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Deficiencies in the development of an Estonian welfare state

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  • Schrader, Klaus
  • Laaser, Claus-Friedrich
  • Reiljan, Janno

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Estonia is widely regarded as a paramount example for a successful transformation of a socialist economic system to a functioning market economy. Against the backdrop of this positive image which contrasts strongly with the crisis scenarios in Southern Europe the remaining problems of Estonia are often ignored. Estonia has hardly succeeded in catching-up economically with the richer countries of the euro area. Correspondingly, the level of social security is rather limited. In this paper the authors raise the question what the causes of the sluggish catching-up process are, and which opportunities Estonian economic policy has in order to close the wealth gap.

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  • Schrader, Klaus & Laaser, Claus-Friedrich & Reiljan, Janno, 2014. "Deficiencies in the development of an Estonian welfare state," Kiel Working Papers 1944, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
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    Keywords

    catching-up; social security; growth and structural change;
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    JEL classification:

    • F43 - International Economics - - Macroeconomic Aspects of International Trade and Finance - - - Economic Growth of Open Economies
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe

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