ЕКОНОМСКИТЕ ТЕШКОТИИ И СОЦИЈАЛНАТА ЗАШТИТА ЗА ВРЕМЕ НА НА ТРАНЗИЦИЈАТА ВО МАКЕДОНИЈА
ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND SOCIAL SAFETY NET DURING THE TRANSITION IN MACEDONIA

Summary/Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate economic hardship and people’s behaviors in coping with worsening living conditions during the transition in the Republic of Macedonia. It is found that the living standard has substantially declined while large economic inequality has prevailed both across regions and across generations in transition. In this contexts, people try to alleviate the growing economic decline and insecurity by gaining income from multiple sources and by reducing daily expenditures. In Macedonia, a formal safety net such as social welfare programs has undoubtedly helped sustain the levels of living standards to a certain extent during the transition. However, at the same time the family system that is viewed as an informal safety net has played an important role in alleviating the deterioration in living standards and the persistence of economic inequality both across regions and across generations during the transition.

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