Ampliación de la Unión Europea, polarización social y pobreza en "Las historias de éxito"
ISSN: 1576-6500
Datum der Publikation: 2006
Nummer: 12
Art: Artikel
Andere Publikationen in: Papeles del Este: Transiciones poscomunistas
Zusammenfassung
This article analyses the social balance of the former communist countries with the highest income levels, now the newest members of the European Union, during the period between 1995 and 2003-2004. During these years, inequalities increased in spite of economic growth. Poverty affects in particular children, the long-term unemployed, and regions of the countries that are far from the economic growth centres. The causes for these developments are found in weak growth employment elasticity, in an increase in the salary differences and in social spending very much below the European community average. What occurred in these countries demonstrates... (Ver más) that growth does not make up for the social costs associated with the introduction of the market economy.