This dissertation analyses changes in income redistribution through the lens of market-state (private-public) nexus. The main goal of the dissertation is to explore the impact of taxes and benefits on income redistribution among different population groups while aiming for social welfare in emerging welfare capitalism Lithuania. This dissertation analyses the changes in market income and primary income inequality among households and individuals. Changes in public opinion towards desirable income redistribution level and state's role in distribution process during the last two decades are evaluated as well, stressing the demand for redistribution. Dissertation analyses the impact of taxes and benefits on disposable income inequality and consequences for different socio-economic groups. Relative importance, size and progressivity of redistributive instruments are evaluated. Changes in income redistribution are associated with the changes in tax-benefit legislation. Finally, considering the relative importance of taxes and benefits for income inequality, dissertation contributes to the on-going discussion on the kind of welfare regime forming in Lithuania.
This dissertation analyses changes in income redistribution through the lens of market-state (private-public) nexus. The main goal of the dissertation is to explore the impact of taxes and benefits on income redistribution among different population groups while aiming for social welfare in emerging welfare capitalism Lithuania. This dissertation analyses the changes in market income and primary income inequality among households and individuals. Changes in public opinion towards desirable income redistribution level and state's role in distribution process during the last two decades are evaluated as well, stressing the demand for redistribution. Dissertation analyses the impact of taxes and benefits on disposable income inequality and consequences for different socio-economic groups. Relative importance, size and progressivity of redistributive instruments are evaluated. Changes in income redistribution are associated with the changes in tax-benefit legislation. Finally, considering the relative importance of taxes and benefits for income inequality, dissertation contributes to the on-going discussion on the kind of welfare regime forming in Lithuania.
This dissertation analyses changes in income redistribution through the lens of market-state (private-public) nexus. The main goal of the dissertation is to explore the impact of taxes and benefits on income redistribution among different population groups while aiming for social welfare in emerging welfare capitalism Lithuania. This dissertation analyses the changes in market income and primary income inequality among households and individuals. Changes in public opinion towards desirable income redistribution level and state's role in distribution process during the last two decades are evaluated as well, stressing the demand for redistribution. Dissertation analyses the impact of taxes and benefits on disposable income inequality and consequences for different socio-economic groups. Relative importance, size and progressivity of redistributive instruments are evaluated. Changes in income redistribution are associated with the changes in tax-benefit legislation. Finally, considering the relative importance of taxes and benefits for income inequality, dissertation contributes to the on-going discussion on the kind of welfare regime forming in Lithuania.
This dissertation analyses changes in income redistribution through the lens of market-state (private-public) nexus. The main goal of the dissertation is to explore the impact of taxes and benefits on income redistribution among different population groups while aiming for social welfare in emerging welfare capitalism Lithuania. This dissertation analyses the changes in market income and primary income inequality among households and individuals. Changes in public opinion towards desirable income redistribution level and state's role in distribution process during the last two decades are evaluated as well, stressing the demand for redistribution. Dissertation analyses the impact of taxes and benefits on disposable income inequality and consequences for different socio-economic groups. Relative importance, size and progressivity of redistributive instruments are evaluated. Changes in income redistribution are associated with the changes in tax-benefit legislation. Finally, considering the relative importance of taxes and benefits for income inequality, dissertation contributes to the on-going discussion on the kind of welfare regime forming in Lithuania.
The impact of interbudgetary redistribution of funds on the financial independence of local authorities is analysed in this article. The authors argue that interbudgetary redistribution of funds in Lithuania proves to be the important mean retaining the dominance of central government's on the local finances. Transfer payments from the state budget reflect the central government's policy towards local governments. Financial transfers from the state budget reinforce the role of the state institutions in the sub national finances field and restrict the financial independence of local governments. Besides this fact, local budget income equalization and revenue redistribution through the state budget does not contribute to the natural development of local financial system. Current problems, their consequences and possible solutions for increasing local financial independence had been analyzed in the article. In order to explore the practice of interbudgetary redistribution in the context of public finance system, categories of the institutionalism theory was chosen. Institutionalism provides a framework for defining the logic of state and local government institutions interaction in the process of allocating resources. Article explores the institutional interests and institutional conflicts in Lithuanian public finance institutional field. The main conflict arenas are defined as follows: redistribution of local governments' revenues through the state budget; the domination of special grants in local budgets revenue structure; and special grants for investment projects. ; Straipsnyje analizuojama tarpbiudžetinio lėšų perskirstymo įtaka Lietuvos savivaldybių finansiniam savarankiškumui. Akcentuojama, kad tarpbiudžetinis lėšų perskirstymas Lietuvoje pasireiškia kaip centrinės valdžios dominavimo vietos finansų srityje užtikrinimo priemonė, o transferiniai išmokėjimai iš valstybės biudžeto atspindi jos politiką vietos savivaldos atžvilgiu, kadangi valstybės biudžeto finansiniai transferai stiprina valstybės valdžios institucijų vaidmenį subnacionalinių finansų srityje ir tokiu būdu riboja vietos savivaldybių finansinį savarankiškumą. Todėl pagrindinis dėmesys straipsnyje sutelkiamas į tarpbiudžetinio lėšų perskirstymo poveikį subnacionalinių institucijų finansiniam savarankiškumui. Analizuojamos esamų problemų priežastys ir jų padariniai savivaldybių finansiniam savarankiškumui bei galimi sprendimų būdai. Tarpbiudžetinio lėšų perskirstymo praktikos analizei pasirinktos institucionalizmo teorijos kategorijos, leidžiančios nusakyti valstybės ir vietos savivaldos institucijų sąveikos logiką išteklių paskirstymo procese. Nagrinėjami Lietuvos viešųjų finansų institucinio lauko instituciniai interesai ir instituciniai konfliktai. Kaip pagrindinės konfliktų arenos išskiriamos savivaldybių biudžetų pajamų perskirstymas per valstybės biudžetą, specialiųjų tikslinių dotacijų dominavimas savivaldybių biudžetų pajamų struktūroje ir specialios tikslinės dotacijos valstybės investicijų programoje numatytiems projektams finansuoti.
Providing help and support to an individual are identified in the respective documents adopted by UNESCO, legislative and responsible authorities of the European Union and individual states as one of the principal objectives of the education system with a view to assist one to understand the present-day world and to find one's place in it, while developing one's multiple identity, acquiring cultural and social competences that might enable an individual to become an independent, active and responsible person, who is willing and able to learn continually, build and develop one's own and community life targeted at coherence and sustainability.
Providing help and support to an individual are identified in the respective documents adopted by UNESCO, legislative and responsible authorities of the European Union and individual states as one of the principal objectives of the education system with a view to assist one to understand the present-day world and to find one's place in it, while developing one's multiple identity, acquiring cultural and social competences that might enable an individual to become an independent, active and responsible person, who is willing and able to learn continually, build and develop one's own and community life targeted at coherence and sustainability.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
The dissertation aims at analysing the role of cash social benefits in poverty reduction in Lithuania in the context of diversification of the ways the poverty problem is framed in the academic and political domains. In the first part of the dissertation, a theoretical scheme for analysis of the poverty reduction strategies is proposed. The scheme incorporates four approaches: disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and social investment. The poverty reduction strategies, their change, links and the role of cash social benefits are analysed by looking through the proposed scheme. The selected disciplinary, redistributive, social inclusion and investment elements of the Lithuanian cash social benefit system are further researched by using a quantitative analysis of the representative household level Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) for the period between 2005 and 2013. The dissertation is novel in that it suggests an original poverty reduction analysis scheme, the previously rarely used SILC panel data and microsimulation techniques for poverty research in Lithuania. The research revealed that the Lithuanian cash benefit system is inclusive in its relatively high and expanding coverage, especially in the sphere of social insurance. The role of the cash social benefit system in reducing poverty in Lithuania is jeopardized by negative effects on work incentives built into its design, low redistributive capacity and weak income protection, and insufficient levels of investment into children in income poor families.
