Abstract

In September 2017, the new book by Prof. Dr. Vasil Tsanov, Prof. Dr. Georgi Shopov, Prof. Dr. Iskra Beleva and Prof. Dr. Yordan Christoskov - an established team of authors from the Institute of Economic Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, well known for their professional expertise - was published. The monograph is a logical continuation of the earlier publication "The Labour Market and Social Protection in the Economic Development of Bulgaria (1990-2011)", thus the two works cover nearly 30 years of the history of the development of the researched areas - the subject of constant public attention and interest. In the introduction, the authors provide a reasoned motivation for the chosen topic, which is related to the radical changes in the state of the labour market, labour income and the social security system that occurred during the last global financial and economic crisis and in the post-crisis period, as well as to the need in this unfavourable situation to meet Bulgaria's national objectives, developed and adopted in accordance with the EU's Europe 2020 Strategy.