ROMANIAN`S SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS REFORM DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
ROMANIAN`S SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS REFORM DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

Summary/Abstract: The post 2007 economic crisis significantly affected EU`s states public finances and triggered various fiscal adjustments processes. Inevitably, policies related to social protection benefits were scrutinized and more or less radical reforms were enacted in most states. This article assesses the evolution of spending on various social protection programs in Romania in a comparative perspective. Using data from Eurostat, the effects of Romania`s 2011 austerity program are compared with evolutions in the other EU member states. The artcile also compares the observed modification in comparison with the aims set by the Cabinet through its Social Assistance Reform Strategy. The article also tests whether the intensity of adjustment programs are connected with the intensity of economic crisis.

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