2013
DOI: 10.1177/1024258913480903
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Negotiated responses to the crisis in the Baltic countries

Abstract: This article reviews the negotiated responses to the crisis at different levels of social dialogue in the Baltic countries. The Baltic countries form a relatively coherent group of small open economies that can be classified as belonging to the neoliberal type of central and eastern European capitalism. Their responses to the crisis were consistent with such classification: flexible labour markets absorbed the main impacts of the crisis through rapid increases in unemployment, as well as nominal and real drops… Show more

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“…Others used the exit option and migrated to European Union countries in search of work, especially the United Kingdom and Ireland. 12 The Baltic economic model, which sees low levels of interaction between political leaders and organised interests, meant that there were few formal instruments whereby society could express its discontent (Kallaste and Woolfson, 2013). Most importantly, the Baltic states actually have few mediating institutions -unions, NGOs, parties -capable of harnessing and mobilising the population into organised protests against the changes.…”
Section: Boom and Bustmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Others used the exit option and migrated to European Union countries in search of work, especially the United Kingdom and Ireland. 12 The Baltic economic model, which sees low levels of interaction between political leaders and organised interests, meant that there were few formal instruments whereby society could express its discontent (Kallaste and Woolfson, 2013). Most importantly, the Baltic states actually have few mediating institutions -unions, NGOs, parties -capable of harnessing and mobilising the population into organised protests against the changes.…”
Section: Boom and Bustmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…In Estonia − up to 6 months (work record below 4.6 years; up to 9 months if the insurance period is 4.5−9 years; up to one year if work record is 9 years or more. (Kallaste, Woolfson, 2013).…”
Section: Wages Employment and Povertymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Latvia experienced above-average public sector employment cutbacks (20% in 2010) whereas Estonia and Lithuania only saw minor reductions (Kallaste and Woolfson, 2013). Thus, the public sector, especially in Estonia and Lithuania, absorbed the crisis mainly through wage cuts, while the rest of the economy bore the brunt of job cuts.…”
Section: The Baltic Tigers and Baltic Austeritymentioning
confidence: 99%