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Dr. Irina Burlacu

Thesis:
Challenges and perspectives of free movement for work: an evaluation of differential tax-benefit systems on the welfare of frontier workers

Year: 2014

Promotor(s):
Hildegard Schneider & Cathal O'Donghue

Abstract:
The thesis is about the differences in social security systems and taxes in the European Union’s context (looking at the selected country cases) and how these affect the income of individuals who reside in one country, but commute daily or weekly to another country for work, while keeping their residence place constant (called 'frontier workers'). To some extent, the study can also be related to the broader topic of free movement for work, touching upon questions like: how do different systems affect earners who work or have worked in different countries throughout their careers (e.g. researchers) and how does that impact their income.

	Selected publications by Irina Burlacu
Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Burlacu, Irina, Cathal O'Donoghue & Denisa Maria Sologon, 2014, `Hypothetical models, Contributions to Economic Analysis, 293, More information
Burlacu, Irina & Cathal O'Donoghue, 2014, `“The impact of differential social security systems and taxation on the welfare of frontier workers in the EU”, Journal on Free Movement of Workers, Social Europe, European Commission, 7
Burlacu, Irina & Cathal O'Donoghue, 2013, `The Impact of Unemployment of Welfare of Mobile Workers in the European Union, Journal of Regions and Cohesion, 3, More information
Burlacu, Irina, 2007, `Welfare State Regimes in Transition Countries: Romania and Moldova Compared, Central European University Political Science Journal, 2, More information
Book chapters
Burlacu, Irina, S. Soare & D. Vintila, 2020, Migrants' access to social protection in Romania, in: J.-M. Lafleur & D. Vintila (Eds.), Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (vol. 1): comparing access to welfare entitlements, Springer, Cham, More information
Burlacu, Irina & Cathal O'Donoghue, 2015, Cross-border Social Security Coordination, Mobility of Labour and Pension Outcomes, in: Salagean I., Lomos C. & Hartung A. (Eds.), The young and the elderly at risk: Individual outcomes and contemporary policy challenges in European societies, Intersentia, UK, More information
Burlacu, Irina, 2014, Three-layered policy filter as a measurement tool for frontier workers’ welfare, in: Olenski J. (Ed.), Foundations of Transborder Economics and Statistics, Intersentia, UK
Burlacu, Irina, Cathal O'Donoghue & Denisa Maria Sologon, 2014, Hypothetical Models, in: Cathal O’Donoghue (ed.), Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling (Contributions to Economic Analysis, Volume 293), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK
UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Burlacu, Irina & Cathal O'Donoghue, 2012, Differential welfare state impacts for frontier working age families, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2012-061
External working papers
Burlacu, Irina & Chris de Neubourg, 2015, “Social assistance programmes, an overview on the European Union schemes for nationals, intra-EU mobile citizens and third country nationals”, The paper reviews main means-tested benefits or social assistance currently existing in the European Union, with particular focus on the treatment of married and cohabiting couples, as well as domestic versus mobile EU citizens
Burlacu, Irina, 2011, Applied rules in regulating welfare state interactions: how does social security coordination works for cross-borders, Socio-legal policy analysis of regulations regarding mobility for work in the EU, based on a paper presented at the 6th Social Science Conference, 'Social security coordination: post-Lisbon Treaty', Budapest, May 2011
Theses
Burlacu, Irina, 2014, Challenges and perspectives of free movement for work: an evaluation of differential tax-benefit systems on the welfare of frontier workers, PhD dissertation Maastricht University / United Nations University, More information

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