1. Prof. Krastyo Petkov, EHSEM- Plovdiv k.petkov@ehsem.org www.kpetkov.eu
Bulgarian labour market in the EU context Presentation at the summer school of EIGER-TEMPUS Project, Tbilisi, , 2016
Prof. Krastyo Petkov, EHSEM- Plovdiv

2. Introductory notes Transformation of BG LM: Point of departure – 1991
Slow reforms, imposed by the IFI’s
Transition by design
From full, centrally maintained employment, to permanent unemployment
The impact of demographic crisis

3. Some demographic date Population Employed Employment Index %
,0 Mln
4, 10
Almost full ,3
3,03
49,1
Urban
2.42
58,8
2015 Rural
0.61
36,6

4. Transition: tree fazes of LM developments, dominated by neoliberal model
1st Faze
Deregulation without limits
Emerging LM
2-nd faze
Pre-accession period
Institutionalisaton of LM
Third Faze
Structural disproportions in the LM
Crisis period

5. BG LM: Institutional network
Employment agency
2000
National tripartite body
1993
Economic and social counsel
1999
Mediation and arbitration Institute
2001
SD Dismantle; decentralization and reducing of Sectoral contracts

6. Dimensions of structural disproportions
Regional
Generational
Educational
Ethnic
LM Entry & Exit Mechanisms don’t work properly

7. Neoliberal orthodoxy and LM: the vicious circle of negative effects and paradoxes
Down
grading
Service economy
Low competi-
tiveness
Labour emigration
Deindustria
lization

8. European failed forecasts
Lisbon
strategy
Out of date
Europe 2020
Un-realistic
Conver-
gence
Divergence
Contradiction: austerity-LM optimism- Doing Business tool

9. Regionalization of EU employment systems The end of common European LM! ?
New Europe
South periphery
Old Europe
Elasticity & low growth; Triade: Rececion-unequality-Poverty

10. Dual nature of crisis unemployment
First & Second/shadow Economy
Regulated
Unregulated
Quantitative
Qualitative

11. Digital impacts on work and employment
Digitalization
process
LM Segmentation
Tele-work
Roboti
zation
Mobile
investors

12. The end
Thank you for your attention!
Any questions!

13. In Memoriam This Presentation was consulted with
Grigor Gradev – ILO and ETUI expert
The chapter “LM and Digital economics” had been prepared jointly by Grigor Gradev and Krastyo Petkov.