labour market

July 12, 2024

Is The Glass Ceiling a Myth?

Women in Slovakia earn on average 16.6 per cent less than men. In the EU, the pay gap is around 12 per cent. However, this popularly quoted figure does not account for the fact that women and men work in different sectors, in different positions, and for different lengths of time.
January 11, 2024

High Taxes and Wasteful Spending – Two Sides of the Same Coin

The last budget of former Finance Minister Peter Kažimír, which was presented in 2019, before he left for the comfortable office of the National Bank of Slovakia, estimated a deficit of 0.1 per cent of the GDP – some €100 million.
December 7, 2022

EU Minimum Wage Will Harm Subsidiarity And Low-income Earners

The briefing reviews the newly passed directive on adequate minimum wages in the EU and investigates its potential negative impacts on traditional collective bargaining agreements and low-income groups.