In Belarus, divestiture of social assets, a misnomer for fringe benefits that comprise a part of wages, is needed to transform enterprises so they can function appropriately in a market economy. Maintaining supply of these services after enterprise divestiture is an important public policy problem in transition economies. These fringe benefits, issued mainly in the form of housing and kindergarten services, were cut by at least two-thirds as a proportion...
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1997/02/28
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS1719
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2010/07/01
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Shifting responsibility for social services as enterprises privatize in Belarus
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fringe benefit
Citation
Sewell,David O..
Shifting responsibility for social services as enterprises privatize in Belarus (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 1719 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/932921468742502930