VREME, 18.2.2016. - The State makes us pay contributions up to the level of four and five average wages, and then it says: sorry, I am short at the moment; it doesn’t make a difference if you paid in more…

POLITIKA, 26.10.2015. - The proposal that the redundant public administration employees should retire despite their right to work until 65 years of age as granted by the Labour Code confirms that the effect…

N1, 28.5.2015. - The pension system in Serbia has changed a lot, and the introduction of a “second pillar” (mandatory savings in private pension funds) is the only reform not implemented yet. Its introduction…

VEČERNJE NOVOSTI, 21.4.2015. - In a situation of years of struggle with current pension funding, it sounds incredible that there is any thought given to the second pillar at all, says Katarina Stanić.

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A key message from our analysis is that economists have tools that permit us to value trust as an asset, and the evidence we present suggests that social capital as a source of well-being is a major contributor…