Sozialmodelle in der erweiterten EU: Kroatien
Socials Models in the Enlarged EU: Croatia

Summary/Abstract: Abstract. Social cohesion, reducing poverty, and broad participation in the labor market are essential elements of the European social models . With the EU membership of the Central and Eastern European reform states (EU 10) a new landscape of European social models has emerged in which the EU 10 are integrated according to their respective paths of national development . Following its successful referendum, Croatia has become the 28th member of the European Union on July 1, 2013 . This paper examines the Croatian social model with reference to four dimensions: labor market security, social inequality, institutional influence on the labor market and wage formation, and personal responsibility . It also describes the model’s position within the landscape of European social models . The Croatian social model is characterized by low level of labor market security and by limited institutional influence on labor markets and wage formation .

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