Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/195324 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Citation: 
[Journal:] UTMS Journal of Economics [ISSN:] 1857-6982 [Volume:] 9 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] University of Tourism and Management [Place:] Skopje [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 49-61
Publisher: 
University of Tourism and Management, Skopje
Abstract: 
Through the past few decades the problem of income inequality and welfare segregation has become quite significant for the economies of the countries worldwide. Republic of Macedonia as a country in development is presented with a serious challenge into decreasing the income inequality witch has risen for average 4% annually over the past 15 years, according to the GINI index. Socio-economic inequality can be represented as major problem for a developing country, and must be considered as one of main priorities for increasing the economic development in the following years. Many factors can be targeted as to influence the socio-economic segregation, one of them being the social protection program. The main goal of this article is to show the impact of social transfer expenditures on the socio economic inequality in Republic of Macedonia measured through the GINI index. In accordance to reaching this goal, the econometric model of regression and correlation was conducted towards determination of the linkage between the social transfers and inequality measured with Gini coefficient. According to the conducted research a true bond and thus the impact on inequality by the social transfer expenditures was determined.
Subjects: 
income segregation
welfare
social protection benefits
social expenditures
JEL: 
G17
C22
G32
Document Type: 
Article

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