Towards Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans

In: New Perspectives on South-East Europe Ser.

Abstract

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Key Challenges for Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans -- References -- Part I: Labour Market Inclusion -- Chapter 2: A Low-Wage, High-Tax Trap in the Western Balkans -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Labour Market Performance and Low Wages in the Western Balkans -- 3 Labour Taxation -- 3.1 Albania -- 3.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 3.3 Kosovo -- 3.4 Montenegro -- 3.5 North Macedonia -- 3.6 Serbia -- 4 The Size and Structure of Labour Tax Burden in the Western Balkans -- 4.1 Tax Wedges for a Single Worker Without Dependents -- 4.2 Tax Wedges for a One-Earner Couple with Two Children -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Envelope Wages in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Incidence and Distributional Implications -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Implications of Income Underreporting -- 3 Labour Market and Envelope Wages in Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 4 Empirical Strategy -- 5 Results -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: Horizontal Job-Education Mismatch in Kosovo: Is There a Gender Gap? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Horizontal Mismatch and Labour Market Performance -- 3 The Context -- 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Econometric Model -- 4.2 Variables -- 5 Empirical Results -- 6 What Local Examples Can Tell Us About the Job-Education Mismatch -- 7 Conclusions and Policy Implications -- References -- Chapter 5: Cross-national Comparison of Job Types: Analysis Using the EU LFS and Albanian LFS -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Institutional Settings and Implications for Unemployment Regimes -- 3 Data and Methodological Approach -- 3.1 Data -- 3.2 Variables -- 3.3 Structure of the Multivariate Micro-Macro Model -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Descriptive Analysis -- 4.2 Ordered Logit Estimation -- 4.3 Ordered Logit Results -- 5 Conclusion.