Economic Impact of Social Enterprises in the Republic of Serbia
Economic Impact of Social Enterprises in the Republic of Serbia

Author(s): Dragan Vukmirović
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, National Economy, Economic policy, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Grupa 484
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprises; Social Economy; Inclusion
Summary/Abstract: According to the estimates of the researchers, the social entrepreneurship sector in the world currently employs around 40 million people and engages over 200 million volunteers. More than 30 universities in the world have social entrepreneurship curricula, including: Columbia, Harvard, Stanford and Oxford. (Leadbeater, 1997). In the European Union, various forms of social entrepreneurship (such as cooperatives, civil society organizations, foundations and social enterprises) account for two million companies, which is 10% (CIRIEC, 2007). The latest estimates say that today in the EU 14.5 million people, which is around 6.5% of the working age population of the EU, are employed through social economy. This percentage is even higher, 7.4%, in the old EU member states, while in the countries such as Sweden, Belgium, Italy, France and the Netherlands, this percentage of employees goes to as much as 9% or 11.5% of the working age population (Monzon, 2012:46)

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