Towards Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans

William Bartlett is Deputy Director of the LSEE Research Unit of the European Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.Milica Uvalić is Professor of Economics at the University of Perugia, Italy.

• Chapter 1: Introduction: Key Challenges for Economic Inclusion in the Western Balkans.- Part I: Labour Market Inclusion.- Chapter 2: A Low-Wage, High-Tax Trap in the Western Balkans.- Chapter 3: Envelope Wages in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Incidence and Distributional Implications.- Chapter 4: Horizontal Job-Education Mismatch in Kosovo: Is There a Gender Gap?.- Chapter 5: Cross-national Comparison of Job Types: Analysis Using the EU LFS and Albanian LFS.- Part II: Vocational Training and Skills.- Chapter 6: The Professional Training Programme in Montenegro: An Active Labour Market Policy or a Way to Fill the Structural Gap?.- Chapter 7: The Quality of Vocational Training and the Position of the Individual in the Labour market in Serbia.- Chapter 8: The Apprenticeship System in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Myth or Reality?.- Part III: Female Entrepreneurship.- Chapter 9: Case Study on Female Entrepreneurship in Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Chapter 10: Female Entrepreneurship in Albania: FinancialIncentives and Disincentives.- Chapter 11: Economic Inclusion of Women Entrepreneurs During Covid-19 in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Part IV: Integrating Returning Migrants.- Chapter 12: The Relationship between Migration and Pensions Policy: The Case of Albania.- Chapter 13: The Role of Voluntary Return Migration in Supporting Economic Development in Albania.- Chapter 14: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Croatia.- Part V: Conclusions.- Chapter 15: Towards an Inclusive Model of Development in the Western Balkans.