SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe

Romania has been, for the past decade, not only the country with the highest in-work poverty among EU member states, but – unlike most of the others – also a country with a steadily growing welfare polarisation of the workforce. This article...

This article reviews the main results of recent empirical research on the topic of income and wealth inequalities, with a special focus on Bulgaria, taking extensive account of the impact of Covid-19 which, according to the data, is responsible for...

Romania's transformation from a socialist to a capitalist market society resulted in massive negative social and economic consequences which, ultimately, have become push factors for labour migration. However, little research has been done on the...

During the last three decades, Albania has maintained steady economic growth which has significantly improved the poverty rate and living standards. However, demographic change has influenced differences in regional development, pressuring the...

The concept of social security – a contemporary, global norm – and the accompanying public expenditures are the products of a search for security against the dangers that may be faced by individuals in society. Social security spending is...

This article reviews the state of the automotive industry in Romania and its level of preparedness for electrification scenarios associated with the drive to reduce CO2 emissions across Europe stemming from the EU’s ‘Fit for 55’ package. The...

In the context of the provision of mutual legal assistance, prosecutors, judges and criminal defence lawyers are frequently confronted with criminal proceedings established in east European countries inside or outside the EU. For this reason,...

This article – written originally as a blog post for the think tank Bruegel – reviews the decisions made in June 2022 to allow Croatia into the euro zone but, in contrast, to make no change in the status of Bulgaria which, nominally, thus...