Dátum: 17.02.2014
February 2014
The analysis presents hypothesis about the causes of high unemployment in Slovakia as well as the overview of existing and alternative policies to decrease the unemployment. Among others we recommend to decrease social and health contributions for people with low income, to decrease the rate of social benefits reduction when raising the legal income, to improve flexibility on the labour market and to link public funding of secondary and tertiary schools to the unemployment rates and salaries of their graduates.
The analysis was written as groundwork for the joint seminar of the European Commission Representation in Slovakia and the institute INEKO “How to reduce unemployment in Slovakia” that took place on 13 February 2014 in Bratislava1. The event was held with the support of the Think Tank Fund – Open Society Foundations.