTEM VOCATIONAL TRAINING PRIVATE SERVICE WORKERS TRAINING COURSES EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVE ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET UNEMPLOYMENT RATE TRAINING COMPONENT AVERAGE WAGE EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES LABOUR MARKET FUNCTIONS NET EMPLOYMENT INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING WAGE SUBSIDIES UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION JOB VACANCIES OCCUPATIONS ACTIVE LABOUR LABOUR MARKET POLICY DISADVANTAGED YOUTH LABOUR MARKET OCCUPATION SAFETY NET YOUTH FIND EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT SERVICES UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE LABOUR MARKET PROGRAMS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT RECIPIENTS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS LABOUR OFFICES JOB CREATION PRIVATE SECTOR PROFILING MODEL EARNING PUBLIC WORKS PART TIME EMPLOYMENT HIGH WAGE OFFICE EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL MOBILITY PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE REGULAR EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT EFFECT WAGE SECTOR UNEMPLOYED PERSONS MANAGEMENT JOB OFFER VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SKILLED LABOUR TEMPORARY JOBS PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT SERVICE EMPLOYABILITY LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES WORKING CONDITIONS ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY HUMAN RESOURCES DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS LOCAL LABOUR MARKET CREATING JOBS CYCLICAL UNEMPLOYMENT JOB PLACEMENT LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE WAGE DIFFERENTIALS HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK WORK ACTIVITY INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS NET EMPLOYMENT EFFECT PRIMARY EDUCATION LABOUR SUPPLY PRIVATE COMPANIES YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT LABOUR TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVICE UNEMPLOYED RECEIVING EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EDUCATIONAL LEVEL WAGE SUBSIDY STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT POLICY JOBS CRISIS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT SYSTEM JOB SEEKER SERVICE PROVIDERS EMPLOYEES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24051697/activating-increasing-employability-specific-vulnerable-groups-bulgaria-diagnostic-institutional-capacity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21734

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Summary:	The Bulgarian labor market has suffered from the economic crisis, and cyclical unemployment has turned into structural unemployment. The labor market crisis is amplified by demographic change as the young and skilled labor force emigrates, aggravating a skills mismatch. Vulnerable groups are served by up to five different agencies, depending on the type of services required: the (1) public employment service; (2) social assistance agency; (3) national security institute; (4) ministry of education; and (5) national and territorial expert medical commissions. Cooperation between the labor offices, the social assistance directorates and municipalities is focused mainly on administrative functions and rule enforcement, rather than on labor market inclusion and promotion. This report reviews the design and implementation of activation policies for social assistance recipients and other highly disadvantaged groups in Bulgaria. The report starts by providing an overview of recent labor market trends, including the impact of the economic crisis on the labor market, in general, and on vulnerable groups, in particular. Chapter two describes and analyses the institutional setting for the design and implementation of Bulgaria's activation strategy and policies, as well as institutional capacity and cooperation between institutions. Chapter three analyses the impact of the benefit system on activation. Chapter four reviews the activation process and the implementation of the mutual obligation principle and the targeting of services provided to disadvantaged groups. Chapter five reviews active labor market programs and investigates to what extent these programs are targeted towards disadvantaged groups, which types of programs are prioritized, as well as reviewing the development of funding for active measures and programs.

Activating and Increasing Employability of Specific Vulnerable Groups in Bulgaria : A Diagnostic of Institutional Capacity

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