Category Archives: Employment and Labor Market

Analysis of Trends and Perspectives in Wage Setting Mechanisms and Policies and Options for Their Application in Developing Sustainable Wage Policies in Republika Srpska

2. April 2018.Analyses, Employment and Labor Market, Publicationsadmin

Taxation of Wages and the Informal Economy

28. July 2016.Analyses, Employment and Labor Market, Publications, Studieseconomy, informal, tax, wageadmin

Growth of labor productivity – the precondition for increase of wages and stable economic development

18. December 2015.Analyses, Employment and Labor Market, Public sector, Publicationslabor, productivityadmin

The growth of labor productivity is the primary economic objective that enables strengthening of competitiveness of the domestic economy and stable development.

Creating a more favorable business environment for decreasing informal (grey) economy in the Republic of Srpska

17. December 2015.Analyses, Employment and Labor Market, Public sector, Publicationseconomy, grey, labor, taxOgnjen Đukić

Report “Creating a more favorable business environment for decreasing informal (grey) economy in the Republic of Srpska” reveals what employers in the Republic of Srpska see as main causes of grey economy and where we stand on these matters in comparison with Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Austria.

Analysis of the initiative for decreasing the social contribution rate in the RS

5. May 2015.Employment and Labor Market, PublicationsOgnjen Đukić

The aim of this analysis is to provide information for public discussion on the initiative by the Government of the Republic of Srpska for a labor taxation decrease by 1.4% of the gross wage. This initiative has been included in the Draft law on changes and amendments to the law on social contributions adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska on March 4, 2015, and put for public discussion.

Youth unemployment – the EU and B&H share the problem, but can they also share solutions?

4. January 2014.Employment and Labor Market, Publicationsb&h, gea, study, unemployment, youthMarko Martić

Research work on the position of youth at the labor market.

How to achieve lower labor taxation without harming public funds?

10. December 2013.Employment and Labor Market, Public sector, Publicationsfunds, labor, lower, public, study, taxMiroslav Tomić

The announcement by the Government of the Republic of Srpska to introduce a 200 BAM tax-exempt portion of wages is surely a welcome measure. This tax exemption is clearly insufficient, however, when we consider policies being adopted by neighboring and EU countries in their attempts to tackle the dire state of the labor market and macroeconomic trends.

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