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Transforming Social Security: Pensions in Central-Eastern Europe

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In the past decade, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have witnessed sweeping changes in their economies and societies. Compared with this, the area of social security has long remained exempt from structural change, with the exception of the introduction of unemployment benefits - a reaction to open unemployment, so far unknown in Central and Eastern Europe (cf. Götting 1996).

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Müller, K., Ryll, A., Wagener, HJ. (1999). Introduction. In: Müller, K., Ryll, A., Wagener, HJ. (eds) Transformation of Social Security: Pensions in Central-Eastern Europe. Contributions to Economics. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58654-5_1

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